Korketrekkeren

About this audio guide

This guide to Korketrekkeren in Oslo goes back to February 1952, when the old Corkscrew road above the city was turned into an Olympic bob run of hand-shaped snow and ice. It follows a German crew led by Anderl Ostler, back at the Games for the first time since the war, and a rulebook that was about to change. You'll also hear how the episode found its way into a Bavarian film comedy half a century later.