{"id":3402,"date":"2024-05-06T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:32:27","slug":"30th-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-channel-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/06\/30th-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-channel-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"30th anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" width=\"326\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-2.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-2-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 85vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening on 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 1994, this year marks the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel. The anniversary allows us to\u00a0reflect on three decades of profound connectivity between the United Kingdom and France. Since its inauguration, the tunnel has facilitated seamless travel, trade and cultural exchange, symbolizing the unification of Europe. Its engineering marvels and operational excellence stand as a testament to human ingenuity and collaboration. Beyond its physical dimensions, the tunnel embodies the spirit of unity and cooperation, fostering bonds that transcend borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador Opening on 6th\u00a0May 1994, this year marks the 30th\u00a0anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel. The anniversary allows us to\u00a0reflect on three decades of profound connectivity between the United Kingdom and France. Since its inauguration, the tunnel has facilitated seamless travel, trade and cultural exchange, symbolizing the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/06\/30th-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-channel-tunnel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;30th anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3405,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions\/3405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}