Lightmen of the other kind: Vikings regulate traffic in Schleswig-Holstein village

In Mainz it is the Mainzelmännchen, in Bremen the Bremen city musicians: The North German Haddeby now also has its own, very special traffic light male.

At the Haithabu Museum near Schleswig, war-ready Vikings now shine as a symbol at a pedestrian light - unique in Germany. [more] First Viking traffic light in Germany stands in Haddeby

With raised axe and in the running step: Near the world heritage Haithabu, traffic lights in Viking optics show whether pedestrians are allowed to cross the road.

Busdorf (dpa/lno) – Vikings now control traffic in Haddeby. The Viking traffic light helps pedestrians cross the B76 near the access to the Viking Museum Haithabu. A fellow citizen had seen such a traffic light in Denmark and asked him why there is not such a beautiful thing at the World Heritage Site, said the director of the Office Haddeby, Ralf Feddersen, the German Press Agency. The idea had then been taken up and entered the approval proced…