In 2002, the European Central Bank introduced seven new bank notes to the union.

Each note featured an artwork of a bridge on the back.

However, none of these seven bridges actually existed.

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A town called Spijkenisse in the suburb of Rotterdam became the chosen site.

He even painted them the same bright hues they were printed with on the notes.

“It’s a very humorous idea,” Robert Kalina toldSpiegel Online.

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The seven bank notes introduced in 2002.

Robin Stams plans for the bridges.

Matching the colors in the concrete with the bank notes.

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