She Rides Down A ‘Normal’ Path, But Watch How It Changes…WOW!!

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has succeeded in combining the past and the present in a truly magical way.

People are always inventing new and cool things, from eco-conscious water crafts that look like something straight out of James Bond, to a little device that lets women pee standing up like men (yes, really). But Roosegaarde has gone above and beyond inventing something new – he's created a work of art.

The "Van Gogh-Roosegaarde cycle path," which runs 600 meters through a town in the Netherlands were Vincent van Gogh lived, uses thousands of solar-powered stones, arranged in such a way to be reminiscent of his famous Starry Night painting.

"I wanted to create a place that people will experience in a special way, the technical combined with experience," says Roosegaarde, who has finally given bicyclists a safer way to get around after the sun goes down.

This is such a beautiful invention, and could actually be the wave of the future!

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The path was designed to invoke the famous van Gogh painting "Starry Night."

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Cyclists in the Netherlands finally have a safer way to get around by bike once the sun goes down.

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The stones have been embedded with technology that allows them to soak up the sun during the day, and glow at night.

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