From the bottom of the valley, the tunnel proceeds towards the valley of the Rein da Nalps (Val Nalps) and passes east of Lai da Nalps, before crossing the Gannaretsch range below the western summit of Piz Vatgira (2,981m (9,780ft)). Makes sense in a place where many think a boy can be a girl and dont even know what marriage is. The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. A fifthat Bodiowas added later. After a few kilometres the tunnel crosses the watershed between the Anterior Rhine and the Ticino, just north of Pizzo dell'Uomo (2,525m (8,284ft)). It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). There also have been talks of using that of Biasca. (Millions wasted on a demonic . The first journey carried hundreds of Swiss citizens who had won tickets in a draw, while the assembled guests in Erstfeld, including the Federal Council in corpore, heads of state and government from neighbouring countries and transport ministers from European countries, attended the opening show Sacre del Gottardo by Volker Hesse featuring 600 dancers, acrobats, singers and musicians celebrating Alpine culture and myths around the Gotthard. On hand for the opening were German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. It is also an important part of CERNs work, as it helps the organization transport large pieces of equipment to different locations. The Gotthard Tunnel is a tunnel that goes through the Swiss Alps in Europe. The Gotthard Base Tunnel under Switzerland's Alps has taken 17 years and cost about $12 billion to construct and removes one of Europe's most stubborn natural barriers to trade and tourism: the. Switzerland tunnel: The oddest moments of the opening ceremony 1 June 2016 AP We're not sure what this was all about either From the World Cup to the Olympics, it is not a significant event. [19] Nine people died during construction. OOWK MEDIA 78.9K subscribers Subscribe 89K views 6 years ago Attended by Europe's most powerful people, the opening. The recent opening ceremony for the worlds longest rail tunnel has had an amusing epilogue: a politician from the Swiss Peoples Party, spying what she reckoned were Islam-connected whirling dervishes, has complained to the cabinet about a lack of basic Swiss values. We master the Earth. Fireworks explode during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. The ceremony took place in two parts. Because they are quite literally trying to use it to summon demons. It is the longest and the deepest railroad tunnel in the entire world, and it took 17 years to build. Supposedly it will use more power than the entire USA does in 1 year. [note 4]. BE SURE TO WATCH this shortened version of the Swiss Tunnel Opening Ceremony video, and pay close attention to the choreography and symbolism. Artists perform during a show on the opening day of the Gotthard rail tunnel at the fairground Rynaecht at the northern portal in Erstfeld, Switzerland, on June 1, 2016. It looks like they disabled video embedding for that link so you will have to actually click that link to watch it. Rapturously applauded by standing global bureaucrats and prime ministers, the ghastly production was an unintended self-parody on statist culture. What to Expect After Moscow Suspends Its Last Nuclear Treaty With the U.S. This all translates in the minds of the conspiracy theorists to the London ceremony in 2012 predicted the pandemic in 2020. On June 1st Switzerland unveiled the world's longest and deepest railroad tunnel with a deeply occultic, satanic ceremony. RYNAECHT, SWITZERLAND (JUNE 1, 2016) (SDR POOL - ACCESS ALL) 1. The Health Service and childrens literature part of the show was a bonkers spectacle. Read our full Disclosure. Many people even believe the collider is responsible for the Mandela Effects that are often reported. CERN is famous for its work on particle physics, which is the study of tiny particles that make up all matter in the universe. And in the opinion of this reporter, theyre right. Does the cabinet share these popular concerns., The artistic production, with its concept Gotthard myths, used figures and legendsexclusivelyfrom Alpine culture. And they're being depicted as mindless sacrifices mated by ancestral pagan gods of the Gotthard region. As a Swiss citizen, I apologize. The rock is still there and, in 1977, 300,000 Swiss francs were spent to move the 220 ton rock by 127 m in order to make room for the new Gotthard road tunnel. You know, like little pharaohs. You know what would really start the games off on a great note this year? It was imagined and coordinated by a German director named Volker Hesse who is relatively obscure beyond the German-speaking world and its hard to say exactly what his intended message was, assuming he even knows. And we're not afraid to sacrifice humans to get more of it. But, really, do we have to, at every twisted turn, prove them right? Essentially they want to destroy the whole universe to build it back up again. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. In those days, it was still an adventure and it was only affordable to the rich. And thats what you witness in the video. The miners were then seemingly sacrificed to the tunnel and emerged as veiled spirits (represented by dancers in underwear with white wedding veils), and an actor dressed as a goat sprung out and began ritualistically consuming and mating with the veiled dancers. If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch. After eight years as head of the Cabaret Voltaire he worked as a social media journalist and content curator at the news site watson.ch, and is now working to see that swissinfo.ch is read, discussed, shared and gets likes. [29] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel. Its underground opening a portal pic.twitter.com/Skx4XgbJsI, Christopher Greene (@amtvmedia) July 2, 2022, https://twitter.com/Desi_3650/status/1541666826903502849. A bronze memorial plaque with their names four coming from Germany, three from Italy, and one from each of South Africa and Austria was unveiled by AlpTransit Gotthard AG CEO Renzo Simoni. [25][26] Construction started in 2021 and is scheduled to finish in 2027. [5][6][7] At opening the GBT reduced travel times for trans-Alpine train journeys by about 40 minutes, and by one hour when the adjacent Zimmerberg and Ceneri Base Tunnels were completed. In pictures: Bizarre opening ceremony . An opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland took place in 2016. It was built between 1998 and 2008 and allows physicists to test various . With our newsletters you get the top stories to your inbox. The tunnel passes under these two ranges more than 2,000m (6,562ft) below the Chrzlistock (2,709m or 8,888ft) and the Piz Vatgira (2,983m or 9,787ft, near the Lukmanier Pass). It is one of the longest tunnels in the world, and it helps people and goods travel between northern and southern Europe. Actors perform in a sequence meant to represent Britains National Health Service during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in London on July 27, 2012. This point corresponds to the main chain of the Alps, and is the main drainage divide between the Rhine and the Po. Predictive programming. The video shows the nurses putting the children to bed as a lullaby plays. He offers to ensure the construction of the bridge under the condition that he can claim the first soul that passed over it. The LHC, near Geneva, Switzerland, is the world's largest particle collider and the largest single machine in the world. 666 pic.twitter.com/LFR29iDs8c. [16], After 64 percent of Swiss voters accepted the NRLA project in a 1992 referendum, the first preparatory and exploratory work began in 1996. The north and south portals on the same spring day. The World's Longest Rail Tunnel Had A Creepy AF Opening Ceremony. As the goat man laid on the floor an upside down tree was displayed on the video screen and the actors chanted a song in a mix of Ancient Germanic and Italian. Discover disruptive technologies for women's health from across the world and meet the 20+ selected start-ups and projects at the 2nd annual opening ceremony of Tech4Eva. Then it jumps ahead in the performance to show a moment of the monsters entering the scene among the beds. A password reset e-mail has been sent to your address. Switzerland opened the world's longest train tunnel this month cutting travel time between southern Germany and northern Italy by one hour. If you want a deeper dive, Ive got you covered. 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The first regularly served railway stations on the base line (as of 2016/17) are those of Arth-Goldau (Schwyz), a railway node with links to Lucerne and Zrich, and Bellinzona (the "Gate of Ticino"), with links to Locarno, Luino and Lugano (via the Monte Ceneri Rail Tunnel). Its wild but its TRUEand thats what makes it so scary. The ceremony. Oh, and if this all sounds EXACTLY like the plot to Stranger Things (especially Seasons 2 and 3) then youd be 100% correct. Since the GBT is in full service, standard freight trains of up to 3,600t (7.910^6lb) are able to pass this natural barrier. CERN uses the Gotthard Tunnel to transport large pieces of equipment, such as detectors, from one place to another. Knowingly or not, these modern statists were celebrating the very rituals of which the state itself is a vestige. In 1882, with the inauguration of the Gotthard Railway Tunnel, the travel time between Altdorf and Biasca was reduced dramatically to only hours, though often accompanied with overnight stays in large Fin de sicle-hotels, for example in Biasca. An innocuous ribbon cutting ceremony for an impressive engineering feat. Alleged satanist new world order symbology is out of my field of interest and understanding. Footage from the opening ceremony of the Gottard Tunnel in Switzerland, 2016. In this legend, Swiss herdsmen attempt to construct a bridge over the perilous Gotthard mountain pass. It then follows the eastern slopes of the large Valle Leventina, the valley of the Ticino, for about 18km (11mi) to the south portal at Bodio, at an elevation of 312m (1,024ft), just 3km (1.9mi) before Biasca, where the Brenno converges with the Ticino. Amsteg portal (maintenance access), 507m (1,663ft) a.s.l. Its now starting to make a comeback and be able to be found again, perhaps thanks to Elon Musk. 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