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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark

October 16, 2024187 Views

In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist Michael Borre Lundø, who led the six-month dig. “Normally, we would be lucky to find a few teeth in the graves, but here we have entire skeletons.” The skeletons were preserved thanks to favorable soil chemistry, particularly chalk and high water levels, experts from Museum Odense said. The site was discovered last year during a routine survey, ahead of power line renovation work on the outskirts of the village of Aasum, 5 kilometers (3 miles), northeast of Ode...

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World Tourism Day | It’s time for tourism to become a force for good

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September 27, 2024151 Views

A new All inclusive strategy marks a new beginning for tourism in Copenhagen Tourism accounts for nearly 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions, and with the number of international arrivals predicted to reach 1.8 billion by 2030, action is more important than ever. Copenhagen launches a new tourism strategy including an ambitious climate roadmap and calls on the industry to change its course. This year's World Tourism Day marks a new beginning for tourism in Copenhagen. With its new strategy All inclusive, Copenhagen redefines an outdated and passive form of travel to an active and conscious approach. The future of all-inclusive tourism is not just a ticket to relaxation but a shared responsibility among the industry and guests. "When we m...

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Danish capital tests climate reward scheme for tourists

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August 3, 2024213 Views

Tourists visiting Copenhagen this summer are encouraged to participate in unusual kinds of vacation fun, including plucking floating trash from the Danish capital’s waterways, cycling to museums instead of going by car, or volunteering at an urban garden. All these activities are part of a new, four-week pilot project called CopenPay that rewards tourists for “climate-friendly actions.” “We must turn tourism from being an environmental burden into a force for positive change,” said Mikkel Aarø-Hansen, the CEO of tourist board Wonderful Copenhagen, which runs the scheme. “We want visitors to make conscious, green choices and hopefully end up getting even better experiences while they visit,” Aarø-Hansen said in a statement earlier this month. Among the over 20 attractions p...

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Copenhagen launches new green experience initiative for tourists, CopenPay

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July 8, 2024323 Views

To get tourists to act more sustainably Wonderful Copenhagen is launching a new initiative: Pay for a variety of Copenhagen attractions with climate-friendly actions. There is a need to change the mindset of tourists and encourage green choices. Data show a large willingness as 82% say they want to act sustainably, but only 22% have changed their behaviour. This is why Copenhagen's official tourism organisation introduces CopenPay - a new initiative transforming green actions into currency for cultural experiences. It is Copenhagen's ambition to inspire visitors to make conscious green choices and help bridge the large gap between the desire to act sustainably and their actual behaviour. CopenPay rewards actions such as cycling, participating in cleanup efforts, or volunteeri...

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Denmark shuts down cannabis street in Christiania hippie enclave

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April 7, 2024353 Views

Residents in Copenhagen's famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings. After tolerating the illegal sale of cannabis for more than 50 years in the former army barracks claimed by hippies during the 1970s, authorities and the residents of Christiania decided this year to dig up what is known to locals as 'Pusher Street'. Mayor of Copenhagen Sophie Haestorp Andersen and Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard walk as citizens of the free village Christiania jointly dig up the cobblestones at Pusher Street, in Copenhagen, Denmark April 6, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS Freetown Christiania has developed into a major tour...

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Denmark introduces green tax on air passengers from 2025

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December 16, 2023488 Views

Denmark on Friday agreed to impose a tax on air passengers to help finance the airline industry's transition to greener practices, which will be gradually phased in from 2025, the government said. The government in November proposed imposing an average tax of 100 Danish crowns ($14.35) on air travel to help finance the industry's green transition, which aims to enable all domestic flights to use 100% sustainable fuels by 2030. Under Friday's agreement, the tax will by 2030 reach around 50 Danish crowns ($7.35) per passenger for intra-European flights, 310 crowns for medium-distance flights, and 410 for long-distance, according to a statement from the taxation ministry. Transit flights leaving after a stop-over in a Danish airport will be exempted, according to the statement. ...

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Famed Danish restaurant Noma to start new ‘flavor search’

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January 9, 2023811 Views

The famed Danish restaurant Noma which has claimed the title of world’s top restaurant several times said Monday it will shut down to transform itself into “a pioneering test kitchen” dedicated to “food innovation and the development of new flavors.” Chef Rene Redzepi’s house of Nordic gastronomy will close by the winter 2024 and re-emerge as Noma 3.0, the Copenhagen eatery said on its webpage. “In 2025, our restaurant is transforming into a giant lab - a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors, one that will share the fruits of our efforts more widely than ever before,” it said. Redzepi, who is Noma’s chef and co-owner, said they will travel to “search for new ways to share our work” and said there could be “a Noma ...

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सुकून भरा कोपेनहेगन

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October 16, 2022906 Views

प्राचीन इमारतें और बेहतरीन रखरखाव हैं खास कोपेनहेगन यात्रा हमारे सामने एक ऐसी दुनिया की खिड़की को खोलती है जहाँ सुरक्षा, आत्मनिर्भरता और उत्साह है। बहुत साल पहले जब हम डेनमार्क के बारे में पढ़ते थे कि—“वहां दूध की नदियाँ बहतीं हैं”—तो गहरा आश्चर्य मन में जागता था कि कैसा होगा ऐसा देश? और अब उसी देश में कुछ सप्ताह के लिए आकर रहना बेहद सूकून भरा अनुभव है। जब हमारा प्लेन कोपेनहेगन के आसमान पर मंडरा रहा था तो नीचे समुद्र में चारों ओर अपनी हरियाली पटी बाँहों को फैलाये हुए डेनमार्क अपने तटों के संग पसरा हुआ दिखाई पड़ रहा था। विस्तृत समुद्रीय तटों वाले शहर के एअरपोर्ट पर हमारा विमान इस बार दुपहरिया में उतरता है। जुलाई के पहले सप्ताह में यहाँ का मौसम अपने हिसाब से गर्म है यानि साल के कई-कई महीनों तक ग्रे-स्काई और बर्फ से पटी रहने वाली जगहों वाले इस देश में उन द...

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‘Feta’ is Greek, EU top court says in snub to Denmark

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July 16, 2022344 Views

Greece has scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term 'Feta' as Europe's top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union. Greece claims feta as part of its cultural heritage because it has made the sheep and goat milk cheese for 6,000 years. The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) agreed with its assertion. FIL PHOTO: A cheesemonger puts pieces of Greece's trademark feta cheese in a bag for a customer in central Athens, Greece. REUTERS/John Kolesidis "By failing to stop the use of the designation 'Feta' for cheese intended for export to third countries, Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law," judges said. In the case brought by the Europea...

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A new museum in Denmark tells the story of refugees

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June 27, 2022997 Views

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe opened a new museum Saturday that tells the story of the generations of refugees who have shaped Danish society, starting with Germans who fled the Soviet advance during World War II. Flugt — Refugee Museum of Denmark was created on the site of a camp in Oksboel, a town in southwestern Denmark, that housed up to 100,000 refugees from Germany in the postwar years. Flugt — which means escape in Danish — also tells the story of immigrants from Iran, Lebanon, Hungary, Vietnam and elsewhere who fled their homelands and found shelter in the Scandinavian country. They tell their stories in their own words on large video screens. The Danish Queen Margrethe and museum director Claus Kjeld Jensen walk during the inauguration of the new museum Flugt, in Oksboel, De...