An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core comprising anabsorbent material between a top core wrap and a back core wrap, saidabsorbent corehaving a first and second longitudinal edge and a first and second transverseedge; theabsorbent core comprising at least a front and a rear attachment zone, and abridgingzone extending at least partially between said front and rear attachment zone,whereinthe bridging zone extends from a first longitudinal portion of the absorbentcore to asecond longitudinal portion of the absorbent core, such that upon wetting ofthe absorbentmaterial, a front and rear channel are created at said front and rearattachment zone,respectively, wherein the bridging zone allows a liquid flow between the firstlongitudinalportion and the second longitudinal portion.