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December 23, 2009

Dear esteemed travel colleagues,

From December 23, 2009, the Scandinavian Tourist Board’s official phone number is not longer active.

Any trade, media and consumer inquires should be done via email and addressed to info@visitscandinavia.com.au.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us via our website www.visitscandinavia.com.au or through email.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Med vänlig hälsning,

The Scandinavian Tourist Board - Australia


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Voted as the Best Ski Resort in Norway

November 2009

Resort Beitostolen was judges as Norway’s Leading Ski Resort

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Climate focus at Copenhagen Airport

November 2009

CO(2)OL Travel is a part of Copenhagen Airport’s environmental campaign

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VisitScandinavia Award-winning campaign

November 2009

The VisitScandinavia campaign won the prestigious PRIA Golden Target Awards!

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Nordic input at the UN Climate Change Conference

November 2009

From the 31 October the international art exhibition “RETHINK – Contemporary Art & Climate Change” will be displayed at some of Denmark’s finest art institutions

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Hopenhagen LIVE

November 2009

From December 7 – 18 Copenhagen is hosting Hopenhagen LIVE, a big cultural event focusing on the world’s climate challenges.

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Cool Christmas dinner

Enjoy Christmas dinner at Stockholm’s newest hotel, Hotel Skeppsholmen

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Winner of the Nordic Exposed Prize announced

October 2009

The winner of Borealis Destination Management prize has been announced.

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Nordic Exposed 2009

September 15, 2009

Don't miss Nordic Exposed (5-7 Oct) – 4 seasons and 1000 reasons to visit Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden!

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Lift the lid on the real Norway and win!

August 26, 2009

Hei, All aboard Travel Agents! You are invited to celebrate Norwegian life for the chance to win fantastic Scandinavian prizes!

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Copenhagen for travel agents: Special familiarisation offer

August 21, 2009

The best way of selling and promoting a destination is by experiencing it yourself.

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Copenhagen sets the table

August 18, 2009

This year’s program for the food festival Copenhagen Cooking is ready – and it is bigger than ever. From the 21st to 30th of August, 65 tasty experiences await the entire family. And they all have one thing in common – quality.

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100 nations meet in Copenhagen to celebrate and fight for homosexual rights

July 23, 2009

This week, thousands of people from across the globe will arrive in the Danish capital Copenhagen to take part in the most important international event for homosexual, bi-sexual and transgender men and women – World Outgames 2009.

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3 new eco-friendly hotels in Copenhagen receives “the Swan label”

July 14, 2009

This month three hotels as part of the SAS Radisson Hotel chain in Copenhagen, will get this highly esteemed label.

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Aussie dollar can send you to Scandinavia now

June 24, 2009

Recent economic times may be bleak, but they are also opening up greater opportunities to visit destinations like Scandinavia.

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Greenland takes a step toward independence

June 22, 2009

On June 22 2009, Greenland declared its independence from Denmark by celebrating Self Government Day.

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A unique music festival in Norway’s spectacular scenery

June 17, 2009

Combine Norway’s stunning nature with music at Førde Folk Music Festival.

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Go summer skiing at Norway’s Stryn, near the famous Jostedalsbreen Glacier

June 17, 2009

Try Norway’s biggest summer ski centre Stryn, which feeds of the famous Jostedalsbreen Glacier.

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Almost everything is free at the Culture Festival!

June 9, 2009

The festival boasts national and international cultural events that span all genres, geographic borders and cultures.

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New Danish prince is born

June 4, 2009

Princess Marie of Denmark gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on May 4.

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Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo

June 3, 2009

Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and finals will be held in Oslo on May 29th 2010.

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Swedish Söderling smashes Nadal’s French Open winning roll

June 1, 2009

Soderling smashes Nadal’s hopes of a record fifth successive French Open Title.

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Cycle on the beautiful island Bornholm

May 29, 2009

In summer, do as the Danes do and head to Bornholm.

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Copenhagen's Tivoli Garden presents the ride of your life!

May 28, 2009

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The World Outgames – Copenhagen’s cultural melting pot

May 28, 2009

Australian tourists and athletes will soon be heading to Copenhagen.

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Sweden's First "Airport City" in Stockholm

May 21, 2009

Stockholm Arlands Ariport will within the next years turn into an “Airport City”.

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Obama to visit Copenhagen in October

May 20, 2009

US President will be making his way to Copenhagen twice this year.

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Norway sweeps Eurovision Song Contest

May 18, 2009

Norway looks forward to hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year.

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Independence day in Norway

May 17, 2009

Independence Days in Norway falls on May 17 and is an annual event with celebrations held across the country.

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Roskilde Festival launches web TV

May 2009

Now you can watch historical film clips from the early 70s until today

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Free industrial museum Brede Værk opens its doors

May 2009

A new museum, Brede Værk, opens its doors on 21 May.

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Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik to visit Australia

May 2009

The Danish’s Crown Prince Frederik will visit Sydney in October.

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New budget hotel Wakeup Copenhagen opens in 2009

May 2009

The hotel has been designed by renowned architect Kim Utzon.

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City bikes now available in Oslo

April 2009

Rent a bike and explore the unique city of Oslo at your own pace.

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Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival

May 2009

The Theatre Festival is held from May 27 to June 6.

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Swim with killer whales in Nordland

May 2009

Try one of the most exciting experiences in the world – killer whale safaris!

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Floating sauna for floating hotel

May 2009

Salt & Sill opens in June.

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Space tourism set to launch in Sweden 2012

May 2009

Trips which travel through aurora borealis will also become available.

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Hotel Fjallnas a 'must see' destination in 2009

April 2009

The hotel has been nominated as one of the most interesting destinations.

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Copenhagen is for everyone!

April 2009

Wonderful Copenhagen Film and News Production has just received a distinguished award for their film “Anyone can be a Copenhagener”.

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Legoland and Lalandia merge to create major family resort

April 2009

The vision is to create Northern Europe’s largest family resort.

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Stars rain over Copenhagen

April 2009

Copenhagen is one of Europe’s leading gastronomic capitals.

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Sami Easter festival

March 2009

The Easter festival is widely known and takes place from April 6 to April 12.

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Copenhagen sends Little Mermaid to Shanghai

March 2009

The Little Mermaid will travel around the world.

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New design hotel in Stockholm

March 2009

On March 9, Stockholm is due to open a new design hotel.

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The world's first amusement park on wind energy

March 2009

Tivoli in Denmark will be the world's first amusement park to run on renewable energy.

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Opening of Scandinavia’s best off-piste skiing

March 2009

Riksgränsen in Swedish Lapland recently opened their 2009 season and will remain open until September.

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New tour: Follow the footsteps of Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander

February 2009

“Starring: Stockholm” is the name of the City Museum’s exhibition on Stockholm as a site for Swedish film history.

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FREE Travel essential guide for all Scandinavian tourists

January 2009

Australians seeking to travel to Scandinavia will benefit from our new.

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Step into the underworld

January 2009

The silver mine in Sala, northwest of Sweden’s capital city Stockholm, has one of the world’s best preserved mine settings and with one single suite, 155m underground

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Announcement of our ABBA competition winner

October 8, 2008

And the winner is...

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Scandinavian experience in a nutshell

September 25, 2008

It was time to put on thos platform shoes as STB and SAS put on a show in ABBA-style to celebrate the fact that Australians love Scandinavia.

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ABBA the Museum delayed

September 16, 2008

On June 4, 2009, ABBA the Museum was scheduled to open in Stockholm. But it has become clear that the project is more complicated.

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New "Union Express" Connecting Capitals of Scandinavia

August 2007

There is a new way of travelling between the Scandinavian countries

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Create your own presentation of Denmark

June 2, 2008

A new film site, ConsiderDenmark, allows you to create your own presentation of Denmark. With 20 Denmark films available with an approximate duration of 2 minutes each, variation is immense.

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Another new princess for Denmark

May 28, 2008

Denmark enjoyed another royal wedding when Prince Joachim of Denmark married Marie Cavallier on Saturday the 24th of May.

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Easter in Scandinavia

March 20, 2008

After the long winter, the celebration of Easter coincides with the anticipated arrival of springtime

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Scandic Hotel 100% green by 2025

November 5, 2007

The Scandinavian hotel chain Scandic new goal is to exclude all carbon dioxide by 2025.

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Fly Economy Extra and relax in SAS's Business lounge

October 5, 2007

Get more in the air when you try SAS's premium economy class

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18 Years with the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi

October 5, 2007

The ICEHOTEL is for the eighteenth year taking form in the little village Jukkasjärvi

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