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Associated Press
Jul 7, 2025, 04:38 AM ET
Travelling fans successful Switzerland for Euro 2025 volition announcement a football-themed twist to the metropolis arsenic a greenish pistillate kicking a shot takes implicit the postulation lights.
Authorities successful the Swiss metropolis of Basel person installed 12 of the altered pedestrian crossing lights astatine locations frequented by shot fans portion the state hosts the astir month-long tournament.
Some are located adjacent St. Jakob-Park, the venue for the big nation's opening crippled -- a 2-1 defeat to Norway. Switzerland person since bushed Iceland 2-0 excessively support their tourney hopes alive.
"They volition enactment until the extremity of the Women's Euros -- possibly adjacent a fewer days longer," Nicole Ryf-Stocker, spokeswoman for Basel's transport department, said.
Ryf-Stocker said the thought and plan was provided by the St. Gallen civilian engineering department, portion the lights were manufactured by the aforesaid institution that manufactures Basel's postulation lights.
"We thought the thought was fantastic and were allowed to usage it," she said.
Basel volition big the last of the tourney connected July 27.
