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Vancouver Sun
7 days ago
- Vancouver Sun
Luxury thermal spa coming to the Canadian Rockies and reservations open this week
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise's much-anticipated thermal spa finally has an opening date. The new indoor-outdoor facility — called Basin Glacial Waters — was inspired by the long-established practices of Nordic sauna culture and will offer views of Lake Louise and the Victoria Glacier, with the latter serving as the water source. Blending the five-star luxury of the iconic hotel and the breathtaking beauty of the Rocky Mountains, this contemporary interpretation of a traditional bathhouse is poised to become Canada's premier wellness destination. It will officially open its doors Sept. 15. The all-sensory thermal bathing experience of Basin was consciously designed to provide hotel guests with an immersive and luxurious space for reflection, restoration and vitality. Plan your next getaway with Travel Time, featuring travel deals, destinations and gear. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Travel Time will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The concept was realized by acclaimed architect and designer Matteo Thun. 'Capturing the spirit of Lake Louise was at the heart of the architectural intention, to respect the richness of the landscape with a design that represents simplicity, purity, and the uniqueness of the location. Nature and the beautiful surroundings of the lake and the forest become the protagonist – architecture and interior the stage,' Thun said in a statement. Wellness seekers are invited to explore self-guided circuits that include the traditional Finnish and bio saunas, the multi-sensory Aufguss sauna, steam rooms, hot stone massage room and the silent salt relax room, where a glowing wall of Himalayan salt naturally ionizes the air. Also, there is a series of diverse temperature pools, including the reflexology pool and infinity pool, spanning onto the outdoor terrace. Two wet treatment rooms further enhance the thermotherapy cycle. One room is modelled on a traditional Hammam for full body exfoliation. The hotel has also curated step-by-step wellness journeys – named Trails – for a preferred wellness outcome. The Stillness Trail, for example, is a gentle sequence chosen to soothe the nervous system for a deep rest. The Presence Trail offers grounding and awareness, for counteracting the effects of jet lag. Basin combines solo spaces for introspective pause or meditation and spaces for quiet social gathering. And the views of the iconic Lake Louise and forest create a connection to the stunning natural surroundings. The Glacier Lounge, a communal space for rehydrating and restoration, serves up light fare freshly prepared, elixirs, tonics, nootropics and adaptogens. Champagne and craft beverages are available for those extra special moments. Guests seeking a wellness-inspired resort stay can explore the new facility with the Basin Signature Retreat, offering Basin access, a Glacier Lounge tasting and a guided wellness experience in the alpine environment. Wellness-focused activities also include group forest bathing, a silent meditation walk and a cold plunge with guided breathwork in the glacial waters of Lake Louise. Hotel guests can book advanced reservations for the Basin Signature Retreat and Basin spa starting this Friday, July 18 at 10:00 MST . Proof of an overnight stay will be required. Access passes for non-hotel guests will be introduced at a later date. For more information, visit Basin Glacial Waters' website .
Reuters
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
High prices have Nordic fans feeling the pinch at Women's Euros
THUN, Switzerland, July 10 (Reuters) - Football fans from the Nordic region are well-used to paying high prices back home, so when they start raising an eyebrow at the prices at the Women's Euros in Switzerland, the rest of the world tends to sit up and take notice. Many fans from all over the continent have been shocked at the eye-watering expense of food, drinks and accommodation in Switzerland, and supporters of Norway and Iceland, who were meeting in Thun in their final Group A game on Thursday, have also been feeling the pinch. "The beer is cheaper than Norway but everything else is more expensive. The beer is most important, so that's what I'm measuring everything else by," Martinus Naalsund, brother of Norway player Lisa, told Reuters. "My vacation money barely, barely covers it -- if they make it to the final, my sister will have to pay!" he added. "This is the only place we could go outside of Iceland and it's still around the same price, because Iceland is so expensive as well," Iceland fan Steinar Bergsson said. According to Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union, Switzerland is the most expensive country, opens new tab in Europe for consumer goods and services, with Iceland second and Norway fifth, behind Denmark and Ireland. Group A features Nordic sides Norway, Finland and Iceland, as well as hosts Switzerland, so all four sets of fans are used to shelling out when going to football matches. A hot dog at the stadium in Thun cost eight Swiss francs (8.58 euros) while beers and French fries are priced at six francs. Naalsund and his friends, Marius Selbekk and Simon Bergsvik, have been paying an average of 100 euros per person, per night for a triple room as they travelled around Switzerland following Norway's group-stage campaign, and they have stayed in some strange places. "Some of the rooms are quite nice but one night we stayed in what was previously a prison; it was a prison cell in Lucerne, so it was a prison bed, you know, and they had bars on the windows," Marius explained. "There was even a sign saying 'Respect the other inmates'." For Snaebjorn Arnasson, the expense of the trip to Switzerland would be worth it if his relative, Iceland captain Glodis Viggosdottir, could manage a goal against the Norwegians before both he and the team head home after the group stage. "Glodis is a big star back home in Iceland, this is my first time seeing her play at a major tournament, so if we're all going home tomorrow, we may as well get a goal from her," he said. (1 euro = 0.9315 Swiss francs)
CNA
10-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
High prices have Nordic fans feeling the pinch at Women's Euros
THUN, Switzerland :Football fans from the Nordic region are well-used to paying high prices back home, so when they start raising an eyebrow at the prices at the Women's Euros in Switzerland, the rest of the world tends to sit up and take notice. Many fans from all over the continent have been shocked at the eye-watering expense of food, drinks and accommodation in Switzerland, and supporters of Norway and Iceland, who were meeting in Thun in their final Group A game on Thursday, have also been feeling the pinch. "The beer is cheaper than Norway but everything else is more expensive. The beer is most important, so that's what I'm measuring everything else by," Martinus Naalsund, brother of Norway player Lisa, told Reuters. "My vacation money barely, barely covers it - if they make it to the final, my sister will have to pay!" he added. "This is the only place we could go outside of Iceland and it's still around the same price, because Iceland is so expensive as well," Iceland fan Steinar Bergsson said. According to Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union, Switzerland is the most expensive country in Europe for consumer goods and services, with Iceland second and Norway fifth, behind Denmark and Ireland. Group A features Nordic sides Norway, Finland and Iceland, as well as hosts Switzerland, so all four sets of fans are used to shelling out when going to football matches. A hot dog at the stadium in Thun cost eight Swiss francs (8.58 euros) while beers and French fries are priced at six francs. Naalsund and his friends, Marius Selbekk and Simon Bergsvik, have been paying an average of 100 euros per person, per night for a triple room as they travelled around Switzerland following Norway's group-stage campaign, and they have stayed in some strange places. "Some of the rooms are quite nice but one night we stayed in what was previously a prison; it was a prison cellin Lucerne, so it was a prison bed, you know, and they had bars on the windows," Marius explained. "There was even a sign saying 'Respect the other inmates'." For Snaebjorn Arnasson, the expense of the trip to Switzerland would be worth it if his relative, Iceland captain Glodis Viggosdottir, could manage a goal against the Norwegians before both he and the team head home after the group stage. "Glodis is a big star back home in Iceland, this is my first time seeing her play at a major tournament, so if we're all going home tomorrow, we may as well get a goal from her," he said. (1 euro = 0.9315 Swiss francs)
Forbes
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Path Opens Up For Norway To Progress At UEFA Women's Euro
THUN, SWITZERLAND - JULY 09: The players of Norway pose for a photo prior to the Norway Training ... More Session And Press Conference ahead of the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group A match between Norway and Iceland at Arena Thun on July 09, 2025 in Thun, Switzerland. (Photo by Chris Ricco - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images) Former European champions Norway go into tonight's final group game against Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro with the pressure off as they eye a path into the knockout stages. With two wins from their opening two matches, the Norwegians are guaranteed to win Group A ahead of Switzerland, Finland and the already-eliminated Iceland. Knowing they will play their quarter-final next Wednesday in Geneva, they are likely to avoid world champions Spain, who will win Group B barring an unlikely defeat to Italy tomorrow. This means Norway will take on either Italy or Portugal for a place in tbe last four. Should they reach the semi-finals, it will be the Scandianavians best performance at a major tournament in twelve years, since they reached the final of the UEFA Women's Euro in 2013. Then, Ada Hegerberg was 18 years of age, the young star of the team. Today the first-ever woman to win the Ballon D'Or turns 30, having never fulfilled her potential at a major international tournament. Eliminated in the group stage of the two subsequent editions of the UEFA Women's Euro in 2017 and 2022, Hegeberg was part of the team that suffered a humiliating 8-0 trouncing by England three years ago. Norway also suffered defeat in the first knockout rounds of the 2015 and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups. KALMAR, SWEDEN - JULY 22: Ada Hegerberg (#21) of Norway celebrates after she scores her team's 3rd ... More goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 quarter final match between Norway and Spain at Kalmar Arena on July 22, 2013 in Kalmar, Sweden. (Photo by) Indeed, the all-time record goalscorer in the UEFA Women's Champions League, had failed to find the net for her country at a major tournament since 2015. That was until Hegerberg bravely headed Norway level during their opening game against hosts Switzerland. It was her 50th goal for the national team. More importantly, Hegerberg's goal turned her country's fortunes around as they almost immediately took the lead after an indifferent first half performance in Basel. They followed up that victory with another 2-1 win over Finland to secure their quarter-final place with a game to spare. Norway's forward #14 Ada Hegerberg (Top) score a goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Group A ... More football match between Switzerland and Norway at the St Jakob-Park Stadium in Basel on July 2, 2025. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) Norway's form, however, has been far from impressive in what has been a kind group stage for them. Hegerberg missed a penalty in the win over Switzerland and the team have scrapped through both games thanks to the goals and assists of FC Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen which have elicited two own goals. With nothing at stake during their final group match against Iceland tonight, head coach Gemma Grainger has hinted she may rotate the team tonight to save the legs of some of her leading players. That may include Hegerberg, who could be rested on her birthday. The Manchester United trio of Lisa Naalsund, Celin Bizet and Elisabeth Terland could all potentially come in, as well as young SK Brann starlet Signe Gaupset. Terland in particular can count herself unfortunate not to have played more than 15 minutes after a season in which she scored ten times for Manchester United and provided five assists. Ahead of the game, Grainger said yesterday 'we have a really strong squad. The first day we met, we talked about the importance of every player in the team. We have, a highly-competitive group. We'll take a look at what we think is best for the team tomorrow. We won't make any indication of what that will be just at the moment but, of course, it's about what is best for the next game. We plan to utilise all of the squad. Whether that will be tomorrow, you'll have to wait and see.' Before the tournament, Hegergerg said that a place in the quarter-finals would be her ideal birthday present. Between 2017 and 2022, Hegerberg withdrew herself from selection for the national team citing a lack of commitment from the Norwegian federation in the women's team, a situation which she said left her 'broken mentally.' Now as the new captain of the national side, succeeding Maren Mjelde, she understands how important it is to make every member of tbe squad feel valued. 'I think it's important in a group to create as much trust as possible between the players, between the staff, in order to have a healthy environment where people feel they can be themselves, 100%.' 'I mean, sports are a tough thing, you demand a lot from yourself, you demand a lot from the environment, and there's going to tough situations. The more trust you have among your team-mates, among your staff, from your coach, the easier it is to stand tall in the tough moments as well. To feel like you're a collective, to fell that you're a team.' 'That's something that I bear in mind all the time when I'm in this group, is that everyone is feeling that they're seen. I think to be able to be seen, is something incredible. That every individual knows they're role, knows how they can contribute." 'We talk a lot about the eleven playing and maybe those who come in and out but you have a group of 23 players who all play their role in something that's going to be, hopefully, a long tournament and you're going to count on everyone. So having trust, having a safe ground where people feel they can contribute is something essential to me.'
The Guardian
08-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Putellas at the double as rampant Spain hit rain-soaked Belgium for six at Euro 2025
Spain, looking ominously ruthless, continued their rich goalscoring form to reach the knockout stages of the 2025 European Championship as they put six goals past Belgium on a rain-soaked evening in Thun. The world champions were twice pegged back by equalisers, but Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir's side were eventually overpowered and were eliminated by Portugal's 1-1 draw with Italy on Monday night, a result that also ensured Spain's place in the last eight. Spain had scored five times in their opening victory against Portugal last Thursday and went one better in their second outing. This Group B match was being contested in the pretty town of Thun, where surfers love to ride the Aare river, in the centre of the old town, including earlier on Monday afternoon, as the heavy downpours of rain only strengthened the river's force. Each time the surfers fell and were swept downstream, they would swim back upstream, to try their luck again, adjacent to the tournament fan zone. The scene proved rather reminiscent of Belgium trying to resist wave after wave of Spanish attacks in the second half, but it felt as though every time Belgium clawed themselves back into the match, a fresh torrent of Spanish brilliance swept them away again. Alexia Putellas began the relentless scoring when she rounded off a neat team move, after superb play from Vicky López, to clinically tuck the ball home. Justine Vanhaevermaet briefly stunned the pre-tournament favourites as she headed in from a corner, but Spain were soon back in front when Irene Paredes headed in to make it 2-1, towards the end of a first half where Olga Carmona had also driven a powerful strike narrowly wide. The crowd were momentarily sensing a monumental shock might be on the cards, when Hannah Eurlings sprinted in behind Spain's defence and slotted in, but almost immediately after the restart, Esther González met Putellas's outstanding pass to restore Spain's lead and make it 3-2. By this point, the Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí, still returning carefully to full fitness after contracting viral meningitis before the tournament, had been brought on as a half-time substitute and she was showing her usual creativity and style in midfield. Her head coach, Montse Tomé, said: 'Aitana could play but I think we must be patient. According to the medical team, she is fine, but we don't want to risk her. As we have other players who allow us to keep the level. I believe Aitana will be 100%.' Spain were mounting pressure and shortly after the hour Mariona Caldentey tucked in from close range, before a marvellous strike from Clàudia Pina in the 81st minute, curled into the far corner from distance, made it 5-2 with a goal that will undoubtedly be included in the goal‑of-the-tournament shortlist. Putellas said of Pina's strike: 'Her goal was special, as always. Honestly, she's so good, it was a perfect goal, it was impossible to stop it.' Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion Putellas, who was named player of the match, showed her class with a fine finish for her second of the game and Spain's sixth, and Tomé's team continue to look like they will justify their status as favourites. The Barcelona midfielder said: 'The team had an excellent performance. We have room for improvement but the team is feeling fine, we feel comfortable that if something doesn't work, we can change and adapt.' Tomé's side will top Group B if they continue their form against Italy in their final group match, and the head coach was full of praise for Putellas, in particular, adding: 'Alexia has a high performance for the whole team. She thinks collectively. She understands the spaces, she flows, and you see she enjoys it. I'm glad for her and also for the rest of the team.' Gunnarsdóttir, appeared crestfallen by her team's fate but was also proud of their endeavour in attack. Trying to see the bigger picture, the Icelandic coach said: 'When I was hired to coach the team, it was about more than leading the team to the Euros – it was about building a team that can compete regularly against the top teams in Europe. 'I've only been here for five months. I've learned so much. I know I have a lot more to learn [but I] really feel we're going in the right direction. I would never have taken this job if I didn't believe the Red Flames could be a top nation in Europe. 'I walked into the locker room today and I really wanted to cry. I loved seeing my players giving everything they had. I'm going to be happy with a lot of things but it's going to take some time until I get to a point where I see it.'
