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DETUR Where the sun always shines!
Interviews Alexander Rybak
D: Alanya is the host for an excellent and great musician. Norway’s representative and winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Alexander Rybak. Welcome!
AR: Welcome to you too, I almost said. You speak like a real travel manager. It’s very nice to listen to.
D: It was a great concert yesterday, how was your experience of it?
AR: It was very nice. There's a special warm heart in those people who live in warm climates in a way.
It’s nice to experience that the audience are not afraid to give of themselves immediately.
The moment I enter the stage they start dancing and clapping, and when I do like this, they do the same. It’s more like seeing yourself in a mirror.
D: Is it your first visit to Alanya?
AR: No, I was here two years ago at the 17th of May.
I was invited by a club owner, a Turkish club owner who wanted to praise Norway with a great party, and I was a part of that party.
AR: Alanya is the capital of the world of course. Yeah!
D: What was your first impression of Alanya back then?
AR: You know what? At that time I only saw the beach, and thought: "Okay, this is one more paradise for people who want to go swimming and have a good time."
But I was only here for two days, and I didn’t even notice the mountains. I was just…. I remember I had about 9 concerts in a week at that time, so I was very focused on that.
But now I have arrived four days before the concert, and now I have had time, while I have prepared, to be able to go sunbathing a couple of hours every day.
So I have had the chance to relax a bit, and when we drove around by cars, I saw all those mountains around here.
And yesterday we were at the top of one of those mountains. It’s really cool.
D: It’s mountains
AR: Yes, we have them in Norway too, but this is that what makes Alanya different from the other bathing cities in a way, because there is so ….
There is such beautiful nature here. It’s to die for.
D: Is there a chance that you will return soon?
AR: Yes, and I hope many of those I know will come with me, because it’s really a paradise.
D: We thank you so much for your time, and wish you a pleasant stay here in Alanya.
AR: Detur was very nice to me, and sponsored my whole stay here, so of course there should be an interview. And you are so easy to talk with.