Category Denmark

Copenhagen’s business district to benefit from Saxo Properties and Resolution Property strategic alliance

The trading and investment specialist, Saxo Bank has entered its property investment sector, Saxo Properties, into a joint venture with the pan European real estate fund, Resolution Real Estate Advisers LLP “Resolution Property”. The Joint Venture, which is already targeting its first purchases, will focus on co-investing up to approximately €250 million in the central business district of Copenhagen.

The investment will target residential and mixed use, residential and commercial buildings which will benefit from the application of intensive asset management, including refurbishment and the repositioning of occupiers – the new venture is expected to have a life of three to five years with the emphasis on income growth and capital gains. Read more

Iceland Airwaves annoncerer, at Björk optræder på festivalen

Danske musikfans får mulighed for at se Björk optræde på dette års udgave af musikfestivalen Iceland Airwaves (som finder sted den 12. til den 16. oktober).

Det er blevet annonceret, at den utroligt populære sangerinde vil byde på en særlig optræden med sit Biophilia-liveshow to gange under festivalen og spille yderligere fire intimkoncerter i den nyåbnede koncertsal Harpa i det centrale Reykjavik. Read more

NIB loan to Pohjola to improve housing sector’s environmental impact

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Finland’s Pohjola Bank plc have signed an agreement for a loan programme, totalling EUR 50 million, earmarked for improving energy efficiency and wastewater treatment in the housing sector and industrial buildings.

Pohjola Bank will open a credit facility for housing companies, SMEs and large corporations in Finland. Subloans will, for instance, finance improvements in the treatment of wastewater from public-use facilities, improved fertiliser and manure handling or building renovation with the purpose of improving buildings’ energy efficiency.

“This loan programme is an example of how NIB in cooperation with an intermediary bank can reach out to smaller-scale projects improving direct impact on the environment. Better waste management and energy efficiency will positively affect both the environment and the standard of living,” says Johnny Åkerholm, NIB President and CEO. Read more

Island er i den grad en varm destination

Nu, når Grimsvötn vulkanen i Island nærmest er en skygge af sig selv, er Island om muligt en endnu mere attraktiv feriedestination ovenikøbet med et nyt geologisk vidunder.

Den kraftige vulkanske aktivitet under Vatnajökull gletcheren varede i tre dage og der blev produceret mere aske på en enkelt  dag end under hele Eyjafjallajökull udbruddet sidste år. Det til trods har generne været begrænsede og flytrafikken er normaliseret. Oprydning og rengøring efter askenedfald skrider også planmæssigt frem og kun et lille område i det sydøstlige Island er hårdt ramt. Read more

Islandsk vulkan skruer ned for blusset – Icelandairs flyvninger fortsætter

Björn Oddsson, geomorfolog fra Islands universitet, har udtalt, at Grimsvötn-vulkanen i Island har skruet ned for blusset, og at udbruddets intensitet er kraftigt aftagende. Dermed forventer Icelandair ikke yderligere problemer på grund af vulkanudbruddet ud over mindre forsinkelser på afgange fra Amsterdam, Oslo og København.

Island er en vulkanø, og landets moderne infrastruktur og nødberedskab er udviklet til at kunne håndtere vulkanudbrud. På trods af jævnlige jordskælv og vulkanudbrud i Island er der næsten aldrig nogen, der kommer til skade, og der opstår som regel kun minimale forsinkelser. Read more

Se den grønlandske indlandsis smelte på web-tv!

Selvom klimatopmødet i Danmark for længst er overstået, og interessen for klimaet for en stund har været overskygget af finanskrisen, er der fortsat mange interesserede internetbrugere verden over, der følger indlandsisens nedsmeltning på første parket.

Indlandsisen smelter hurtigere end nogensinde, og det forsøger det grønlandske mediehus Sermitsiaq.AG at holde fokus på med sit særlige icecam, der er placeret nær én af verdens mest produktive smeltevands gletsjere i Grønland. De tankevækkende videobilleder allerede blevet vist mere end 135.000 gange. Read more

Luxury Adventure, all-inclusive private travel in the Nordics

Luxury Adventures is a family-run tour operator specializing in all-inclusive private travel in Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.

We operate our own a) private lodge accommodation b) private glacier/highland camps c) vehicles of great variety from standard sized cars to super jeeps/SUVs and buses  for self-drive and full-service with driver/guides in many  languages d) hiking/glaicer equipment e) high class atv/quad bikes. Read more

Transatlantic flights re-routed via Glasgow due to Iceland airport closure

icelandairgroup_logo87Due to the closure of Keflavik International Airport in Iceland, Icelandair has announced it will be temporarily re-routing its transatlantic flights through Glasgow again today.

Iceland’s international airport is closed again today due to the ash cloud coverage near the airport’s landing site in Keflavik. Nevertheless, Iceland’s weather and wind direction is very unpredictable and can change suddenly, which will result in the immediate reopening of the airport and flights.

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EIU ranks Denmark as number one business and luxury hotels location

Hotels in CopenhagenDenmark has recently been awarded the title of ‘number one location to conduct business’. This is due to its fiscal polices, luxury hotels and incentive services according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Denmark scored highly in quality across ten categories including fiscal polices, market flexibility and public services by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Read more

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