A 17-year-old Norwegian teenager has disappeared from a popular holiday hotspot on Spain's Costa del Sol after her country's World Cup victory over Brazil. British tourists and expats are being urged to help locate Nikoline, who was last seen at a nightclub in Puerto Banus.
Disappearance After World Cup Celebrations
Nikoline, whose surname has not been released, vanished after a night out following Norway's win against Brazil. Her mother reported her missing to police and launched a social media appeal. In a post shared around midday, the mother wrote: "My daughter Nikoline hasn’t come home since yesterday’s football match. She was last seen at Funky Buddha in Puerto Banus with some other young Norwegians. She is 175cm tall, blonde/bleached, and was wearing a long pink dress with an Arabic pattern. Please share. Thank you for any information."
The teenager had been holidaying in the area since June 19 and was due to return home today to attend a close friend's birthday party. She lives in Norway with her biological father.
Timeline of Events
According to her mother, Nikoline went out with friends to a bar in Calahonda, between Marbella and Fuengirola, before heading to Marbella's old town. She then took a taxi with a group of fellow Norwegians to the Funky Buddha club. She is understood to have vanished while a female friend went to the toilet between 3 am and 4 am this morning. The last location of her mobile phone placed her on Julio Iglesias Avenue, a busy road behind the Puerto Banus marina, around 3:30 am. After that, the phone stopped transmitting. Her family's last contact with her was around 1:30 am local time.
Search Efforts and Police Involvement
Before contacting police in Fuengirola, Nikoline's mother and stepfather searched the port area without success. The mother told Spanish media: "Every time she stays out late, she tends to maintain contact with us." Police could not be reached for comment early this afternoon. Well-wishers have responded to the mother's messages, saying they are praying for Nikoline's safe return.
Context of Missing Persons in the Region
Disappearances like this are regularly reported in Málaga province, but they are overwhelmingly resolved within days. Figures from Spain’s Ministry of the Interior through the National Centre for Missing Persons (CNDES) show Málaga province records more than 720 missing person reports a year, the highest total in Andalusia.
