Tag: traffic
Winter storm batters the southwest
Most mountain roads were closed, ferries cancelled and traffic halted over bridges Tuesday night as a severe winter storm slammed into the west coast...
Camera snaps speedsters off the road
When Norwegian police and road authorities set up a new speed camera inside an Oslo tunnel last weekend, they expected that some motorists would...
Labour’s leader fined
There seems to be no end to the problems facing Norwegian Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre. Faced with sagging voter support, internal power...
Oslo lowering its speed limits
Signs went up again this week on major highways leading into and around downtown Oslo, posting "environmental speed limits" of just 60 kilometers per...
Diplomats cleared of some wild driving
Police thought for several hours on Thursday that they needed to subdue a dangerous diplomat. Someone, at any rate, was behind the wheel of...
Wheels spin in first snow of the season
The winter's first snow started arriving in Southern Norway during the weekend, and a lot more was expected through Tuesday. Meteorologists warned motorists of...
Cyclists still afraid, but also ‘egoistic’
A white "ghost cycle" memorial was recently set up near the scene of a collision that killed a cyclist in downtown Oslo last month....
Heavy rain closed roads
The skies opened up and rain poured down on areas all over Southern Norway on Sunday, following some welcome showers last week, too. The...
MPs hang on to free parking
Oslo city politicians have been ruthlessly cracking down on the use of private cars in the Norwegian capital by hiking tolls into town, removing...
Holiday traffic resulted in delays
Norway's long pinse holiday weekend ended Monday afternoon with lots of major traffic back-ups on highways like the E18 and E6 around Oslo, and...
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