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Traffic Lights

Aarhus, Denmark

Viking Traffic Lights

At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.

Loud traffic bows down to a silent savior.

Mimes Directing Traffic in Bogotá Had Surprisingly Loud Impacts

Behavioral scientists applaud a quiet yet theatrical shift in societal thinking.

Abi Cole March 4, 2025

Nijntje stoplight

Utrecht, Netherlands

Miffy Traffic Light

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

The original Ampelmännchen became so popular in East Germany by the 1980s that an animated version of the "little street crossing man" was used to teach children traffic safety.

In Germany, Karl Marx and Elvis Direct Traffic

East Berlin's famed Ampelmännchen has inspired a new generation of pedestrian signals that will make you stop in your tracks.

Laura Kiniry August 24, 2021

Mainzelmännchen Traffic Lights

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

Green lights at Mäster Samuelsgatan and Drottninggatan

Stockholm, Sweden

Samkönade Trafikljusen

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Short steps leading to the control tower.

Meriden, Connecticut

Traffic Control Tower

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Caveman.

Tambon Pak Nam, Thailand

Krabi Traffic Lights

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

Vienna, Austria

Ampelpärchen

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Traffic Light Tree

London, England

Traffic Light Tree

A student driver's nightmare.