While Sölvesborgsbron is no longer the longest footbridge in Europe it is still the longest of its kind in Scandinavia It officially opened in 2013 and spans almost half a mile and connects the city center with a residential area across the bay The bridge consists of a high part made up of three characteristic arches (inspired by the courthouse and railway station nearby) These are illuminated with color-changing LEDs while subtle light beneath the deck creates reflections in the water The lighting has been developed to avoid disturbing birds and other wildlife Many light scenarios can be selected so the bridge is seen as dynamic.  Environment and sustainable development played a key role in the construction of the bridge It was made of duplex stainless steel and acid-resistant steel which makes it virtually maintenance-free and reduces the spread of hazardous waste in the habitat which was constructed by local firm Stål & Rörmontage AB has become an iconic landmark in the small south Swedish city of Sölvesborg It has even been featured on a Swedish stamp.  The western part of the bridge can be reached by foot in about 8 minutes from the railway station Parking is available nearby for those arriving by car The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath One of the last remaining covered bridges in the region This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park A unique bridge with an equally unique view An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300 This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled The new par-three fourteenth hole at Sölvesborg Golf Club in Sweden The new greens were built as part of a project to improve water usage at the club The green at the par-five thirteenth has water on three sides with a narrow opening at the front Sölvesborg Golf Club on Sweden’s southern coast will open a new green on its par-five thirteenth and an entirely new par three hole this month as part of ongoing redesign work by design firm (re)GOLF based on a master plan created in 2010 completed a bunker renovation and a tree management programme This year (re)GOLF has worked with the club landowner and the county administration board on an environmentally focused project that addresses water quality and has also resulted in the course changes we made changes to the thirteenth and fourteenth holes and built a new hole in between them,” said Pontus Leijon “There was a small pond separating the two holes that we dug out so we could get water moving the way we needed to filtrate it properly The environmental benefits of reusing the natural salts in the water and stopping them from going straight into the sea were needed especially considering that Sölvesborg is in a region with high phosphor and big agricultural businesses The club has also been able to secure a bigger water reservoir the green at the par-five thirteenth was quite boring with a lot of maintained rough,” said Leijon “The new green on this short par five now sits on an angle and has water on three sides with a narrow opening at the front forcing the longer hitters to think twice before going for the green in two with the hole overlooking the new fourteenth with Hanö Bay as a backdrop.” The new par-three fourteenth can play up to 122 yards sandy bank that basically sits in the sea with water long but it has a large bailout area to the right will now serve as the club’s bonus hole The Sölvesborg Firehawks defeated Sundbyberg in Game 5 of the best-of-five championship series earning their second Swedish crown in a row Sölvesborg and Sundbyberg dominated the regular season in Sweden and faced each other in the final series Sundyrberg took the series to the limit with an emotional Game 4 win Pitchers Moisses Pargas and Jesper Svedhem limited the Firehawks offence and Victor Croneld and Adam Hopkins nailed down a couple of runners at home plate to help Sundyrberg manufacture a 4-2 win Ben Johnson limited the opponents to five hits over seven innings He pitched with a sizable 7-0 lead that Sölvesborg had built in the first inning against Nicklas Melin Joe Wittig was named the MVP of the Swedish Baseball Series Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation's Camran Hansson contributed to the article The cover picture is by SBSF's Lars Sundin Sitemap Media Data Protection Contacts Avenue Général-Guisan, 45 CH-1009 Pully | Switzerland The WBSC is recognised as the sole competent authority in Baseball and Softball by the International Olympic Committee mister-baseball.com Passionate about European baseball since 2007 The Sölvesborg Firehawks have won the 2020 Swedish Baseball Championship They defeated Sundbyberg Heat 3-2 in the best-of-five final series Sölvesborg prevailed 11-1 in the decisive fifth match of the finals It’s the third Swedish title for the Firehawks in the past four years Sölvesborg and Sundbyberg had swept their respective semifinals 2-0 against Rättvik and Stockholm the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iwers (bass),Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — made its live debut earlier today (Saturday June 11) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below THE HALO EFFECT will release its debut album In a new interview with Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast Peter and Daniel were asked if they would agree that "Days Of The Lost" is a "spiritual successor" to "Reroute To Remain" you tend not to overthink stuff — you just go in and you write music and kind of know that what comes out will sound a certain way because of the style that we are playing and how we are playing and performing our music We had a bunch of ideas and we came out with a bunch of songs that happen to sound a certain way But none of us really overthought it and it was never meant to 'it's gonna sound like this' or 'it's gonna sound like that.' We just [went] 'Let's write this music and see what happens.' And because of Added Daniel: "A lot of people like to analyze music it sounds Gothenburg metal-ish because we all are from that genre and we are some of the people that kind of created it we don't really think about how it should sound people like to do a lot of comparing between us… It's a difficult topic to discuss because none of us have — even though we've all been in IN FLAMES at some point none of us have really thought about this as what you're saying But then a lot of people that we speak to say it as we've been very thorough in just writing music But I'd say it's a little flattering to hear it." announced in 2015 that he was leaving the group to focus on his family life Iwers issued a statement in November 2016 saying that he was exiting the band "to pursue other endeavors." Strömblad quit the band in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction Engelin has been sitting out IN FLAMES' tour dates for the past three years but has never officially confirmed his departure from the band Engelin's replacement for IN FLAMES' live shows since then has been former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE guitarist Chris Broderick Stanne recently told the "Heavy Hops" podcast about THE HALO EFFECT's musical direction: "Niclas started writing a few songs just based on what he has and what he kind of digs We're on to something here.' It's super heavy it's melodic — it's all those things that we kind of grew up trying to do Then Jesper got involved and he started changing a little bit of that or adding stuff to it this is awesome.' It doesn't feel new at all Let's focus on the things that we know best and try to kind of recapture that feeling that we had when we were kids when we wanted to play together and that kind of playful atmosphere Because the longer you play together with your main band or what have you and so much energy goes into trying to be different from what you have done before Whereas starting something new like this with a very familiar genre of music meant that you could be very free about it It doesn't have to be anything in particular it doesn't have to conform to any rules — it just needs to fucking kick ass and feel good." the band featuring vocalist Jake E (ex-AMARANTHE) and Strömblad He announced his departure from that band in May 2018 THE HALO EFFECT's first-ever tour will be as the support act for Swedish death metal giants AMON AMARTH and U.S metallers MACHINE HEAD on 31 dates throughout Europe in the summer and fall of 2022 Posted by Svein Roger Ericsson on Saturday Posted by Stefan Bladh on Saturday Just before @thehaloeffectse first live gig ever @swedenrockfestival Posted by An Odd Story - a book on beer and metal on Saturday, June 11, 2022 Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times A Swedish Christian Democratic politician leaves the party because she disagrees with its pro-choice stance Christel Henningsson supported the statement that abortion is equal to killing children That is not compatible with the party's view In 2018, the Christian Democratic Party in Sölvesborg described abortion as "killing children in a Facebook post, SverigeresRadio writes the abortion issue was debated just before the parliamentary election Christel Henningsson told P4Blekinge that she still supports the statement made in the post "The woman should be allowed to decide over her own body the board member of the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg said Just hours after the Facebook post was brought to attention news broke that Christel Henningsson would resign She does not only quit her work as a board member for the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg but also withdraws her membership from the Christian Democratic party in general The post does not mean that the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg oppose abortion, Bengt Jönsson, district chairman of the Christian Democrats in Blekinge, stresses to Dagen They do not support the Facebook post either "It is Christel herself who has done it." the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg support Ebba Busch the party leader of the national Christian Democratic Party Busch supports the pro-choice movement explicitly Recently she drafted a contract that politicians could sign if they were solidly pro-abortion Party leader Busch distances herself from Henningsson's position This is not in line with the attitude of the Christian Democrats; it was not then Europe's longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Sölvesborg Sweden recently received a few special upgrades to enhance its natural surroundings The half-mile long landmark spans from the Sölvesborg city center to a new housing district called Ljungaviken Ljungaviken is attracting new homeowners with its lush gardens Swedish design firm Ljusarkitektur teamed with lighting specialists Lumenpulse to renovate the popular bridge The teams added LED technology to suspension cables steel arches and even trees along the path The teams took careful consideration to enhance "There is a rich bird life in the area that we didn’t want to disturb,” Lina Färje with Ljusarkitektur explained “We worked to create a subtle lighting on the inside of the arches lighting the trees and reeds at special points and working with reflections in the water." The teams are sharing photos of the new bridge with weather.com You can see more of Ljusarkitektur's design projects on the firm's website and you can learn more about Lumenpulse here MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Is This the Future for Stockholm We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview Europe's longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge in S\u00F6lvesborg The half-mile long landmark spans from the S\u00F6lvesborg city center to a new housing district called Ljungaviken Swedish design firm Ljusarkitektur teamed with lighting specialists\u00A0Lumenpulse\u00A0to renovate the popular bridge.\u00A0The teams added LED technology to suspension cables \\\"There is a rich bird life in the area that we didn\u2019t want to disturb,\u201D Lina F\u00E4rje with Ljusarkitektur explained \u201CWe worked to create a subtle lighting\u00A0on the inside of the arches lighting the trees and reeds at special points and working with reflections in the water.\\\" You can see more of\u00A0Ljusarkitektur's design\u00A0projects on the firm's website\u00A0and you can learn more about Lumenpulse here.\u00A0 We are extremely happy to announce our return to Sweden Rock Festival This is a super emotional return for us all as it’s been nearly a decade since our last show there Many of you know how special this festival has been to us throughout our career and we have countless incredible memories connected to it it’s one of the best festivals in the world For more information about the festival and tickets, please visit swedenrock.com you’ll be the first to know when new Sabaton music and tour tickets are available We will also contact you from time to time about new merchandise Our new song “Templars” is now available on all music streaming services & YouTube brightly illuminating the ‘sölvesborg bridge’, swedish design firm ljusarkitektur has developed a unique lighting scheme to enhance its landmark status. the use of color changing LED fixtures from lumenpulse graze the suspension cables of what is considered europe’s longest bicycle and pedestrian viaduct the pieces were mounted on the outside of the 756 meter long structure the overall design was achieved without impacting on the local wildlife – to limit glare influenced by the surrounding fauna and flora ljusarkitektur pushed the fixtures’ flexibility and controllability to program different color sequences throughout the year managing to be both dynamic and understated reflective installation has turned the bridge into an attraction in its own right ‘ljussättning av bron i sölvesborg’video courtesy of sölvesborgs kommun programmable LED fixtures to enhance the bridge’s landmark status the firm used color changing lights from lumenpulse to illuminate the suspension cables and light the distinctive arches the fixtures were mounted on the outside of the bridge custom glare shields to hide the light sources and limit any potential glare swedenlighting designer: ljusarkitekturLED manufacturer: lumenpulsephotographer: olof thiel designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style A vanished breed of domesticated dog has been unearthed at a dig of a Stone Age culture in Scandinavia The Stone Age dog was discovered by archaeologists in Sölvesborg Blekinge County about 350 miles south of the capital a Zooarchaeologist at National Historical Museums told Insider: "Since these dog burials are rare and the bones are very fragile I spent three days carefully exposing the skeleton." Magnell added: "A few bones were found in a pit and I could see that it was several bones from one animal. First I could identify a carpal bone from the front paw and later the mandible was exposed so I could confirm that this was definitely a complete dog." He said that while the dog's breed no longer exists The dog is currently being kept at the Blekinge Museum but it has not yet been decided where it will be exhibited.  believed to between 14,000 and 20,000 years old The 43-year-old has overseen a makeover of his party vowing to rid itself of its racist and violent roots The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats helping to form a youth group in his home town of Sölvesborg he became the leader of Sweden Democrats’ national youth organisation then took over the SD party leadership in 2005 Åkesson was raised in a middle-class family with an entrepreneur father and a mother who worked as a nursing assistant in Sölvesborg in rural Scania’s small towns and farmsteads amid concerns about the heavily immigrant-populated city of Malmö nearby After leaving school, Åkesson studied political science in Lund, where he linked up with what came to be known as the “Gang of Four” with future party leaders Richard Jomshof who went on to build the party’s electoral base around the message that Sweden’s peaceful welfare state had been destroyed by Muslim immigration The party underwent a major makeover under Åkesson’s leadership replacing its blue-and-yellow torch logo with an anemone and vowing to rid itself of its racist and violent roots The party won 5.7% of votes when it entered parliament in 2010 when it became Sweden’s third-biggest party in parliament Its rise has come alongside heavy immigration in Sweden The country of 10.3 million people has welcomed about half a million asylum seekers in the past decade 1:47Swedish right opposition inches ahead in election cliff-hanger – videoThe party continued to be dogged by accusations of harbouring violent racists and swastika-wearing Nazi sympathisers Åkesson introduced “zero tolerance against racism and extremism” in the party he excluded the entire Sweden Democrat youth organisation because of its links with extremists that only low-level party members have since been purged while those higher up the party hierarchy have escaped censure References to the importance of “inherited essence” were scrapped from the party’s programme only in 2019 In a debate article in 2009 Åkesson claimed that Muslim immigration to Sweden was “our biggest foreign threat since the second world war” Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that there is a possibility for a new Black Sabbath album The band took part in a press conference at this years Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg on Friday [June 6] The group discussed their plans for the future and hinted that a new album may be in the works “We haven’t really discussed it It is possible there’s gonna be another album,” said Osbourne “But we haven’t really sat down and decided what we’re gonna do yet We just wanna finish this tour and then we’ll see.” Tony Iommi said that the band’s Hyde Park gig this July could be their last ever He admitted that he and his bandmates currently have no plans to play live after the festival and that could mark the last time Black Sabbath fans get to see the band perform live Osbourne said: “If it’s goodbye we’re ending it on a high note…But I’m up for another Black Sabbath album and tour I’ll just carry on doing my own thing.” Black Sabbath discuss their greatest abums in this month’s Uncut No thanks, I’m not interested! KINGDOM COME has been blasted for its disastrous performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg with one reviewer calling it the event's "biggest fuckup." KINGDOM COME's current lineup consists of drummer James Kottak alongside guitarists Danny Stag and Rick Steier Original KINGDOM COME singer Lenny Wolf is not involved with KINGDOM COME's reunion tour which initially came together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's self-titled debut album In his review of KINGDOM COME's June 10 appearance at Sweden Rock, Peter Johansson of the popular Swedish site Rocknytt criticized the band for the inclusion of "several lengthy uninteresting and completely meaningless solos on both guitar and bass" saying that the musicians "completely massacred" one of their most popular songs writing that the drummer played "really badly sluggishly" and at times failed to keep the tempo "worryingly throughout the concert" Kottak "stumbled to the edge of the stage to bow with his bandmates," according to Rocknytt Also critical of KINGDOM COME's performance was renowned Swedish music journalist and guitar player Janne Stark who took to his Facebook page to share a photo of the gig and he wrote in an accompanying caption: "I've never seen a drummer fall asleep on stage before but James Kottak is pretty damn close Edit: they actually managed to make it worse… A few fan-filmed videos of KINGDOM COME's appearance at Sweden Rock have emerged online writing below the "Shout It Out" video: "Does anyone know what was going on with the drummer slowing down and not keeping time?" Kottak was dismissed from SCORPIONS during his well-publicized battle with alcoholism and was replaced by former MOTÖRHEAD member Mikkey Dee told the SCORPIONS official fan club Crazyscorps about the circumstances that led to his departure from the legendary German hard rock band: "I always liked a drink here and there And then I always also take a pain medication called Aleve You take those of those and you don't feel anything 'I just don't wanna drink anymore.' I didn't go to rehab; I didn't do any of that stuff [Alcoholics Anonymous] or any type of program or rehab it only lasts so long and then you have what we call in recovery a relapse I would go through these phases of a year or maybe two years of no drinking we're all downstairs having dinner," he continued "And everything's just the right price — free All these flights back and forth from Europe I might as well have a drink.' And that's what triggered me to start drinking again sometimes "It's a typical alcoholic way of thinking: 'Well Why not?' And that's typical alcoholic disease thinking SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs said that he and his bandmates "had to make" the decision to fire Kottak explaining that they gave the drummer "all the chances" to get better "We reached the point — or he reached the point — where it was just not worth it," Jabs said After its early run of success in the '80s with Wolf remaining the only constant member of the band prior to the band's reformation The group's most recent effort was 2013's "Outlier" Kottak played on KINGDOM COME's first two albums 1988's "Kingdom Come" and 1989's "In Your Face" before leaving Kingdom Come var största fiaskot på Sweden Rock😱😬 Posted by Kristofer Becker on Sunday, June 12, 2022 I’ve never seen a drummer fall asleep on stage before but James Kottak is pretty damn close Posted by Janne Stark on Friday, June 10, 2022 After two years of the coronavirus pandemic a number of European football teams are heading to the south of Spain for training who were in Almuñécar for four days training at the town’s Francisco Bonet football stadium last week which is based in southern Sweden close to the border with Denmark travelled to Almuñécar and stayed at the Bahia Tropical hotel Aragón explained that the Swedish team’s visit was the first to use the Francisco Bonet stadium’s facilities and that this week it is the turn of a group of German athletes from Frankfurt Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados The former Mötley Crüe member has written to site owners Google accusing it of stonewalling musicians in negotiations Mötley Crüe co-founder Nikki Sixx has ramped up his campaign to get YouTube to pay better royalties to artists by writing directly to Larry Page accusing the Google-owned video-sharing site of stonewalling musicians in negotiations Sixx, along with James Michael and the rest of his current band Sixx:AM, became the latest in a string of musicians to criticise YouTube’s music video royalty pay out policies in April He has taken the step of writing directly to the Google co-founder threatening to step up protests The letter says that the publicity garnered following the recent criticism by artists led to music industry representatives meeting with Robert Kyncl who asked them to “pause” their protest in return for meaningful action on the issue James Michael of Sixx: AM performing at Download Festival wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan ‘Don’t Be Evil: Do The Right Thing’ Photograph: Ben Gibson/Outside PR“No action has been taken “The lack of action has hit a sour note with musicians so we will be renewing our protests and taking the issue into our own hands.” A source close to YouTube says that it is in active discussions with artist representatives and that the company is “not the enemy” it has been portrayed as being “We continue to engage in productive conversations with labels and publishers,” said a spokeswoman for YouTube “Digital services like YouTube are not the enemy and we’re working hand in hand with the music industry to bring more money to artists as well as through our recently launched subscription service in the US Ultimately we believe that by providing more transparency into payouts to artists we can address many of these concerns.” Last month a report from UK music industry trade body the BPI found that royalties from sales of vinyl records were more than artists made from proceeds of music videos played on YouTube The report found that YouTube and similar operations contributed a “meagre” £24.4m in royalties despite an 88% increase in music video streams to 27bn in 2015 The sale of just 2.1m vinyl LPs earned labels £25.1m subscription audio streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer contributed a combined £146.1m last year “Artists from every genre are finding it impossible to pursue their art in a world dominated by YouTube,” said the letter young musicians will no longer be able to make music for a living Dreams of breaking into the music industry will effectively be unattainable.” In April, more than 100 artists and managers including Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Rod Stewart filed a petition sent to the US Copyright Office asking it to reform the so-called “safe harbour” laws Under current safe harbour laws sites such as YouTube are protected from copyright infringement prosecutions as long as they remove any copyrighted material when notified by the rights owners The music industry argues that this means that YouTube has immense power in negotiations when making deals with labels and publishers citing Google’s early corporate mantra in his appeal to Page “We want you to take your own advice before irreparable damage is done to the future of artists around the world.” points out it has paid out $3bn to music rights holders to date “Google has paid out billions to the music industry and we’re engaged in productive conversations with the labels and publishers around increasing transparency on payouts,” said a spokeswoman “We believe that by providing artists and songwriters greater visibility around revenue earned on YouTube “We’re also working hard to bring more revenue to the music industry through our subscription service as well as continuing to grow our ad supported business which allows artists and labels to monetise the 80% of music listeners who historically have never paid for music.” In August Romanian employers will visit Blekinge county worked two months trying to find assistance in Romania authorities and representatives from Roma organizations in Romania The result of Costea's work includes several measures to help Roma in Blekinge be able to return to Romania by soon being offered agriculture work there three members of the municipal council in northwest Romania and small and mid-sized company owners who are prepared to offer jobs to those who want to return home and become employed and work," Costea told Swedish Radio in Blekinge In the fall they hope to increase the number of courses offered that train people to do work like cleaners and personal assistants Step two will involve training the employment services in Romania against discrimination and work to get more Roma into the workforce plus weekly summary on Fridays at 4.30pm on P2 (P6 89.6FM in Stockholm) Kontakta gärna Sveriges Radios forum för teknisk support där vi besvarar dina frågor vardagar kl