Dan Winther

AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia disappears en route to Singapore

AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m. local time on Saturday, AirAsia reported about four hours after the plane disappeared en route to Singapore. Flight from Surabaya was scheduled to arrive Singapore Changi Airport at 0830H (Singapore time). As advised by the authorities, the aircraft has lost contact with air …

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Sexköp på svenskhotell i Thailand

By Dan Winther / Apollo, Fritidsresors hotell, prostituerade på ön Phuket, Svenska charterhotell, Vings hotell

Svenska charterhotell på ön Phuket i Thailand accepterar att prostituerade kommer med i sällskap med hotellgäster. Det framkommer av en granskning som tidningen Expressen gjort. Hos reseföretaget Apollo har man därför avbrutit samarbetet med fyra av hotellen. – Vi har sedan Expressen gjorde granskningen, avslutat kontrakt med fyra av hotellen. Vi tror inte att bara att …

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Heavy rain expected in already flood-hit South Thailand

By Dan Winther / floods in Thailand, South Thailand Rains

Tourists in Thailand are advised to avoid areas of flood-hit south Thailand such as Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat as heavy rain, flash floods and mudslide is expected in some areas, the state weather bureau alerted today. One of the worst flooded provinces is Narathiwat where all 13 districts have been declared disaster zones …

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Svenska Man misshandlad till döds i Hua Hin Thailand

By Dan Winther / hua hin, Svensk död i Hua Hin

Skrivet av Jan den 4 december, 2014 Thailändsk polis utreder ett misstänkt mord på en svensk man i 70-årsåldern. Han hittades död i turistorten Hua Hin. Några timmar tidigare skrevs han enligt vittnen ut från ett sjukhus – och lämnades på en restaurang En 72-årig man, från södra Sverige, har dött under oklara omständigheter i …

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Your dream to own a luxury Island comes true at Middlegrundsfortet

By Dan Winther / Danish King Christian IX, Jan Fog, Mälaren, Malmö, Middlegrundsfortet, Øresund, Rullingen, Strängnäs

If you have a few millions to spend, you can become the owner of a private island. Fort Middlegrund (Middlegrundsfortet), a sea fort located on an artificial island in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Malmö is for sale. The price is SEK 16.5 million. Ever dreamed of your own island? Now this dream can become …

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Historic amusement park Tivoli opens for Xmas today

By Dan Winther / Bakken, Copenhagen, Dyrehavsbakken, gløgg, Jule, Klampenborg, Tivoli

Starting today, historic Copenhagen amusement park Tivoli Gardens kicks off its 21st annual Christmas season brimming with Nordic ‘Jule’ spirit, decorations, concerts, 27 amusement rides, and Christmas markets and booths offering a plethora of warm seasonal drinks and food for the entire family. Tivoli will also be revealing a new Alpine Area featuring loads of …

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You know you’re from Sweden when…

By Dan Winther / ABBA, Arne Weise, Björn Borg, Fettisdagen, Ingmar Bergman, snus, stavgång, Sweden, uteservering, Vikings

How Swedish are you? A little bit, a lot or just so-so? We found the following on Facebook.com. You’ll probably recognize yourself in some of it You know you are from Sweden when… 1. You thought Christmas was cancelled when Arne Weise retired. 2. You associate 3 pm on Christmas Eve with Donald Duck (and …

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Swedish Education Minister warns holiday crazy Swedes seeking winter sun vacations

By Dan Winther / Eva-Lis Siren, Gustav Fridolin, Ulrica Celec, Victoria Björklund

Sweden’s Education Minister Gustav Fridolin has expressed his concern over parents and schools that allow children to go on sun vacations holidays during term time, but said he was not planning to introduce tougher rules to limit the practice As winter approaches in Sweden, many families are booking winter breaks in warmer climes such as …

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Ryanair halts flights from Sweden’s Malmö airport

By Dan Winther / David O'Brien, Ryanair

Budget airline Ryanair has announced it will stop flying from Malmö’s Sturup airport and will instead open a base at Copenhagen Airport. The company says it plans to offer more than a dozen new routes from the Danish capital and will wind down its operation in neighbouring Swedish city Malmö. Flights in and out of …

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Norwegian Cruise line Hurtigruten offers Northern Lights promise

By Dan Winther / Arctic Circle, geomagnetic storm, Hurtigruten, North Pole, solar flare, The Northern Lights

A Norwegian cruise line company is to offer passengers a free trip if they don’t see the Northern Lights while on one of their Arctic Circle voyages. Hurtigruten is the first company to offer the promise for travellers wanting to see the natural aurora borealis phenomena that is often unpredictable to find and can be …

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