Italian City Drives Its Tourists Up
Climbing
buildings has become a tradition for the Italian city of Sondrio. For
several years now, passionate climbers have been gathering here to take
part in the now famous Sondrio Street Climbing festival.
This year, the event has managed to bring together around 200 professional climbers from all over the world, all eager to start climbing some of the oldest, most important buildings in the city. œIt is the new sport of the future and we are pioneering it “ street bouldering. And with the Sondrio Street Festival we have established ourselves as the world center for street bouldering, a spokesman of the council explained.

This year, the event has managed to bring together around 200 professional climbers from all over the world, all eager to start climbing some of the oldest, most important buildings in the city. œIt is the new sport of the future and we are pioneering it “ street bouldering. And with the Sondrio Street Festival we have established ourselves as the world center for street bouldering, a spokesman of the council explained.