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Swedish city to use chicken manure to deter crowds
The Swedish city of Lund is to spread chicken manure in its central park in an effort to deter crowds gathering for a festival.
Tens of thousands of people usually descend on the southern city to celebrate Walpurgis Night, which is marked across Scandinavia.
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There is no lockdown in Sweden, where data show most people have taken to voluntary social distancing.
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Defending the decision to spread a ton of chicken manure in the park, he said: "We get the opportunity to fertilise the lawns, and at the same time it will stink and so it may not be so nice to sit and drink beer."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52481096
Tens of thousands of people usually descend on the southern city to celebrate Walpurgis Night, which is marked across Scandinavia.
...
There is no lockdown in Sweden, where data show most people have taken to voluntary social distancing.
...
Defending the decision to spread a ton of chicken manure in the park, he said: "We get the opportunity to fertilise the lawns, and at the same time it will stink and so it may not be so nice to sit and drink beer."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52481096
One way to nudge behaviour, I suppose ...
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