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More than 700 elite karate athletes from all over the world  take over Holstebro, Denmark  on 26-28 August 2022. The  Gråkjær Arena in Holstebro, Denmark will once again be transformed into a karate mecca. In 2015, the 18th WIKF Wado karate European Championships were staged in the arena,  and in 2017, the arena framed the...

PRESSEMEDDELELSE It will be a great speedway party when the FIM Speedway of Nations will take place at Granly Speedway Arena this summer. Ticket sales are open for four days of world-class racing. Speedway fans from home and abroad are already licking their mouths and looking forward to this summer, when FIM Speedway of Nations...

On June29 the Tour de France Team Presentation will take place in Copenhagen, where the whole city will take part in celebrating the race and the teams. Tour fans will be able to experience their cycling heroes up close, when the teams ride a 1.5 km route through the heart of Copenhagen finishing in the...

The FEI World Championships Forest in Herning, Denmark is now a reality. Today, the Organising committee planted the first of 60,000 trees. It is the ambition of the Organisers’ to approach sustainability in a completely new way. Therefore, Herning2022 has worked closely with the Municipality of Herning on a number of green initiatives. One of...

Press release For the first time ever, Denmark hosted the World Championship Petanque this week. The championship will be remembered for the host country’s sporting results and for a world class set-up. Never before has Denmark hosted a World Championship Petanque. Despite the fact, that the sport in Denmark is minor, the staging of the...

From 29 May – to 8 June 2023, Aarhus will be the first Danish city ever to host The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest ocean race. Preparations are in full swing with developing a comprehensive program that focuses on the sustainable solutions of the future, the problems of polluted oceans, and an...

PRESS RELEASE The Nordic countries bid for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 with a strong vision of involving and developing women’s football. Nordic values and sustainable development are the core power of the joint bid. The Nordic football associations have worked closely together for four years to make a joint bid for a major championship. Now...

When the World Orienteering Championships kick off in Denmark in the end of June, most of the around 350 expected participants will travel and stay with their national team. But for 15 runners, coming from younger orienteering nations, that is not an option. Therefore, they take part in the International Orienteering Federation WOC Clinic arranged...

PRESS RELEASE 6 stages through 3 countries – with the whole world´s elite From the King’s Nytorv in Copenhagen via the beautiful west coast of Sweden to Norwegian mountains and flatland to the finish in Halden. Nearly 1.000 kilometres, 6 stages in 6 days, the whole world´s elite riding, TV-coverage worldwide, and national professional teams....

PRESS RELEASE In a hundred days, the world’s greatest bicycle race kicks off the first three stages in Denmark from July 1-3. This was marked throughout the country today with a wide range of events in the five tour-cities. An epic visit to the Great Belt Bridge, a school visit to Nyborg, the launch of...