Fremont Troll

Climb on an 18-foot concrete troll crushing a real Volkswagen Beetle under Seattle's Aurora Bridge.

N 36th St at Troll Ave N, under the Aurora Bridge · Seattle, WA

About Fremont Troll

The Fremont Troll crouches under the north end of the Aurora Bridge in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood. Four local artists, Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Whitehead, built it in 1990 from steel rebar, wire and concrete after winning a Fremont Arts Council competition. It stands 18 feet tall and clutches a real Volkswagen Beetle, with a hubcap for its one good eye. Visitors are encouraged to climb on it, and the street beneath it was renamed Troll Avenue in 2005.

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