The remote seaside town set for boost with huge new £564million airport
Bodo, a seaside town in Norway, has been named the European Capital of Culture for 2024.
A huge new airport is all set to be opened in a unique European seaside town by 2029. The airport is currently built in the Arctic Circle in Norway, according to Avinor - the country's state-owned airport operator.
Construction work at the seaside town of Bodo started at the end of last year, as reported by the Global Construction Review.
New Bodø Airport is being built to free up an area of land closer to the city centre for urban development.
This means that the new Bodø Airport will replace Bodø Airport as the city's main travel hub when it opens to passengers in 2029.
The brand new airport will be placed around 900m south of the airport's current site.
It was recently confirmed that Swedish construction group Ratos will build the Arctic Circle airport.
According to the reports, the new Bodø Airport will cost $720million (£564million) to build.
When the airport opens in 2029, it will be able to handle up to 2.3million passengers every year.
A spokesperson for Anivor said: "The current airport will remain operational until the day before the new airport opens for operations."
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At the end of last year, Abraham Foss, Avinor’s chief executive, said: "At Avinor, we’re highly motivated to work together with our partners at the municipality of Bodø and in the Norwegian Armed Forces to build an airport that will become a hub for traffic into and out of the region.
"We’ve seen great enthusiasm throughout the city and among our employees."
Several internal flights operate from Bodø's current airport, including direct services to Oslo, Tromsø and Bergen.
An international flight also operates between Bodø Airport and Helsinki Airport in Finland.
Getting to Bodø from the UK is fairly straightforward, with flights taking around five hours, with a change in Oslo. While Bodø might not be top of everyone's bucket list, it has in fact been named European Capital of Culture for 2024.
This summer, Bodø will host "Midsummer Madness", which will include parties, concerts and outdoor games. They are also encouraging people to enjoy the "simpler pleasures" like picking berries, fishing, or having meals outdoors in arctic nature.
The city also has some pretty special and unique beaches, including one Norwegian Air describes as the city's answer to Bora Bora, Hovdsundet.
They said: "Bodø’s answer to Bora Bora is the hidden paradise beach of Hovdsundet. The water comes in from both sides of the beach and the white sand is a mega Instagram favourite."
