Little green men

Europe
July 19th 2017

Published: July 19th 2017

Little green men In the last few years we have been taking photos of traffic lights for pedestrians, also known as "the Green Man", in the various countries we have visited. We started taking these photos just because we thought it was fun. Eventually we decided to publish these photos, and the result is what you are looking at now. We think this turned out interesting and we hope you think so... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg Sweden

This is not a green man but a green rabbit. Liseberg amusement park has a rabbit as their mascot and the light next to the main entrance they have the green rabbit instead of the green man.

Stockholm, Sweden

During Pride week this pedestrian light, showing a female couple, temporarily replaced the usual one.

Stockholm, Sweden

During Pride week this pedestrian light, showing a male couple, temporarily replaced the usual one.

Sundbyberg, Sweden

During Christmas the authorities set up a temporary "green man" depicting Santa Claus.

Zanzibar City, Tanzania

Bangkok, Thailand

Three photos which together illustrates that the "green man" looks like it is walking. See also a video we have added

Bodrum, Turkey

London, UK

We add this to the blog even though it strictly doesn't belong there since this light is not a pedestrian crossing but a horse and bicycle crossing.

London, UK

Pedestrian signal giving "green light" to gay marriage. Copyright of this photo belongs to David McGahan. Used by permission

Manchester, UK

Winterset, Iowa, USA

Chicago, Illinois, USA

New York City, USA

19th July 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Littel green men
Like your subject matter for this blog.

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thank you for reading the blog and it feels good that you enjoyed it. If you look at it again about a month from now will will have updated it with a nice addition - a Pride version where two "Little green people" of the same sex hold hands. /Ake

19th July 2017

Kuan Yin
Karen Johnson

Little green men indeed...
The version from Paris reminds me of the the aliens supposedly found at Area 51 in the US. Of course, those aliens were not green, but gray. Maybe the Parisians are just more fashionable.....

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

You are right
We never thought about that. But now that you say it we can see it too. The French ones look like something out of an X-files episode. /Ake

19th July 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Interesting 'project'!! I like it when they include countdown minutes which also help motorists.

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thank you for reading the blog and it feels good that you enjoyed it. I first saw the countdown seconds in Beijing in China in 2001. If you look at the blog entry again about a month from now will will have updated it with a nice addition - a Pride version where two "Little green people" of the same sex hold hands. /Ake

19th July 2017

Hilary Falconer
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Love heart traffic lights
We've just come back from Iceland and in Akureyri in the north the red traffic lights are in the shape of a heart - this was done to cheer people up when the country went bankrupt in 2008 and they have kept them! Is Iceland on your list? It's amazing!

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Iceland is not yet on the list but we will add it in the future
Thank you for telling us about the Icelandic lights. We are very grateful when people tell us about interesting things we yet haven't added to the blog. We haven't visited Iceland since we began this blog entry. But it is on the agenda. We will visit Iceland soon and then we will probably make an exception and add the red version as well. If you look at the blog entry again about a month from now will will have updated it with a nice addition - a Pride version where two "Little green people" of the same sex hold hands. /Ake

19th July 2017

Sheri Schroeder
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Little green men
Those little men move more like sprinters than walkers!!! Perhaps that's their way of urging pedestrians to move quickly in cities where automobiles just might not wait for them to finish crossing. :)

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Yes, some of them run fast
Yes, you are right. The moving ones look more like they are running. If you look at the blog entry again about a month from now will will have updated it with a nice addition - a Pride version where two "Little green people" of the same sex hold hands. /Ake

19th July 2017

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Very interesting!!!
Thanks for sharing your research.

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thanks for reading it and we are glad you liked it. If you look at the blog entry again about a month from now will will have updated it with a nice addition - a Pride version where two "Little green people" of the same sex hold hands. /Ake

20th July 2017

Traci Money
Traci Money

How Fun!
What a fun and unique idea. The Kenya one is running fast ... and love the hat on the Peru one. Thank you.

20th July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

23rd July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Kenya is known for their fast runners
Many of the best middle and long distance runners in the world are from Kenya, so it makes sense that the "green man" in Kenya runs fast /Ake

21st July 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Great idea!
I love that you thought to do this... I've often noticed the differences, but never thought to document it. I find the countdown clock very useful in foreign countries, as the timing of lights can be hard to fathom at very big or busy intersections. Are you on Instagram? I can see an account with this sort of focus getting a cult following :)

21st July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thanks for reading it. I am not on Instagram so someone else is responsible for that. /Ake

21st July 2017

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Now I'm seeing them in my dreams
One of the delights of this "we" blog (by both of you) is that we out there will find we are checking out little green men. Now that you have embedded the images in our brains t'will be great to see what we come up with. Well done!

21st July 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

And I fear that you won't thank me for it...
Next time you go abroad and cross a light assisted pedestrian crossing you think "wonder what 'the green man' looks like here", you will take a look and then I fear that you will curse me for making you look :-) It's happened before when I point things out to people. I make people look, they curse me for making them look and after that they give me a smile which says "but I love you anyway". /Ake

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