FESTINA LENTE FOOTBRIDGE

This elegant footbridge (Most Festina Lente), whose Latin name means "hasten slowly," was erected in 2012. It leads to the imposing Academy of Fine Arts, a former neo-Byzantine evangelical church from 1899 that was transformed into a university in 1972. The footbridge was designed by three design students of the Academy. It is 28 m long and 4 to 7 m wide, and is made of glass and steel. It forms a loop in the middle which shelters two benches and invites to slow down the step. At night, its lines are highlighted by LEDs.