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An overly tall bench installed on the river bank in Copenhagen

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Video. Denmark has built weirdly tall benches as a warning - but what is it?

Updated: 11 May 2022 - 10:55 GMT+2

These benches are 1 metre higher than they should be and the sea level in Denmark soon could be too.

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