Tag: accidents

Student killed in fall off ‘Trolltunga’

UPDATED: A foreign student at the University of Bergen fell to her death over the weekend while taking a photo of herself standing on...

Widespread flooding also halted trains

UPDATED: Flooding from the torrential rain that poured down over much of southern Norway this week forced the closure of both major rail lines that connect Oslo...

New disaster film packs cinemas

UPDATED: Oslo's large Kino Victoria cinema was packed Sunday night as audiences continued to stream into the weekend's premiere showings of an eerily realistic...

Main mountain highway’s tunnel set to reopen

The Gudvanga Tunnel on the main E16 highway connecting Oslo and Bergen is expected to reopen to ordinary traffic early next week. It was...

Highway reopens after rockslide

Norway is vulnerable to rock- and earthslides crashing down steep mountainsides and onto highways. Another one occurred Monday evening, blocking the main E39 highway that runs along...

Tunnel fire sparks new local hospital debate

Another fire in a long tunnel through the mountains of western Norway last Monday has renewed the debate over local hospital closures being pushed...

Bus fire forced tunnel evacuation, five injured

UPDATED: A Swedish bus carrying Asian tourists caught fire inside the 11.4 kilometer-long Gudvangatunnelen in the mountainous western county of Sogn og Fjordane on Tuesday....

Weed burning sparked fire at Ringve Museum

Police and arson investigators believe that a fire that heavily damaged Norway's Ringve Museum in Trondheim was caused by weed-burning work carried out Monday morning, just...

Three killed as traffic deaths decline

Three people were killed in a head-on collision on one of Norway's two-lane mountain highways during the night. The fatal crash occurred as the...

Big Bergen fire ‘one of toughest’ ever

Firefighters finally gained control over another major fire to break out in the historic west coast city of Bergen during the night. It took...
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