Cross-country or ski touring binding

A cross-country or ski touring binding for connecting a boot to a ski in an articulated manner, comprising:

• a binding base body comprising a standing surface for a sole of the boot and a ski contact surface for at least indirect contact on the ski,
• a holding device, comprising a receptacle for a pivotable arrangement of the boot about a pivot axis extending in the transverse direction of the binding base body,
• a holding element for holding the boot on the receptacle, wherein the holding element is mounted on the binding base body to be displaceable between a closed position holding the boot on the receptacle and an open position releasing the boot, and
• an actuating element which comprises a rotating handle for transferring the holding element from the closed position into the open position, wherein an axis of rotation of the rotating handle extends perpendicular to the standing surface of the binding base body, wherein the actuating element comprises a disk-shaped, eccentrically-mounted force transmission element, which is accommodated in a recess of the holding element such that, by a rotational movement of the rotating handle, the holding element is transferable from the closed position into the open position and vice versa.