Petter Stordalen. Foto: nordicchoicehotels.no
Petter Stordalens hotellkjede Nordic Choice Hotels har kjøpt den finske hotellkjeden Kämp Collection Hotels for over en milliard kroner. Finske konkurransemyndigheter må godkjenne kjøpet, og det vil trolig skje i løpet av høsten, melder NRK.
Kjøpet ble kunngjort på en pressekonferanse i Helsinki onsdag, ifølge TV 2.
The 8,5 meter high sculpture “Bad Bad Boy” by Finnish artist and sculptor Tommi Toija (b.1974), in Helsinki harbour, next to the Finnair Sky Wheel, by the Market Square, October 2014.
Photo by: hovedsteder.blogg.no.
Finnair starter i juni, i samarbeid med Widerøe, en ny direkterute mellom Trondheim Lufthavn, Værnes og Finlands hovedstad Helsinki.
Det blir fem ukentlige avganger.
The Travel Photo:
Helsinki Cathedral (Helsingin tuomiokirkko), the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral, on a October Sunday afternoon.
It was designed by Helsinki’s German-born city architect Carl Ludvig Engel (1778-1849), and finished in 1840.
It’s built on a plateau, 62 meters above the ground, on top the massive steps leading up from Senate Square, behind the giant monument and statue of reformist Russian Czar Alexander II (1818-1881), known as Alexander the Liberator, who was also Grand Duke of Finland.
The statue, by Finnish sculptor Valter Runeberg (1838-1920), was erected in 1884. The top of the steps are nicknamed “The Edge of the Cliff”.
Photo by hovedsteder.blogg.no – www.minbestereiseblogg.no
The Love Bridge, with it’s thousands of padlocks and messages from couples from all over the world, in Helsinki, capital of Finland. Photo credit: hovedsteder.blogg.no
The Finns live in the happiest country in the world, according to the UN World Happiness Report 2019.
In second place is Denmark, with Norway in third place.
The report ranks 156 countries by factors such as economy, health, freedom and social security.
The ranking is based on surveys carried out by Gallup from 2016 to 2018. On the next places on the list are Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria.
‘Rakkauden silta – Kärlekens bro – Bridge of Love’ is the inscription on the brass plate of the railing on the “Love Bridge” in Helsinki. Photo credit: hovedsteder.blogg.no
Foto: amoxrex.fi
Finlands hovedstad Helsinki har fått et nytt kulturelt flaggskip, Amox Rex, men det nye kunstmuseet gjør ikke særlig mye av seg i bybildet, for det er nemlig bygget under bakken!
Museet har en tilnærmet utenomjordisk stil, spesielle vindu, 3D-installasjoner og digital kunst. Museet ligger i Mannerheimvägen (finsk Mannerheimintie), midt i sentrum av hovedstaden.
Les mer på www.amoxrex.fi – Amos Rex
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#Digital #Finland #Flagg #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Kultur #Kunst #Museum #3D
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Bridge of Love, wiith hundreds, maybe thousands, of engraved padlocks from lovers worldwide. Helsinki, Finland. Photo by: www.hovedsteder.blogg.no
Bridge of Love – Rakkauden Silta (in Finnish) / Kärlekens bro (in Swedish).
#Bridge #Bro #Finland #Foto #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Kjærlighet #Love #Lås #Photo #Travel #World
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Helsinki
Nordens største bank, Nordea, flytter hovedkontoret sitt fra Stockholm til Finlands hovedstad Helsinki.
Hovedgrunnen er at ved å flytte til Finland kommer Nordea inn under reglene til Den europeiske sentralbanken, da Finland bruker euro som valuta, i motsetning til Sverige, som fremdeles bruker kroner. Flyttingen skjer i oktober i år.
Nordea hadde i 2016 31,500 ansatte i Norge, Sverige, Danmark og Finland.
#Bank #By #Danmark #Euro #Finland #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Hovedstad #Nordea #Norden #Norge #Stockholm #Sverige #Valuta
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Helsinki
Finnene er verdens lykkeligste folk, mens Norge faller ned på andreplass ifølge FN-sambandets sin World Happiness Report for 2018.
Danmark ligger på tredjeplass, med Island på fjerde, etterfulgt av Sveits, Nederland og Canada.
USA går ned fire plasser siden i fjor, og ligger på 18. plass.
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#Canada #Danmark #Folk #Finland #FN #Happiness #Happy #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Island #Lykke #Nederland #Norge #Sveits #USA #Verden #World
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Finske myndigheter vil gå videre med planene om en ny jernbanelinje mellom Rovaniemi og Kirkenes i Finnmark, skriver nrk.no
Samferdselsminister Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Frp) sier vil dette kunne gi store muligheter for vekst og utvikling i Nord-Norge.
Kilde: www.nrk.no – NRK,
#Finland #Finnmark #Fremskrittspartiet #Jernbane #Minister #Norge #NordNorge #Rovaniemi #Tog #Transport
