european route e47 is a road (part of the united nations international e-road network) connecting lübeck in germany to helsingborg in sweden via the danish capital, copenhagen. it is also known as the vogelfluglinie and the sydmotorvej. the road is of motorway standard all the way except for in germany and 6 km (4 miles) of city roads in helsingør; there are also two ferry connections. a fixed link between germany and denmark was planned to have been completed by the year 2020; however, the danish parliament has decided that a tunnel would be safer and greener than a bridge. although a bridge-tunnel combination (the øresund bridge) has been constructed between denmark and sweden further south, a very frequent ferry service continues to operate between helsingør in denmark and the northern terminus of the e47 at helsingborg in sweden.