Tag: holidays

Fireworks set off complaints

Two major private fireworks displays on weeknights in Oslo last week have sent complaints soaring almost as high and as loud as the fireworks...

Snow chills long weekend plans

Just as thousands of Norwegians were set to head off on Wednesday for a long holiday weekend, many of them woke up to more...

Man lost arm in 17th of May salute

A man in his 50s had to have his arm amputated at the elbow, after explosives he was loading into a canon for a...

‘Perfect’ weather for the 17th of May

The sun was shining or at least peeking out from Kirkenes in the north to Kristiansand in the south for Norway's Constitution Day celebrations...

Security to be high on 17th of May

Norwegian police in small towns as well as the country's cities will be armed, many for the first time, when Norway celebrates its Constitution...

Bunads turn into new battle gear

Regional Norwegian costumes known as a bunad have long been a symbol of national pride and identity, and worn on special or formal occasions....

May Day launched election campaigns

Thousands of Norwegians turned out all over the country for traditional workers' rallies and parades on their May 1st Labour Day holiday. Top city...

Sunniest Easter holidays in years

Millions of Norwegians returned to work and school on Tuesday, after the sunniest and, according to officials in Norway, least eventful Easter holidays in...

Royals headed for the hills

King Harald and Queen Sonja are among the hundreds of thousands of Norwegians who've traveled to higher elevations to spend the Easter holidays in...

Oslo, Trønder folks most eager to ski

Most Norwegians still enjoy heading out on a ski trip, especially those living in Oslo and the country's central region of Trøndelag. New figures...
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