Mayor of Graz Siegfried Nagl from the ÖVP is supporting the bid for a new Ice Skating Hall in Graz and hopes it can attract federal funding. The planned ice centre would be for the Special Olympics which take place in 2017 in Graz. Under the motto ‘Heartbeat for the World” around 3000 sports people […]
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Plastic ice rinks a flop in Salzburg
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Ice rinks covered in a plastic substance instead of real ice have proved a flop in the Alpine city of Salzburg, Austria. Officials had chosen to use a plastic as an ice replacement despite regular freezing winter temperatures in the city. The ice rink is located on the famous Mozart Square in Salzburg’s old town […]
Vintners in Austria’s wine making heartland of Burgenland have started harvesting the grapes to make ice wine (Eiswein). The sweet dessert wine from the region which is now sold around the world is only made from grapes harvested after temperatures fall below freezing and the grapes are completely frozen through. The sugars and other dissolved […]
The ice cream parlour owner who killed her husband and then her lover and buried them under concrete in a cellar has been found guilty of double murder, and jailed for life in a secure psychiatric institute. The jury at the court in Vienna took three hours to decide whether Estibaliz Carranza, 34, was really […]
Cold-blooded Estibaliz Carranza, 34, pleaded guilty to killing her husband and her boyfriend in court in Vienna, Austria, today (Monday) on the first day of the hearing. Ice cream parlour owner Carranza – dubbed the Ice Lady by local media – admitted killing the men, cutting them up into pieces and cementing them into her […]
An Austrian ice hockey team will get to become gladiators when matches are played inside one of the best preserved Roman arenas in the world later this month. The ice pitch will be placed inside the ancient Roman Arena in the western Croatian town of Pula to host Croatian champions Medvescak Zagreb as well as […]
From now on you can ice-skate even in Summer. The Wiener Stadthalle is offering an ice-skating area of 1.800 square metres, open every Tuesday throughout the summer. Today is a special ice skating event – the Stadhalle ice rink will open until 11:00 pm as part of the “Long Night of Summer Ice-Skating”. Winter clothes […]
An Austrian man was left in a serious condition after a Bavarian curling game got out of hand during a tournament in Liebenfels, Austria. Police are investigating allegations that the curler aged 43 who was not named for legal reasons had been heckling his rivals when he was reportedly pushed by an opposing player – […]
Glaciers shrinking faster than ever
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Austria’s glaciers shrunk last year faster than ever before according to the latest report by the countries mountain sports association the Alpenverein. Measurements carried out by a team of 20 experts showed that 97 percent of the ice giants had seen a significant shrinkage – with none of the 95 glaciers growing any larger – […]
Black Wings snatch title
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Black Wings Linz have won the EBEL Ice Hockey League. The Upper Austrian team beat KAC 3-1 in the fifth match of the best of seven series on Sunday. Black Wings managed to win the trophy back in 2003. This season’s triumph followed a humiliating exit in the quarter final of last year’s EBEL league.