The golden ring that tracks the sun

The golden ring that tracks the sun

In 1993, a 4.4-metre-tall aluminium ring was placed in a park in Göteborg, tracking the movement of the sun. There's another one, not far away.

In 1993, the Swedish artist Claes Hake created Solringen, a 4.4-metre-tall aluminium ring that now stands in Renströmsparken, in front of the university buildings Humanisten and Universitetsbiblioteket in Göteborg, Sweden. It serves both as a work of art and a sundial, casting a cone of shadows and tracking the movement of the sun. There is also a patinated bronze version of the ring in Hjørring, Denmark, as part of the fountain sculpture Ringen.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

Written by Nik Frost

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