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Witness History

The Bridge Which United Sweden and Denmark

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In 1993 work began to build Europe's longest road and rail bridge. The Oresund Bridge links Sweden to Denmark connecting them by land for the first time in thousands of years. In an unlikely twist, it also inspired a hit TV drama which has been broadcast in more than 150 countries. Claire Bowes spoke to Ajs Dam, head of information at the consortium which built the bridge.

Photo: Oresundsbron by night from Lernacken (courtesy of Pierre Mens/Øresundsbron)

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Sounds.

0:36.4

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:40.9

My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned

0:43.0

podcast for BBC Sounds.

0:45.0

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,

0:49.0

featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.

0:54.4

What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

1:00.9

poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, and that's just a few examples.

1:06.4

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over

1:11.1

at BBC Sounds, Just before this BBC

1:13.5

podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. My name's Linda

1:17.8

Davies and I commission podcast for BBC Sounds. As you'd expect at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality

1:25.0

featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.

1:30.0

What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things

1:35.0

like pop stars, poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

1:42.0

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,

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