Smygehuk Snake Barrier in Smygehamn, Sweden

[ NOTE TO THE EDITOR: If published, please add Smygehuk to the geo header to ensure the place gets included in the destination guide . ] - - - At Smygehuk, Sweden's southernmost point , a rust-colored barrier of steel and concrete separates a small fishing harbor from an adjacent nature reserve. Winding 623 feet (190 meters) from the coastal road down to the Baltic Sea, the barrier is only about a foot (30 centimeters) high and sunk equally deep into the ground. Its outward-curving overhang stops European adders ( Vipera berus ), Sweden's only venomous snake, from climbing over. The reserve is

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