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Parking Rates All Over The World Now Officially Insane

Remember that post we did a few weeks ago, about how European capitals had become some of the world's most expensive places to visit? It turns out that at least some of those costs come from the sheer, banal, joyless routine of having to rent a car, drive it into the city, and then find somewhere to park it. So says the Colliers International Parking Rate Survey, which is apparently a real thing and not something we made up.

Bike-obsessed Amsterdam came in only at number nine on the survey, costing a mere $57.71 per day for parking. At the very top of the list was Oslo, where securing a spot for 24 hours will set you back $89. For parking for a day. The survey results were a little different for monthly rates than for daily rates though. On the monthly chart the top two slots are held by London City and London West End, clocking in at $1,083.59 and $1,014.32 respectively. Have we mentioned this is for parking?

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What Is Going On With FEEL Air and Their Promise of $300 Flights to Scandinavia?

Shouldn't we all be preparing to fly from New York to Oslo or Stockholm on the cheap by now? After all, that's what start-up Scandinavian low-cost airline FEEL Air promised back in October when they first announced their creation.

The first flights, touted as costing less than $300 round-trip per person, taxes included, were predicted for the first quarter of 2010. If FEEL Air is still on schedule, they'd be selling those cheap-o tickets now, right? Well, they aren't. And all news of them has died down to nothing but a few sporadic Swedish murmurs, which now predict that FEEL Air has pushed back its launch to summer because of a delay in receiving its Norwegian AOC (Air Operator's Certificate).

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Obama Gasses Up Air Force One For Visits To Oslo And Copenhagen

It hasn't even been a month yet since President Obama took Asia by storm, hitting up South Korea, China, and Japan, but already the traveler-in-chief is back onboard Air Force One for a quick trip to Scandinavia to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway and then address the climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Obama will arrive early tomorrow morning in Oslo, where he'll stop by Oslo City Hall for the ceremony, but he'll miss the guided tour of the Nobel Peace Centre in favor of getting over jetlag at the city's Grand Hotel. This is notable because the exhibition currently on display at the museum is about President Obama. He's effectively missing out on his own party. But with good reason...

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What Is FEEL Air and Why Are Their Tickets So Cheap?

Who wants to go to Stockholm, Sweden or Oslo, Norway for under $300 roundtrip? We'll be the first to raise our hand, and the start-up Scandinavian low-cost carrier Feel Air is hoping you will too, since they plan to launch direct flight between New York and Stockholm and Oslo, and also Bangkok to Stockholm and Oslo, in spring 2010.

Right now, the Feel Air website is skint on information, but there is this promising statement: "All the initial routes are set and approved, we will disclose the launch date and fares when ticket sales open later." A quick search through some Scandinavian press however reveals that the airline plans to fly two Airbus A330-200s on the routes, focusing heavily on the New York-JFK end of it (yippee!) and offering roundtrip, taxes-included fares starting from $260.

What the $260 will get you, after the jump.

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