Norse news

Svart, the world’s first energy-positive hotel, has appointed award-winning Danish designers Space Copenhagen to lead the property’s interior design. Designed by the Norwegian architect firm ... More

Scandinavian spa brand LivNordic Spa & Wellness has named Josefin Roth as brand manager for the company. Roth has worked for global spa consultancy Raison ... More

Evermore founder Ken Bretschneider believes the immersive theme park experience, which opened in Utah, US, this year, has added new dimensions to a traditional theme ... More

Valkyria – a steel dive coaster created by Bolliger & Mabillard – has opened to the public today (10 August) at the Liseberg amusement park ... More

International architects Snøhetta have unveiled a concept design for the Arctic circle's first ever energy-positive hotel. Situated at the foot of the Svartisen glacier that ... More

As 2017 draws to an end, CLAD looks back at some of the most significant leisure buildings, both big and small, that have opened this ... More

Liseberg CEO Andreas Andersen has provided an update on the park’s planned €200m (US$238.8m, £178.8m) expansion, with work on the project expected to start in ... More

Architecture practice Snøhetta have partnered with acclaimed chef Thorsten Schmidt to create a new restaurant in the former home of the world-renowned Danish restaurant noma. ... More

Palestine’s Hebron old city, the UK’s Lake District and the male-only sacred Japanese island of Okinoshima are among 23 new additions to Unesco’s World Heritage ... More

Plans are underway in Denmark to develop a travelling virtual reality fantasy exhibition based on Norse mythology, which if successful will eventually be turned into ... More

Denmark’s Museum of Rock Music opens today (29 April) in the city of Roskilde, marking the latest building from Dutch architecture studio MVRDV. The museum ... More

The transformation of a former industrial site in Danish city Roskilde into a new home for rock and roll will be complete by April this ... More

A 2,000sq ft (186sq m) curved LED screen will be one of the features of a giant stylised ship which is due to be built ... More

A Viking-themed augmented reality attraction is currently under development in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the startup project taking Norse mythology onto a virtual platform. Blending traditional ... More

Raison d’Etre’s spa and wellness brand LivNordic has launched the first of three spas planned on cruise ships as part of a partnership with Viking ... More

Steven Holl Architects has received international architecture awards for the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark, and the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, ... More

Visitors wanting to see some of the best of Shetland’s heritage can save on the ticket price from now until the end of October. The ... More

Coping with the storms that hit Orkney at the end of October was hard for many local people as the subsequent flooding, the worst in ... More