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Scan Magazine | Conference of the Month | Faroe Islands
Conference of the Month, Faroe Islands
The Nordic House – An inspirational landmark made for brilliancy The mythical architecture of the Nordic House in Tórshavn and the amazing views of its surroundings may be enough to convince most that this would be the perfect location for their next conference – but there is so much more to be said. Having received five golden stars from HORESTA, The Association for the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism industry in Denmark, the Nordic House is a top-scorer on all levels.
“We recently held the international conference Growth in Blue Bio-economy, hosted by the Faroese Ministry of Fisheries. Amongst the audience we had both ministers, policy-makers, investors and decisionmakers,” adds Sif.
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“The Faroe Islands are not a place where people would typically go, so taking your conference to Tórshavn is a good opportunity to go somewhere unique and somewhere where you can totally focus on the conference,” says director of the Nordic House Sif Gunnarsdóttir Stjóri. Pair that with impressive natural scenery, a cosy atmosphere and the fact that Tórshavn is the smallest capital city in the world, and you have an adventure. “We are the leading culture and conference centre in the Faroe Islands with more than 200 events per year as well as plenty of ex-
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hibitions. It’s safe to say that our staff know what they are doing,” explains Sif. With eight different-sized and equipped conference rooms, the Nordic House is well prepared to house any kind of conference, meeting or workshop. The centre’s largest room is the Høllin hall; it seats 420 people and can be connected with the third largest room to make a total of 550. The other six rooms seat from 8 to 206 guests.
Built with stone, wood and glass materials, and covered in lush grass, the Nordic House, designed by the Norwegian architect Ola Steen and Icelandic Kolbrún Ragnarsdóttir, is a bit of a masterpiece – excelling at beauty as well as professionalism. With over 30 experience organising conferences, this is the ideal place to come up with bright ideas.
“All the rooms have astonishing views with the sea just outside, and all have the relevant equipment,” says Sif. The house’s unique setting and outstanding services have in recent years brought quite a few major international conferences to the centre. Some of its more prominent key note speakers have for instance included Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
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The Nordic House is partly funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, and with room for up to 650 guests and in-house interpretation systems, it is the largest and best equipped conference centre in the Faroe Islands.
For more information, please visit: www.nlh.fo