City Meets Nature: Abandoned Transport Routes Turned Into Parks

Seoul, South Korea

The Seoul station overpass, completed in 1970, used to be an icon of industrial progress for South Korea. But the 1km road bridge has undergone a radical makeover. It reopened in May as a sky garden with more than 23,000 trees, shrubs and plants. It includes miniature gardens with cafes, paddling pools, fountains, performance spaces, trampolines and even a puppet theatre.

Photo: Yu Cheong O/Korea Tourism Organization