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Det populære turmålet Gruve 6 på Svalbard er nå stengt av gruveselskapet Store Norske, skriver nrk.no
Årsaken er at det ikke er trygt å ferdes i området fordi bygningsmassen er ustabil, ifølge rSvalbardposten. Store Norske har planer om å sikre området, men fraråder turer hit inntil videre.
Gruve 6, som ligger i Adventsdalen ved Longyearbyen, var i drift fra 1967 til 1981. Det er i dag bare i Gruve 7 at det er kullutvinning.
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Hotel Ritz i Paris (bildet) er igjen åpnet for gjester. Ærverdige Hotel Ritz på Place Vendome ble åpnet av den sveitsiske hotellkongen Cesar Ritz (1850-1918) i 1898, og var favoritthotellet til både den amerikanske forfatteren Ernest Hemingway og den franske motedronningen Coco Chanel.
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Ikke siden Tyskland bombet London under 2. verdenskrig har britiske politikere måttet forlate de historiske bygningene som utgjør Palace of Westminster, den ikoniske parlamentsbygningen ved Themsen, som er et av de mest fotograferte landemerkene i britenes hovedstad.
Men nå er det i ferd med å falle fra hverandre. Sandsteinen som er brukt i bygget er mange steder i ferd med å smuldre opp, i tillegg til at forurensing fra London-trafikken også får deler av fasaden til å smuldre opp. skriver nrk.no
Parlamentsbygningene blir stengt i seks år fra 2022, og de 650 folkevalgte i Underhuset (House of Commons) og de over 800 medlemmene av Overhuset (House of Lords) får nye midlertidige møtelokaler i henholdsvis Helsedepartementet, som ligger like ved, og til Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, også det noen minutters gange unna.
Mange av politikerne har strittet imot å flytte til nye lokaler, men nå er det ingen vei utenom.
De nyeste delene av palasset ble gjenoppbygd i perioden fra 1830-tallet til 1870, etter en brann, mens eldste delene av palasset, Westminster Hall, stod ferdig allerede i 1099.
Det 98 meter høye klokketårnet som huser Big Ben fotograferes av tusenvis av turister daglig, sekker ned i grunnen. I følge offentlige rapporter heller Elizabeth-tårnet fra 1859 med 46 centimeter, skriver NRK.
Taket på palasset lekker, dreneringssystemet fra Viktoria-tiden fungerer ikke som det skal, det er ofte oversvømmelser i kjelleren, og palasset har problem med mus. Ja, det finnes faktisk en egen tjeneste der ansatte melder fra når de ser mus i bygningene.
Heissystemene, de eldste er fra 1890-tallet, trenger renovering, det gjør også telefon- og datakabler.
Regningen kommer trolig på rundt 45 milliarder kroner.
Les hele saken her: https://www.nrk.no/urix/politikerne-ma-forlate-westminster-1.13125980
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Den europeiske kringkastingsunionen, EBU, og den ukrainske rikskringkasteren NTU har valgt hovedstaden Kiev som vertsby for den internasjonale finalen i MGP – Eurovision i 2017, skriver VG.no
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Ukraina er vertsland etter at artisten Jamala vant årets konkurranse, som ble arrangert i Stockholm. Ifølge en pressemelding fra EBU var også Dnipro og Odessa aktuelle som vertsbyer.
Den første semifinalen vil gå av stabelen 9. mai, den påfølgende semifinalen 11. mai og selve finalen 13. mai til neste år.
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Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam plans to welcome 30 million visitors, including 5.7 million foreigners, by 2020, according to the municipal Department of Tourism, Vietnamnet.vn reported.
Hanoi also hopes to generate US$ 5.36 billion in tourism revenue by 2020, with an annual growth of 15-17 per cent till then.
Head of the tourism department Do Dinh Hong said the city would continue to develop infrastructure, improve tourism products in terms of quality and diversity and have better human resources in a move to make tourism more sustainable and a key industry.
The department’s statistics revealed that Hanoi posted annual growth of more than 10 per cent in tourist arrivals in recent years. In 2015, the city attracted approximately 19.7 million travellers. Of them, 3.3 million came from overseas, accounting for 40 per cent of the foreign visitors to Vietnam.
The number of travellers coming to the city reached more than 11 million in the first half of this year, including two million foreigners, up 30 per cent year-on-year. That has earned the city $1.4 billion.
During the reviewed period, most foreign tourists came from China, South Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom, besides Australia, the United States, France and Germany.
However, the department said, the number of international visitors to Vietnam was still much lower than that of other capital cities in the region. It was just one-sixth of the number of visitors going to Bangkok, and one-third that of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Hanoitourist Director Do Duc Ke said the capital city needed to make greater efforts to affirm its position as the country’s largest tourist centre.
Top priority should be given to developing attractive tourism packages and perfecting the quality of existing tourist services, he said.
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I juli knuste Dubai International Airport i De forente arabiske emirater alle rekorder. Da reiste 7,6 millioner passasjerer over flyplassen, som er i med å bli en av verdens travleste – og viktigste, skriver travelnews.no
Økningen sammenlignet med året før er på hele 14 prosent, og i løpet av årets syv første måneder har mer enn 48 millioner mennesker vært innom flyplassen. Det er økning på syv prosent. I fjor passerte for øvrig flyplassen London Heathrow som verdens travleste, skriver nettstedet.
Av land som reiste over Dubai i juli toppet India listen med 990 213 passasjerer, så følger Storbritannia med 573 025, og Saudi Arabia med 475 841.
De viktigste reisemålene fra Dubai er London, Doha i Qatar, Mumbai, Kuwait og Bangkok.
– Denne sommeren var den travleste i flyplassens historie, med et snitt på rundt en kvart millioner passasjerer daglig, sier flyplassens administrerende direktør, Paul Griffiths.
Dubai International Airport forbereder seg i disse dager på ytterligere vekst i trafikken, da millioner skal feire den islamske festivalen Eid Al Adha og delta i den årlige pilegrimsturen til Saudi-Arabia.
Les saken her: http://travelnews.no/nyheter/fly/dubai-sprenger-alle-rekorder/
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Når Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin setter opp The ONE Grand Show, er det med over 500 ekstragavante kostymer designet av den franske moteskaperen Jean Paul Gaultier, skriver Se og Hør.
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Her Majesty Queen Sonja and His Majesty King Harald V of Norway this year celebrate their 25 year jubilee as monarchs. Both the King and the Queen turns 80 in 2017. The photo is taken this year. Photo credit: Jørgen Gomnæs / The Royal Court
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway began their third State Visit to Finland today. They are accompanied by several government ministers as well as a large delegation of representatives of Norwegian trade and industry, according to the Royal Court website, www.kongehuset.no
President Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio welcomed Their Majesties to Finland this morning in a formal ceremony in front of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, the capital.
The national anthems of Finland and Norway were played, and then the King inspected the honour guard together with President Niinistö.
From left to right: Queen Sonja, King Harald, President Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio, on the balcony of the Presidential Palace.
Photo credit: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix / The Royal Court
Following the ceremony, the King and Queen and the President and his wife went into the Presidential Palace for discussions, official photographs and an exchange of gifts. They took advantage of the fine weather and greeted the crowds waiting outside from the Palace balcony.
King Harald and Queen Sonja had a number of meetings with Finnish leaders today. Following the meeting with the president, their schedule included discussions with members of the Norwegian and Finnish delegations, followed by a meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, Ms Maria Lohela.
The meeting took place at the Little Parliament, where the King and Queen also met with other members of the Finnish parliament. In the afternoon, the King and Queen visited the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, Kesäranta, where they met with Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and were given a brief tour of the residence’s beautiful gardens.
The Chair of Helsinki City Council, Ms Mari Puoskari, hosted a luncheon at Helsinki City Hall in honour of the State Visit. At the luncheon, King Harald gave his first speech of the visit, emphasising the close friendship between Finland and Norway and thanking the hosts for the warmth with which the King and Queen have always been met.
“But what strikes us most once again is the friendliness and naturally open approach of the Finnish people. We are visiting good neighbours – and that is precisely how it feels.”
The Hietaniemi Cemetery was established in 1829 and is the site where Finnish state funerals are held. The cemetery includes an area called the Heroes’ Place, with monuments commemorating the soldiers who fought for Finnish independence during the Winter War (1939?1940).
One of the most moving monuments is a memorial wall engraved with the names of 734 fallen soldiers who disappeared or whose remains were never returned.
King Harald and Queen Sonja lay a wreath at the Heroes’ Cross and at the grave of Marshal Mannerheim. They also placed flowers at the monument to the 700 Norwegian volunteers who fought for Finland in the Winter War, and where two of these soldiers are buried.
This evening, the King and Queen will be the guests of honour at a gala banquet held at the Presidential Palace. King Harald will give a speech to the hosts.
The State Visit will continue tomorrow with a programme dedicated to Norwegian-Finnish business cooperation.
News source: www.kongehuset.no -The Royal Court
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En enorm kopi av 1600-tallets London gikk opp i flammer på Themsen da 350-årsdagen for den voldsomme bybrannen i 1666 ble markert i den britiske hovedstaden, skriver VG.no
Et stort antall skuelystne hadde søndag møtt opp for å se den 120-meter lange tremodellen bli satt i fyr.
Den store bybrannen natt til 2. september i 1666 startet på Thomas Farrinors bakeri i Pudding Lane og herjet gjennom byen fram til 5. september.
80 prosent av bygningene i bykjernen – som for det meste besto av tre – ble ødelagt.
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The introduction of Turkish Airlines flights to Seychelles will bring benefits to the tourism sector and local business, says a top official of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Seychelles News Agency reported.
Direct flights from Istanbul to the Seychelles capital city Victoria, on Mahe island, are expected to start in October and will be operated by an A330-200.
The chair of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Wilson Nancy, told the news agency that: ‘Direct access to the Turkish market will provide great traffic for Seychellois businessmen to shop in Turkey, especially for textile and consumables.’
Records from the National Bureau of Statistics show that Seychelles is already importing fruit and vegetable juices, pasta, dried leguminous vegetable, olive oil and milk from Turkey.
Mr Nancy said that when the flights start, businesses will be in better positions to source goods like construction materials, which are more affordable in Turkey, benefiting local contractors.
Tourism, the first pillar of the Seychelles’ economy, is another industry that will benefit from the three weekly flights from Istanbul.
‘The flights from the Turkish Airlines will not only bring tourists from Turkey. It will connect us to the rest of the world. Turkey is an airline hub in Europe, giving us an advantage in that region,’ said Alain St. Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture.
Turkish Airlines is the national carrier of Turkey and a member of the Star Alliance, which is the largest global airline alliance.
The airline, currently flying to Madagascar and Mauritius, ‘is working closely with Seychelles to see which of the local market needs more attention so as to see them grow,’ said St. Ange.
The national carrier ofTurkey is flying to Madagascar and Mauritius, both belonging to the Vanilla Island group.
The airline has invited representatives of Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles to participate in a road show that will take place in Bucharest, Budapest and Prague.
Representatives from these island nations will meet with travel agents and tour operators as well as bring together hotels, Destination Management Companies andtourism boards.
‘They will be pushing the Vanilla Island concept forward. Turkish Airlines is our new partner in promoting this region,’ said Tourism Minister Alain St Ange.
