Take a video bike ride across the new Pont Adolphe walkway

If you're unable to get out the office and walk or cycle across the new pedestrian walkway suspended underneath Pont Adolphe, fear not as Wort takes you on a ride from one side to the other in a short video.

Access to the rather unique way of crossing over the Pétrusse valley, filmed in the direction taken by our cycling journalist, is via Avenue Marie-Thérèse.

While the crossing still remains a novelty, people appear to be ignoring the lanes, or park their bikes in the middle to admire the views. As the video shows, it seems impossible to ride in a straight line. As pedestrians get used to the walkway, no doubt more order will ensue.

At the other side of the valley, the walkway emerges at Place de Metz and cyclists can continue on the following routes towards the Gare district.

See also the article with photos: Luxembourg City's new pedestrian walkway opens

During a press visit to the site a few weeks ago, François Bausch, Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure stated: "It is the first footbridge of its kind in the world that is suspended in this way under an existing bridge and under a historic bridge! It was a challenge to achieve this by respecting the historical character of Pont Adolphe and by giving it a very spectacular new element.”

(Adam Walder, adam.walder@wort.lu, +352 49939721)