Tag: accidents

Gyrocopters flying over Preikestolen scared hikers and tourists

Small gyrocopters flew low over Norway's famed Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) last week, disturbing visitors, scaring others and angering tour guides. The gyrocopters were noisy...

Beach clean-up led to discovery of a dead body

A scheduled beach clean-up on the island of Mosken in the Norwegian municipality of Værøy yielded much more than trash just before the weekend....

Train crew hailed after fire on Bergensbanen

Firefighters, police and paramedics were hailing employees of Norwegian train operator Vy, after fire broke out on board one of Vy's trains traveling from...

Two killed in avalanche near Hemsedal

Avalanche warnings were up all over Norway during the long Easter weekend, but that didn't stop everyone from heading out on mountain ski trips....

Storm slams into Sørlandet

Thousands were without power, major roads and highways were closed and damage reports were streaming in after a major storm slammed into southwestern Norway...

Klæbo forced to drop Holmenkollen race

Norway's sensational skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was under observation at a hospital in Drammen, after falling in a sprint and suffering a head injury....

Winter tourists causing accidents

It's been years since tourists started descending on Norway in the winter as well as summer, in hopes of seeing the Northern Lights, skiing...

Heavy snow sparked accidents

Cars, trucks and busses slid out of control and slammed into one another on Wednesday, after heavy snow followed by rain in Southern Norway...

Hunter fined for shooting a cow

A hunting expedition last fall ended badly when a man out for the first time shot a cow that he thought was a large...

Students return to evacuated housing

Around 220 university students were finally allowed to return to their student housing complex near Carl Berners Plass in Oslo late Sunday afternoon. Geologists...
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