Denmark: Cashing in on Sweden's Eurovision
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
As Malmö receives the keys to this year's event, we look at how Copenhagen in Denmark could be the real economic winners - without having to pay for it.
When the Swedish city last hosted the competition in 2013, officials estimated around a third of overnight stays were in the Danish capital.
We speak to officials in both cities - just 30km apart and connected by the Øresund Bridge - to examine what fans can expect, and explore how other nations around the world get in on the action when a neighbouring country hosts a global event.
Produced and presented by Daniel Rosney
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| 0:23.8 | Hello, I'm Daniel Rosny. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:29.7 | Today, we're in Denmark, |
| 0:31.5 | looking at how an event happening in Sweden |
| 0:33.5 | can provide an economic boost here. |
| 0:36.4 | We're beginning in Copenhagen, the Danish capital. |
| 0:39.5 | It has a population of around 660,000, |
| 0:43.1 | and many use bicycles to get around these cobble streets. |
| 0:46.9 | Across the sea, connected by the Orison Bridge, is Sweden. |
| 0:51.2 | And in around five months' time, more than 100,000 are expected to travel there for one of |
| 0:56.7 | the biggest global music events. But many will choose to stay here. Hi, my name is Margo and I live in |
| 1:05.4 | Belgium. I'll be traveling to Eurovision in Sweden, but I'll be staying in Denmark because it's cheaper and it's still |
| 1:12.8 | really close to the venue. And there's a train that goes to Malma across the bridge every 20 minutes, |
| 1:17.3 | so it was kind of a no brain that's just staying Denmark. Hi, my name is Paulus and I live in Berlin. |
| 1:21.6 | I'll be staying in Denmark because the hotels in Copenhagen are much cheaper than there in Malma. |
| 1:25.9 | No one will care about them. This is Peefe. |
| 1:32.3 | My trip to Eurovision is going to be a really short one this year. |
| 1:35.3 | I'm arriving in Copenhagen. |
| 1:36.3 | I'm going to dump my bags to the hotel, head straight to Malma. |
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