Browsing entries tagged with Sweden
14 Dec 2020
The Swedish ski resorts of Åre, Sälen and Vemdalen will be opening this week, joining Trysil and Hemsedal in Norway, which opened on 11 December. All resorts are owned by the company SkiStar, which says…
20 Feb 2020
Tickets go on sale today (20 February) for winter 2020/21 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flights from London to Scandinavian Mountains Airport. The brand new, privately-owned airport offers speedy access…
14 Aug 2019
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched the first direct flights from the UK to the new Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), which offers easy access to ski resorts in the Sälen and Trysil regions of…
13 Aug 2018
Bristol’s skiing and snowboarding passengers can now enjoy Swedish snow, due to a new weekly route starting to Åre Östersund which is due to commence on the 9th December. This new route will be easyJet’s…
26 Apr 2017
Crystal Ski Holidays has added the resorts of Åre and Vemdalen in Sweden to its 2017/18 programme, further cementing their popularity with UK skiers. Earlier this month SkiStar, the company that operates…
21 Aug 2016
The popular airline easyJet has added a new flight to Sweden for this winter, expected to be popular with skiers and snowboarders. The new route from London Gatwick to Åre Östersund Airport is easyJet’s…
21 Jun 2016
The Austrian ski resort of St Johann has been added to the Scandinavian season pass, MySkiStar All. In May, Scandinavian ski resort operator SkiStar became a majority owner of the Austrian resort St Johann,…
3 Dec 2015
The ski resort of Åre in Sweden opens for the season tomorrow — with a rather exciting new feature. A snowpark lit by LED lamps in changing colours will mimic the film Afterglow that wowed us all this…
22 Apr 2014
It’s been snowing again over the weekend, with resorts in the Alps receiving a good dusting of snow — which is continuing today in the higher resorts where the likes of Obergurgl, Val Thorens and Les…
9 Apr 2014
Tour operators are welcoming the news that a new airport is to be built in Sweden, close to the ski resorts of Sälen in Sweden and Trysil, Norway. There have been rumours of an airport in Sälen for years.…
22 Apr 2013
The Swedish ski resort of Åre is installing three new chairlifts for next season, improving the links between the family area of Björnen and the central part of Åre’s ski area. Two of the lifts will…
2 Feb 2012
The Swedish ski resort of Are will host the third stop of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship 2012 from 16 to 18 February, a fast and furious race that originated in Stockholm in 2001. Red Bull…
29 Jun 2011
China has its first ski-themed museum, opened earlier this year in Changchun in the north-east of the country and much of it based on an old Swedish nordic race. The Vasaloppet museum project is supported…
28 Mar 2011
A bear attack on a young skier in Sweden has heightened awareness of wildlife in the area. While we usually associate bears with North America, Sweden has its own brown bears too. And in this case, an…
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