Early afternoon murder mystery on the Øresund Bridge

From afar the majestic towers of the bridge attract our attention.

My wife and I love murder mysteries. Being raised in Germany I favour ‘Tatort’ and recently as an afterglow of my past the regionally focused series of ‘Rosenheim Cops’ and ‘Held’. The later one is located in Bochum where I grew up.

My wife prefers the English shows like ‘Lewis’ or ‘Midsommer Murders’, or bloodier shows like ‘Wire in the Blood’. Swedish crime movies are topping all of them. Today we want to visit a crime scene in ‘Bron/Broen’ (‘The Bridge’). The story is about a body found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border. Danish and Swedish detectives have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer. Therefore, they need to cross daily the bridge between Denmark and Sweden. We want to do the same and probably find new evidence to convict the murderer.

Excited passengers crossing the bridge.

Denmark consists of the peninsula and many small and large islands. Most of them are connected with bridges. The largest one is the one that connects Copenhagen with Malmö since 2000.

It is an impressive approach. We could see the bridge towers from afar contrasting the sunny blue sky and white clouds. Our mascots especially are excited. Located on the dashboard they are jumping up and down in the rhythm of Ronda’s loudly roaring engine. It is hard work to push the 6 tonnes up the bridge. 

Driving Ronda is a lot of fun.

JY is monitoring the road to find any evidence from the murder case. When she discovers a few weird objects and asks me to stop the car, a road sign saying “No standing at any time” is just in front of us.

Disappointed I accelerate again enjoying the ride and watching the ships and sailing boats on the sea under us and the windmills in the fuzzy distance.

Soon we face reality again. Large sign boards with the magic ‘98€’ asks us to get money on the table.

Windmills along the bridge impress with their slow rotation.The giant size dwarf most of the boats next to them.