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Optimist and Pessimist Fountain, Stortorget, Malmö

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Optimist and Pessimist Fountain, Stortorget, Malmö

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Optimist and Pessimist Fountain, Stortorget, Malmö

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    May 24, 2023

    Very interesting symbols of fire and water, summer and winter!?
    invites you to come back!

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      April 4, 2022

      Fountain with water mirrors on 2 levels, which change from the element of water to the element of fire in winter. In 2000, the sphere made of bronze and red granite was added. On it are 2 allegorical figures representing the optimist and the pessimist, grouped around the free interpretation of the Malmö heraldic hilt and two inscriptions by the Greek poet Herakleitos and Hjalmar Gullberg.

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        March 19, 2022

        The monuments tell the story of the town and there are several

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          Location: Malmö, Skåne, Sweden

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