LONGEST -- pedestrian shopping area in Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
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N 55° 40.686 E 012° 34.382
33U E 347396 N 6172923
Strøget - longest pedestrian zone system in Europe
Waymark Code: WMEVWC
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 07/11/2012
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When the volume of traffic increased in the beginning of the 60s in the inner part of the old narrow streets and the expanding shopping areas around central Copenhagen and the sidewalks became more and more crowded with busy pedestrians - who was bumping in to each other and blocking the way - Copenhagen’s City Council decided in 1962 to establish a car free pedestrian zone from the westerly Town Hall Square to Kongens Nytorv (The Kings New Square) in the eastern part of the town called “Strøget” - which also includes a maze of small streets and historical squares that altogether are fanning out from “Strøget” - and the mediaeval part of Copenhagen, having a total length of almost 3,2 km - and being the oldest and longest pedestrian street system in the world.
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