Method for manufacturing a thin film solar cell arrangement with an array of thin film solar cells, comprising: providing a substrate ; creating a layer stack on a surface of the substrate, the layer stack comprising a bottom electrode layer , a photovoltaic active layer , and a top electrode layer , with the bottom electrode layer arranged on the surface of the substrate, the photovoltaic active layer arranged on the bottom electrode layer, the top electrode layer arranged on the photovoltaic active layer, and creating an insulating layer arranged on the top electrode layer; creating a first trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack that extends to the surface of the substrate ; creating at a first side (A) of the first trench , a second trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack which second trench extends into the photovoltaic active layer below the top electrode layer ; the second trench being spaced apart from the first trench at a first distance in a first direction; filling the first and second trenches (10A; 11A) with an insulating material; creating a third trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack located between the first filled trench and the second filled trench , the third trench extending into the bottom electrode layer , in a manner that the bottom electrode layer is exposed; creating a fourth trench at second side (B), opposite to the first side (A), of the first trench , the fourth trench extending through the insulating layer into the top electrode layer , in a manner that the top electrode layer is exposed; filling the third and fourth trenches with a conductive material, and creating on top of the insulating layer a bridge element of conductive material between a top of the third filled trench and a top of the fourth filled trench , the bridge element crossing the first filled trench. providing a substrate ; creating a layer stack on a surface of the substrate, the layer stack comprising a bottom electrode layer , a photovoltaic active layer , and a top electrode layer , with the bottom electrode layer arranged on the surface of the substrate, the photovoltaic active layer arranged on the bottom electrode layer, the top electrode layer arranged on the photovoltaic active layer, and creating an insulating layer arranged on the top electrode layer; creating a first trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack that extends to the surface of the substrate ; creating at a first side (A) of the first trench , a second trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack which second trench extends into the photovoltaic active layer below the top electrode layer ; the second trench being spaced apart from the first trench at a first distance in a first direction; filling the first and second trenches (10A; 11A) with an insulating material; creating a third trench in the insulating layer and the layer stack located between the first filled trench and the second filled trench , the third trench extending into the bottom electrode layer , in a manner that the bottom electrode layer is exposed; creating a fourth trench at second side (B), opposite to the first side (A), of the first trench , the fourth trench extending through the insulating layer into the top electrode layer , in a manner that the top electrode layer is exposed; filling the third and fourth trenches with a conductive material, and creating on top of the insulating layer a bridge element of conductive material between a top of the third filled trench and a top of the fourth filled trench , the bridge element crossing the first filled trench. <EOS>