Kalmar got a pedestrian crosswalk in rainbow colours in the beginning of September, during the Pride Festival in the city. Now another Swedish city, Växjö, wants to do the same.

Gay Flag 2016

It would be so nice and welcoming gesture, a symbol that everyone is welcome to Växjö, says Ola Palmgren (S), member of the city council, to Smålandsposten (Subscription needed).

Kalmar pedestrian crossing is also Europe’s first permanent landscaped in rainbow colours.

Read more more at gp.se.

Photo by Benson Kua [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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