The Czech Republic opens the world’s longest suspended walkway | Travel and Tourism

“We came here because we love adrenaline,” day walker Michaela Klestilova said as she approaches a 721-meter trail that’s 95 meters above ground at its highest point, which opened to the public on Friday.

“We came here on foot and now we are looking for our reward,” he joked.

The 721 Sky Bridge took two years to build at a cost of 200 million kroner ($8.4 million) and was suspended by six main support cables and 60 wind cables.

It rises more than 1,100 meters above sea level and connects two mountain ranges in the northeastern region of the country, 200 km from Prague And close to the border with Poland.

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The pedestrian bridge has crossed the 516-meter Arauca Bridge Portugalwhich was previously the largest pedestrian suspension bridge.

But the new Czech bridge is not without criticism.

The regional director of the Czech Agency for Nature Conservation, Michal Servus, told Czech TV this week that she It caused problems with protecting the surroundings and changed the character of the area.

The authorities hope so Promote tourism, give a different view of the forest landscape.

“For me, that’s a great view,” said Michel Hoverek, the bridge’s first visitor.