Luffar-Lasse (literally “Tramp Lasse”), a ginger cat in Trollhättan, regularly wanders nearly 1.2 miles (about 2 km) from his suburban home to the parking lot of a shopping area on the outskirts of the city. There, he approaches shoppers, accepts pets, and often hitchhikes rides back with strangers. This unusually social routine first made him a local celebrity . One sign of this is a nearby traffic circle with a mosaic sculpture of Luffar-Lasse by local artist Ellen Ljungqvist, installed in 2024. While commonly known as the Luffar-Lasse roundabout, the traffic circle's official name translates to “Barn Roundabout”. It features a small red wooden barn topped by the cat in thousands of colorful tiles. Measuring roughly 4 feet 3 inches ( about 130 cm ) from nose to tail , it depicts him surveying the roads . Luffar-Lasse’s traffic-prone wanderings prompted his owner to create a Facebook group to track the cat’s movements.…