Saturday, April 6, 2019

"Brande, a small railway town in Denmark with a population of 7,000, is the unlikely home to what will be crowned as Western Europe’s tallest skyscraper"

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The flat, tranquil terrains surrounding the project’s location in the Jutland peninsula will allow the tower to be seen from 40 miles away.

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The company’s owner, Anders Holch Povlsen, is Denmark’s wealthiest man.

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The billionaire holds the title of Britain’s second-largest private landowner, with 12 Scottish estates

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Povlsen is known in Europe for his passion for overhauling uncultivated areas under his ownership. Last year, he announced an ambitious “200-year plan” to rewild vast terrains of the Scottish Highlands. The billionaire announced a similar plan in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains. Povlsen’s plans include reintroducing wolves, bears, and lynx back to where they have been pushed out by man.