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The value report

Danish GreenKayak promotes sustainable tourism tema

Danish GreenKayak promotes sustainable tourism

Rent a kayak and pick litter out of Copenhagen’s harbour. That was the simple idea Tobias Weber-Andersen had while out running one day in 2017. Nine years later, GreenKayak is a tourism magnet with kayaks in four Nordic countries, plus Germany and Japan.
Tourism, yes please – but on the locals’ terms tema

Tourism, yes please – but on the locals’ terms

Tourism is coming in for increased criticism, especially in Spain, but also in other popular destinations like Amsterdam, Berlin and Venice. Unease about the number of tourists also exists in some places in the Nordics, and many are working on strategies for more sustainable tourism.
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Cecilia Cassinger

15,000 volunteers queuing up to help Faroese nature tema

15,000 volunteers queuing up to help Faroese nature

When the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands announced in 2019 that he would close the country for an entire weekend to allow for the restoration of environmental damage, more than 3,000 volunteers from around the world said they wanted to help. Since then, the Faroes have repeated the success every year. 15,000 applied for this year’s 80 spaces.
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Volunteers and sheep

From cable factory worker to Norway’s LO President nyhet

From cable factory worker to Norway’s LO President

Kine Asper Vistnes is moving from her position as deputy leader of Norway’s United Federation of Trade Unions to becoming the President of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions – one of Norway’s most powerful positions. With LO’s support, she will fight for a red-green election victory this autumn.
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New and old LO Presidents

Startups and Moomin beat Lenin in the industrial city of Tampere tema

Startups and Moomin beat Lenin in the industrial city of Tampere

Tampere – Finland's Manchester – was a thriving industrial city. Now it is fighting unemployment and is investing in tourism and startups. But the industrial heritage lives on, as seen at the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas. Yet most popular of all is perhaps the Moomin Museum.
Iceland: Sustainability no longer a choice but a necessity tema

Iceland: Sustainability no longer a choice but a necessity

Iceland is seen as an environmentally friendly country in many ways, but sustainability is still a relatively new concept – even within the tourism industry. Interest is now growing, especially as customers increasingly demand responsible choices.
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