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The king and Erna spoke to the people

UPDATED: It's traditional for many Norwegians to sit down in front of the TV on New Year's Eve and listen to the monarch address the...

Sun set on a turbulent year

The sun set for the last time this year over Norway's capital, in another fiery display of nature at her best on a winter afternoon. It seemed...

West Coast saturated by another deluge

UPDATED: Norway's West Coast, especially the area from Stad south to Bergen and Stavanger, headed into another wet and wild holiday weekend, just as weather...

Unsold Christmas trees dumped in Oslo forest

City officials have found as many as 600 unsold Christmas trees dumped not far from a large parking area normally used by hikers and...

Christmas traditions changing in Norway

Few Norwegians put up special "Christmas curtains" in their kitchen windows this year, or put on costumes during these after-Christmas days called "romjul" to then go knocking on doors...

Skies finally clear after the deluge

Extreme weather that hammered central and southern Norway during the holiday weekend was finally letting up Tuesday morning, but the calamities it caused were...

‘God jul’ from Oslo to our readers

Last-minute shoppers wandered along Oslo's main boulevard, Karl Johans gate, on the dark and stormy night leading into the Christmas holiday weekend. It's the latest with no...

Many volunteer for ‘alternative’ Christmas parties

A former politician for the Progress Party has been hosting alternative Christmas parties in Oslo for people in need since he was 17 years old....

Norway imports Christmas trees

Despite its vast forests full of an estimated 3 billion fir trees, Norway actually imports around 300,000 Christmas trees a year. Demanding shoppers reportedly...

Brighter days to follow ‘jul’ storms

After a string of dark and foggy days, the sun finally made an appearance in Oslo again on the day after the winter solstice. Thousands...
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