While EU citizens’ passports are coloured an inoffensive but indistinct burgundy, the Scandinavian nation’s passports are distinctly finished in white, turquoise or red – and contain a surprising feature that should brighten up proceedings for passport controllers the world over.
The work of Neue Design Studio, which won a competition to redesign the documents and national ID cards in 2014, the passport is based on the theme The Norwegian Landscape.
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Pages feature minimalist interpretations of the country’s most striking landscapes, and show one of its most mesmerising phenomena only under specific circumstances.
Should airport security staff – or anyone else – shine the passport’s pages under ultraviolet light, the otherwise elusive
Northern Lights will instantly appear as iridescent trails on the paper.
source: natemat.pl
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/The-worlds-coolest-passport/
