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  "path": "/places/luffar-lasse-roundabout",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T14:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "mosaics",
    "roundabout",
    "cats",
    "celebrity",
    "Facebook group",
    "slow-TV weekend"
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  "textContent": "Luffar-Lasse (literally “Tramp Lasse”), a ginger cat in Trollhättan, regularly wanders nearly 1.2 miles (about 2 km) from his suburban home to the parking lot of a shopping area on the outskirts of the city. There, he approaches shoppers, accepts pets, and often hitchhikes rides back with strangers. This unusually social routine first made him a local celebrity.\n\nOne sign of this is a nearby traffic circle with a mosaic sculpture of Luffar-Lasse by local artist Ellen Ljungqvist, installed in 2024. While commonly known as the Luffar-Lasse roundabout, the traffic circle's official name translates to “Barn Roundabout”. It features a small red wooden barn topped by the cat in thousands of colorful tiles. Measuring roughly 4 feet 3 inches (about 130 cm) from nose to tail, it depicts him surveying the roads.\n\nLuffar-Lasse’s traffic-prone wanderings prompted his owner to create a Facebook group to track the cat’s movements. As the group expanded, a member set up a donation box in Luffar-Lasse’s name for _Musikhjälpen_ , an annual televised Swedish charity fundraiser. It raised the most money of all, roughly $ 180,000, bringing him national attention and, in turn, a slow-TV weekend on Swedish television, with two 7-hour live segments.\n\nMost public animal statues honor those long gone. Luffar-Lasse, now 15, is still alive, passing the mosaic on his way between home and the nearby shopping area several times a week. Monument and cat exist in parallel: one fixed, the other unpredictable.",
  "title": "Luffar-Lasse Roundabout in Trollhättan, Sweden"
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