Apart from being the capital of Croatia, the city of Zagreb is well known for its historical and cultural heritage. However, few people know that the city also has a bridge dedicated to one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music.

A few years ago, graffiti with the surname of Jimi Hendrix appeared on Zagreb’s railway bridge Zeleni Most (Green Bridge) across the Sava River. Thanks to that graffiti, the railway bridge across Sava has got almost a cult status and become one of the symbols of urban pop culture in the city.

The Green Bridge (Zeleni Most) is one of the oldest traffic bridges in Zagreb. Over the years, it has been renewed several times, and upon completion of each renovation, the Hendrix graffiti appeared again.

Two years ago, at the Facebook initiative ‘’Let us rename the railway bridge to the Hendrix bridge’’, the Croatian Railways decided to accept the suggestion, whilst the city of Zagreb decided to make a project of lighting the bridge.

Today the Hendrix bridge across the Sava River has a decorative lightening that highlights the contours of the lower part of the bridge along the entire length of the main beam (310 metres) and the upper structure of the bridge with static, neutral white light. It is interesting to note that dynamic colour lighting is activated by passing the train i.e. with the first coach behind the locomotive.

As far as the graffiti is concerned, it is still there, however, the surname of the popular rock legend is not painted in red anymore, but has got an electric sign in green.