Tag: accidents

Trolltunga’s parking fees hiked

Tourists and Norwegians alike face not only a demanding hike after parking at the closest lot to Trolltunga's trailhead this summer. They also face...

Fatal fall on popular mountain trail

An elderly man out hiking with his family over Besseggen, one of Norway's most popular mountain trails despite its steepness, fell off one of...

Norwegian tanker spills oil in Rotterdam

A Norwegian tanker in the fleet of Bergen-based Odfjell Tankers spilled as much as 217 tons of heavy oil after it collided with the...

Boating accidents soar

Norway's police boats, along with its search and rescue boats, responded to 689 accidents and incidents involving pleasure craft in May. That's a 28...

Tourists injured in bus collision

As many as 18 tourists were injured, five of them critically, when a bus and a van carrying a total of 39 people collided...

Tourist killed after falling on Lofoten

A man who was out hiking with a group of nine French tourists was killed Thursday when he fell 30 meters in Moskenes on...

Man killed in fall from mountaintop

A man in his 40s was confirmed to have been killed Wednesday evening after hiking up to the top of a mountain in the...

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...

Search suspended for man overboard

A young crew member on board the Norwegian Coast Guard ship KV Nordkapp was reported missing over the weekend and is believed to have...

Search continues for missing student in South Africa

Police and emergency services in the beach town of Sedgefield, South Africa have been searching for days for a young woman from Stavanger who's...
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