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The title is misleading and should be changed.

• iso1210 4y ago
  Are you arguing it should be "the EU is building an $11billion tunnel connecting scandinavia to the mediterranean"? I agree the tunnel doesn't run from the Med to Scandanavia, or indeed anywhere in Italy to Scandanavia, however that's what the article claims
  • BaRRaKID 4y ago
    I think the problem is on the other direction. Austria is nowhere near Scandinavia.
  • Geonode 4y ago
    It should say "through the Alps." That, to me, lines up with how interesting the article is, and is more clear.
    • iso1210 4y ago
      HN doesn't typically fix inacurate headlines. I suspect that the "to the mederterranian" would make it too long for HN, "to Italy" is a reasonable contraction without going into editorialising. However the reason the youtube video goes for "Scandanavia to the Med" is because that's what the corridor is called https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/infrastructure-and-investment/trans-european-transport-network-ten-t/scandinavian-mediterranean-corridor_en https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/infrastructu...
      • Geonode 4y ago
        HN changes titles all the time. Especially when the title is a bit click baity. This one is like saying that the Chunnel connects Saigon to Scotland.
        • iso1210 4y ago
          "please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. " I don't think this is misleading, it's the tunnel that is a key stage in the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, an official EU project. "The cross-border alpine connection between Munich and Verona represents a major bottleneck on the corridor and will be alleviated by the construction of the Brenner Base Rail Tunnel, when it