International
International
The Ampelmännchen love their home town Berlin but also enjoy travelling and discovering the world. Browse through their holiday snaps and get to know their colleagues in other countries!
Ampelmännchen from all around the world
To make the roads safer for pedestrians, traffic light men were developed independently in many countries and they couldn’t be more different! You will find colleagues of the Berlin Ampelmännchen in our gallery.
The East German Ampelmännchen
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The West German Ampelmännchen
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Belgium
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Chile
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Denmark
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Argentina
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Bolivia
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Australia
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Brazil
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China
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Japan
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France
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England
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Greece
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European Ampelmännchen
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Guadeloupe
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South Korea
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Canada
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Cuba
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Mongolia
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Monaco
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Poland
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The Netherlands
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Switzerland
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Senegal
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Spain
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United States
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Ampelmännchen within Germany
Not only worldwide, but also within Germany the Ampelmännchen are getting more and more new interesting colleagues. Here you can get to know some of them.
At many places in Erfurt you can find different funny motives of the east Ampelmännchen with all kinds of accessories: umbrellas, school bag, ice cream, birthday cake, etc. And every single one of them is actually handmade!
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The first traffic light woman was installed in Zwickau, some can also be seen in Dresden.
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In Mainz there are the Mainzelmännchen. The well-known cartoon characters shine in red and green in the traffic light since 2016.
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In Augsburg there's the green Kasperl, who shines at a pedestrian crossing not far away from the Puppenkiste - the famous Bavarian marionette theater.
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On the occasion of Karl Marx's 200th birthday, a pedestrian traffic light with his figure was installed in his hometown of Trier.
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In Worms you can see a Martin Luther figure shining in green and red, regulating the traffic in the city centre.
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The new traffic light - inspired by Elvis Presley - was installed to honor Presley's U.S. Army service in Friedberg between 1958 and 1960.
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Since 2018 the first "miner's traffic light" has been standing in Duisburg, reminding of the miner's tradition of the city and the Ruhr area.
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In Bremen, a traffic light Santa Claus gives the green light for the Christmas market.
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In Hanover, a moose and an angel decorate the traffic light at a Christmas market during the Christmas season.
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The people in Stuttgart fought for years for the popular cartoon characters "Äffle und Pferdle" (a monkey and a horse) to be seen in their traffic lights. Now it is certain: the traffic light will be installed at the beginning of 2020.
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In Bremen you can find the Bremen Town Musicians in the traffic lights, who originate from the popular fairy-tale by the brothers Grimm.
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In many big German cities, gay couples shine in the traffic lights - already to be seen in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Cologne.
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In many big German cities, gay couples shine in the traffic lights - already to be seen in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Cologne.
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On the occasion of the equestrian fair in Essen, a horse traffic light regulated the traffic at a riding path along a four-lane road.
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There is a proposal for three locations in Andersnach, where Bäckerjungen (bakers) traffic lights will accompany pedestrians across the street.
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The city of Hameln wants to give the pedestrian traffic lights at the city hall a pied piper symbol, because of the popular old telling from this area.
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The Paulinchen (Pauline Pohnke) is a real original in the old Leverkusen-Wiesdorf. In 1982 the citizens of Wiesdorf dedicated a statue to her, created by the sculptor Kurt Arentz.
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The market policeman from Leverkusen's Finnish twin town Oulu lights up on Oulustraße near Lindenplatz in Schlebusch, Leverkusen.
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The famous cartoon characters "Father and son" of the cartoonist Erich Ohser regulate the traffic in Plauen.
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In Bergkamen, a Roman legionnaire will soon be asking people to cross the road. In April 2019, the city council of the Ruhr area gave the green light for the unusual traffic light motif.
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Theodor Fontane has been shining in the traffic lights of his home town of Neuruppin since April 2019. On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the writer, the city installed eight traffic lights with this motive at Fontane Square.
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The city of Wesel is getting a donkey as a traffic light symbol.
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A stork traffic light would go well with Schierstein, according to the locals. The Wiesbaden traffic department has rejected the proposal.
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There was a proposal for a "witch" traffic light in Wernigerode, but it wasn't approved. The idea giver from Düsseldorf wants to fight further for his idea.
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The famous comedian, cartoonist, musician and actor Otto Walkes got his own Otto traffic light in his hometown Emden.
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The traffic light represents the German Wine Queen, who is crowned every year in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The traffic light wine queen was designed by the artist Gerhard Hofmann.
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