Northerners have more summer sex
August 9, 2011
North Norwegians have more frequent and better sex during the warmer seasons of the year than those in Oslo, according to a survey published by newspaper VG. The surveys shows that a third of Norwegians have more sex in the hotter months of the year, while half of north Norwegians have sex more often. In [...]
New flood warnings posted
July 21, 2011
Norway’s Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) posted flood warnings for southern and eastern Norway as the area headed in to another wet weekend. Heavy rainfall was predicted and officials fear that several rivers and creeks will rise over their banks. NVE officials said they were unsure exactly where the most amount of rain would [...]
Drunk parents forget kids on holiday
July 13, 2011
Some Norwegian embassies in countries popular with vacationing Norwegians have been dealing with a thorny problem of late: Drunken adults who forget their children while on holiday in foreign countries. The children face traveling home alone, when their parents fail to turn up for flight departure times. Newspaper Aftenposten reported Wednesday that Norwegian embassies in [...]
Pilot conflict disrupts cruising
July 12, 2011
An ongoing labour conflict between harbor pilots and the state authority that employs them (Kystverket) has led to disruptions in this year’s cruiseship traffic. Now tourism officials fear Norway’s future as a major cruise destination may be in jeopardy. The pilots are refusing to work overtime, meaning that several cruiseships have been delayed and some [...]
Mushrooms appearing early
July 12, 2011
Heavy rains and cool temperatures apparently are giving rise to the record early appearance of wild mushrooms in Norwegian forests. The varieties called piggsopp and steinsopp are popping up all over. Mushroom hunting is normally an activity reserved for the late summer or autumn, when the hobby is so popular that local municipalities set up [...]
Finnmark warmer than Mallorca
July 11, 2011
Northern Norway, famed for its Midnight Sun, has been in the midst of a veritable heat wave the past week, with temperatures soaring in some places to more than 30C (87F). That’s even warmer than it’s been in such resort destinations as Mallorca and some other spots around the Mediterranean. On Saturday night, several northern [...]
Cabin owners still trapped in the mountains
July 8, 2011
More than 300 owners of cabins in the mountains of southern Norway remained without road connections heading into the weekend, after torrential rain earlier in the week wiped out their only vehicular access route. Around 65 owners who were at their cabins (hytter) when the storm hit on Tuesday night remained trapped inside the cabin [...]
Bergen-Oslo train line closed again
July 6, 2011
More trouble hit the heavily trafficked train line between Bergen and Oslo (Bergensbanen), after several rock- and earthslides left entire portions of the tracks hanging in open air. Some mountain communities have also been isolated. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that hundreds of owners of holiday cabins (hytter) are trapped by the landslides that were set [...]
Lots more rain in long-term forecast
July 5, 2011
Norwegian meteorologists are predicting more heavy rain and dark, grey skies for the next few weeks, with one forecaster even advising his fellow Norwegians to give up on nice weather at home and head south for their holidays. “Pack the car or a suitcase and travel southwards, for example to the Mediterranean,” state meteorologist Inge [...]
June set new records for rain
July 4, 2011
The summer month of June seemed anything but summery because of all its rain, and now state meteorologists can confirm what most Norwegians were thinking: June was a real wash-out, in most of the country. The state meteorologic institute reported over the weekend that June 2011 was the second-wettest month in Norway since 1900. With [...]
Holiday priority is friends and family
June 30, 2011
A survey by newspaper Aftenposten has revealed that Norwegians see “being together with family and friends” as the most important aspect of their summer holidays. 47 percent of those asked responded that “being together with family and friends” was their priority over the coming months, whereas 18 percent named “relaxing” as the focus of their [...]
Festival season kicks off in Norway
June 28, 2011
Summer is here, which means that in the coming months music lovers will be able to partake in the slew of outdoor festivals arranged across Norway. While all may enjoy the tunes, some are roughing it in crowded campgrounds, and others are relishing in a little more luxury than usual. The controversial electronica festival Outdoor [...]
Police reduce coastal patrol
June 27, 2011
During the upcoming summer season, only two police boats will regularly patrol the 1500 km coastal stretch between Risør and Egersund on the southern tip of Norway. “It is disturbing that activity decreases when we have a higher volume of traffic and speedboats,” Petter Nipestad of Norwegian Sea Rescue in Agder told newspaper Aftenposten. Last [...]
Sun set on the show of the century
June 23, 2011
NEWS ANALYSIS: It was easy to feel a bit adrift when Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) finally wrapped up its marathon live coverage of an entire voyage by a Hurtigruten ship this week. For nearly six days, millions of people both in Norway and abroad sat transfixed in front of their TV or computer screens for hours on [...]
Storm didn’t chill Hurtigruten spirit
June 21, 2011
Gale-force winds and stormy seas showed passengers on board Hurtigruten’s celebrity ship MS Nord-Norge just how tough life can be in northern Norway, but the change in the weather didn’t seem to dampen spirits either on board or ashore. Crowds still turned out to enthusiastically greet the ship in the tiniest of towns, and hope [...]
