Ah, Vienna.
The fine Austrian city is known for its friendly residents, stunning architecture, and, of course, its delicious sausages. Now, the streets of the historic European city are getting a temporary makeover.
In an effort to improve road safety and promote tolerance, the the Austrian capital announced that it is replacing dozens of its gender-neutral traffic light figures with same-sex couples. Awww. How cute!
“The campaign is mainly targeted at raising awareness for traffic safety,” Andreas Baur, a spokesman for the city of Vienna, told NBC News. “But it is also pegged to the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest and the AIDS charity Lifeball in Vienna.”
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Eurovision, you may recall, is the popular singing competition that brought us Conchita Wurst.
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This isn’t the first time a European city has had a little fun with its traffic signals. Last year, the disproportionate number of female versus male figures in traffic lights in Dortmund, Germany, caused a backlash, with several political parties campaigning for gender equality.
Vienna’s new traffic lights will remain up through the end of June.
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Cute idea. Never been to Austria but I want to visit. NYE 2013, before I got married, one of my other partners and I looked at Le Grand Bal at the Hofburg Palace as something to do but decided to go to Berlin instead.