Tag: holidays
West Coast gets clobbered again
Another severe winter storm blew in over Norway's southwest coast Sunday, with powerful winds knocking down trees and even tearing the roofs off buildings....
Storm closed mountain roads
UPDATED: Norwegian dreams of a white Christmas turned into traffic nightmares on the day before Christmas Eve for those trying to get home for...
Norway set for cold, white Christmas
Most Norwegians were settling into what amounts to at least a five-day weekend beginning on Saturday, and many were cheered by forecasts of a...
Film fans traveled to Christmas Star
Norway has an abundance of Christmas-related holiday traditions, not least regarding seasonal entertainment. This year Norwegians have been flocking to local cinemas to see...
Fog lifts, easing holiday flight delays
Airlines serving Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen were taking off mostly on schedule Friday morning, following widespread delays caused by a frosty fog that...
‘Christmas is the new Easter’
Norwegians are heading for the mountains or traveling elsewhere this Christmas in droves generally only seen during the country's long, traditional Easter holidays. The...
‘Julebord’ sickens nearly 200
Around 170 guests at a Christmas buffet known as a "julebord" late last week have fallen ill afterwards, but no one is sure what...
Bergen gearing up for Christmas
PICTURE STORY: Norway is getting ready for Christmas celebrations, and its second city is no exception. Norwegians know how to ward off winter darkness...
Christmas trees sent abroad
City workers in Oslo have once again been chopping down trees in local forests and shipping them abroad as gestures of civic friendship during...
Lonesome widow touched many
An 88-year-old widow in Oslo, Reidun Orest, didn't want to spend Christmas Eve alone, so she placed a classified ad in local newspaper Aften...
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