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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.
11 minutes
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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.
7 minutes
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Tourism when the destination takes centre stage
Sustainable tourism is about preservation. Regenerative tourism is about improvement and contributing to recovery. Kullaberg Nature Reserve involves the surrounding community to maximise the positive effects of tourism.
7 minutes
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Norway’s Fløibanen funicular: on track for sustainability
With more than 2.3 million annual visitors, how does Bergen’s Mount Fløyen balance growth and sustainability?
5 minutes
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The price of a Nordic tourist boom
Tourism in the Nordic region has grown a lot over the past decades. It creates jobs and money in the state coffers. But mass tourism comes at a price. And local communities and researchers are sounding the alarm: Sustainable tourism must be about more than the climate and money.
6 minutes
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Swedish Sofia is a nurse in Norway – wants simplified rules
Swedish Sofia Krogh is happy in her job in Indre Østfold municipality in Norway. The pay and pension scheme are good, and her colleagues are nice. Nevertheless, the nurse has considered leaving her job in her neighbouring country several times. The paperwork is demotivating.
7 minutes
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Sounding the alarm for Nordic languages
Expectations are high for the updated declaration on a Nordic language policy which is now being implemented. New technology and digitalisation are included as tools to strengthen the smaller languages and interest in language. But will young people rather use English?
8 minutes
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The Øresund Bridge: 25 years in a region that creates dynamics
The Nordic region’s largest labour market this year celebrates 25 years of a fixed link between two countries, in a border region without its own legislation. Instead, two countries must coordinate and cooperate based on their respective laws and regulations.
13 minutes
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The Border Service: It should be easy to get it right
For nearly 30 years, Grensetjänsten Norge–Sverige in Morokulien has provided help for people and businesses crossing the border. Their motto: “It should be easy to get it right”.
5 minutes
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More active border obstacle role for Nordic cooperation ministers
A new six-year programme aims to strengthen the work for freedom of movement in the Nordic region. The goal is to remove more border obstacles, strengthen mobility and secure clearer political ownership when working to improve free movement.
5 minutes