Tag: accidents

‘Pulpit Rock’ draws record visitors

Norway's famed high rocky plateau known as Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock) has attracted a record number of visitors so far this year, up more...

Moose hunter hits man on his toilet

In an almost surreal chain of events, a moose hunter in Norway ended up shooting an elderly man who thought he was safely sitting...

East Oslo hit by massive power cut

An estimated quarter of the Norwegian capital was blacked out in the early morning hours of Wednesday after a massive power failure hit much...

‘Poor routines’ led to Hercules crash

Last year's crash of a Norwegian Hercules military cargo plane on its way to Kiruna in northern Sweden has been blamed on a combination...

Winter rolls in from north to south

While residents of Northern Norway were getting whacked with winter weather on Tuesday, state meteorologists warned that it's on its way to the southern...

Bergen-Oslo train line reopens

The popular train line known as Bergensbane reopened on Monday, sooner than had been expected following the damage it sustained in a rockslide near...

Cyclist acquitted of negligent homicide

A 35-year-old man who admitted he was riding much too fast on a sidewalk in Oslo has been cleared of causing the death of...

Cyclist fends off homicide charge

The defense attorney for a 35-year-old Norwegian man made an impassioned plea in an Oslo city court on Wednesday that his client be acquitted...

Airport-bound tourists injured in crash

A tourist bus with 50 passengers on board, many of them Norwegians, collided in a round-about in the Canary Islands early Tuesday morning. Several...

Trysil fire under control

A major brushfire in the mountains around Trysil, a popular ski center in eastern Norway, was brought under control during the night but firefighters...
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