Tag: festivals
Young boss trains for Riddu Riddu
Karoline Tveitnes Trollvik first got involved with Northern Norway's Riddu Riddu festival as a volunteer at the tender age of 10. Now she's poised to literally run...
Norwegian youth pay for festival ‘luxuries’
Weary of risking rowdiness, wet and muddy campsites and a lack of modern comfort, some of the young spectators at southern Norway's popular Hove...
Pride filled the streets of Oslo
Tens of thousands of people turned out Saturday to either watch or march in the annual gay pride parade through downtown Oslo - or do...
Record turnout expected for gay pride parade
Organizers of the gay pride parade on Saturday, marking the climax of this week's EuroPride festival in Oslo, were expecting record participation. The parade was to start in...
Gay rights activist snubs Solberg
One of Norway's most high-profile and respected gay rights activists, author Karen-Christine "Kim" Friele, turned down an invitation to attend a garden party hosted...
EuroPride off to noisy start in Oslo
UPDATED: A Norwegian government minister was booed Friday evening as Oslo launched more than a week of events tied to EuroPride, the annual festival...
‘Flytoget’ to mark gay pride
Flytoget, the Airport Express Train that serves Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen, is gearing up to welcome visitors traveling to Oslo for the annual...
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