What can we read into runestones?
The unique art form that is the runestone originates in the 4th century CE in Norway and Sweden, and later in Denmark. Early runestones were placed next to graves as memorials, inscribed with the names of those who had passed. At the height of the Viking Age, however, from the 8th century onwards, these raised granite markers were carved with more detailed information about those who had lived and died, their achievements, and where they traveled. In time, thousands of runestones decorated in the runic alphabet appeared all over the region. Today, runestones are the oldest existing original works of writing in Scandinavia and provide a fascinating record of Old Norse culture and tradition. But what exactly are runic alphabets, and where can you admire some of the finest examples of runestones? Click through and find out what's written in stone.
2022-12-27T09:07:20Z
Inauguration of one of the three steepest ski slopes in the world, called Black Wall
In the Swiss Alps, a black slope called 'one of the three steepest in the world' was inaugurated by the company that manages the Glacier 3000 ski resort of Les Diablerets, in the Canton of Vaud.Called 'Black Wall', it is a three-kilometre descent that, thanks to a 265-metre-long tunnel carved into the mountain, makes it possible to ski from the highest part of the lifts (over 3,000 metres) to the col du Pillon (1,546 metres).Its maximum gradient of 104% (46°),' Glacier 3000 announces, 'makes it steeper than the Streif in Kitzbühel (Austria) or the Lauberhorn in Wengen (Switzerland), two famous downhill events of the Alpine Ski World Cup.
2023-04-01T13:11:05Z