Bike riding is very popular in Norway, especially in the city of Trondheim. However, there is a steep hill in the city called Brubakken that most bicyclists wouldn't climb because it was too steep.
So, the city became the first in the world to have a lift specially designed to help cyclists travel uphill. The first prototype was installed in 1993. Since then, it's become a popular tourist attraction that's powered more than 200,000 cyclists up a 130-meter hill, with no accidents recorded.
The original lift was dismantled in 2012, and replaced a year later with CycloCable, an industrialized version upgraded to meet new safety standards.
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