The engineering
marvel Oresund Bridge has made it at ease than ever before to travel between
two countries that are separated by water. The Øresund was designed by the
Danish engineering firm COWI and the main architect was George K.S. Rotne. This
exclusive passageway attaches the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark with Malmö,
Sweden, doing so in two ways: a splendid cable-stayed bridge runs 5 miles to an
artificial island, where it then transitions into a tunnel that encompasses an
extra two and a half miles. A beautiful motorway occupies the upper level while
the railway line runs below. The majestically beautiful man-made island that
attaches bridge and tunnel is called “Peberholm”, and it’s had an unexpectedly
positive impact for the local flora and fauna. Species have been allowable to
freely develop, and it’s since become a haven for biologists as a prevalent
breeding ground for birds in addition to a habitat for the rare green toad. The
responsibility of operating the bridge falls on both countries, and its
neighboring states help keep the structure running. Drivers must pay a toll to
cross the Oresund, but the cost seems worth it. By having such like a bridge, a
region of more than 3.7 million people is meet the expense of the freedom to
live in one country but work in another. About 2/3 of the people travelling
across the Oresund go by train with the journey between Copenhagen and Malmö
taking nearly 35 minutes.
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Friday 11 September 2015
The Iconic Icehotel in Sweden Reveals the Supernatural Suites Set to be Launched in December
The iconic
Icelhotel in Sweden has massive elephant in the room all set to launched in
December 2015. The Lapland Ice hotel new
design has been announced. Big and better than ever before, visitors will be
able to stay a night in one of 19 individually themed rooms in “Jukkasjärvi”,
sharing a room with a life-sized elephant, a Russian imperial-inspired theatre
set or even an icicle cave. The winter wonderland is constructed every year in
December and lasts until its melts away in March. Therefore, every year
talented sculptures and artists hires to create a magical hotel. This year to
construct the Ice hotel is not an easy feat, with more than 5,000 tonnes of
natural ice being harvested from Sweden’s national river Torne.
The
skillful natural gifted artists to have an input in the creative designs and
received over 130 submissions to choose from. Aptly named “Elephant in the
Room” by sculptor AnnaSofia Mååg, was one of the selected designs. Her new
creative design will feature a three-meters-tall African elephant overlooking
the ice framed bed. Moreover, between the beautiful suites there will also be a
1970's inspired Love Capsule, and an imperial Russian-inspired theatre set
called Labyrinth Saga bring to life a forest of Gothic-like ice pillars,
cocooning the suite and transforming it into an intimate ice cave. Therefore,
in addition to the exclusively-designed rooms, the Icehotel will have two
luxury suites with secured glass doors while the others have curtain doors, an
en-suite bathroom and private sauna.
The total
vast accommodation boasts 55 rooms, with the equivalent of 700 million
snowballs used to form its walls, ceiling and decorations. No attention to
detail is spared with the furnishings, with the chandeliers alone made from
1,000 hand cut ice crystals. The option of northern lights wake-up can be
arranged for those wanting to witness the Aurora, and a spa is on site for
relaxing afterwards. The Ice hotel is all set to open its ice-cold doors to the
public on December 11.
Tuesday 8 September 2015
Greenland's Uncover Hidden Gems
Russian
photographer “Daniel Kordan” in the recent times returned from a sailing
excursion to Greenland, bringing back with him loads of stunning pictures that
he captures the majestic beauty of the expanse between Saint Petersburg and
Greenland. Well, for last few months, he lived aboard a yacht out on the
Atlantic, where Kordan led photography workshops that took advantage of the
remarkable natural surroundings. Therefore, from morning to night, he and his
fellow voyagers explored wonderful icebergs, caves, glaciers, and cliffs at
each landing. As their journey goes on, ever day promised something new
discoveries as one day, Kordan stumbled upon hidden gems in the icy wild. He
says; I was so admired with Jack London stories from my childhood and my
Greenland expedition reminds me his stories. Luckily we had the great chance to
ask the photographer a few questions about his unbelievable adventure.
He
expresses his journey in exciting words; it was a unforgettable sailing
expedition to Greenland. We used the yacht Peter the First to sail from Saint
Petersburg to Greenland through Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Therefore, our
journey took us two months to get to Greenland and the same time to return. We
invited photographers to some stops on our way for weekly sailings around
Greenland. It was a kind of photography workshop for them. Indeed this was our
first experience to exploring “Disko Bay” and the “islands of Baffin Bay”. I
wanted to travel more and more to Greenland, because this area has several
remote and unmapped areas that are perfect for photography. Believe me, it
wasn’t that easy, but we were captivated by the lovely nature and the chance to
explore new areas every day. Our team consists on friendly and hard-working
sailors. The captain of Peter the First and his crew made the world record
quite a few years ago they circled around the North Pole in just one season.
Therefore, we got a valuable experience and learned a lot of legends from
locals. We’ve found gorgeous fjords and mountains, and we hiked up to
elevations 1 kilometer above the sea to look at ice caps. Moreover, we’ve found
a marmor cave leading far into the glacier, and we discovered an old whale
cemetery. One of the most enjoyable experiences was bathing in the hot springs
of Greenland. We’ve found numerous hidden beaches and hot lakes.
Saturday 5 September 2015
SAIL Amsterdam, Biggest Attractions in Holland
SAIL Amsterdam is one of the
biggest attractions in Amsterdam Holland, and the greatest nautical spectacle
in the world where scores of tall ships and thousands of other historical ships
gather along the river IJ for a wonderful parade. SAIL
Amsterdam inaugural edition took places in 1975, under the name “'Sail
Amsterdam 700” to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam and it is the largest free public event in the world. At the heart of
this internationally popular event is an incomparable flotilla of Tall Ships, maritime heritage, naval ships and inspiring
replicas. Furthermore to the vessels themselves, each day offers up a diverse
program of cultural and sporting activities of broad public appeal. The
successful event proved such a big success that a 2nd edition was planned in
1980. Therefore, in order to deliver solid direction, the “SAIL Amsterdam
Foundation” was established in 1977. After that, SAIL has returned to
Amsterdam’s waterways organized every 5 years regularly between August
19 to August 23, during which the ships take part in several events such sailor
choirs or re-enactments of naval battles to display
the city’s maritime legacy. SAIL Amsterdam 2015 will totally astonish
you. Therefore, days prior to the occasion you can get a preview of the
astounding fleet in IJmuiden, where the ships gather for the parade. This
so-called “PreSail Ijmuiden” also entices thousands of boat lovers, water
sports enthusiasts and curious people.
On the wharfs, the SAIL program
organizes sporting events and children’s activities and remarkable fireworks
shows at night. Apart from the participating ships, thousands of smaller yacht
and boats filled with audiences join them making an exclusive sight. The
success of Sail Amsterdam 700 led to the establishment of the Stitching Sail
Amsterdam (SSA, Foundation Sail Amsterdam) has been organizing the event every
5 years. The event is highly believed to be inspired by the “Eerste Nederlandse Tentoonstelling op Scheepvaartgebied” literally,
“the First Dutch Exhibition in Shipping Technology” that was organized in the
summer of 1913. Moreover, to the real ships that visited Amsterdam, there were
exhibitions that displayed models of modern boats, and paintings and drawings
of historic ships. Moreover, to relax the spectators there is concerts and
rowing competitions were also organized. Sail Amsterdam 2015, the ninth edition
of the sailing event, will be held on scheduled date of 19 August until 23
August 23, and is likely to be attended by 2 million people. The exhibition ended
with large fireworks, which is also a sightseeing view, perhaps life time
view.
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