Tag: holidays
Thanksgiving reaches Norway
While many Americans were settling into traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinners at home and abroad on Thursday (or on the weekends before and after the...
Halloween catches on in Norway
After an uncertain start in the 1990s, the American tradition of Halloween celebrations on October 31 has caught on in Norway. Stores now feature...
Rain dampened Midsummer Eve
Norwegians intent on carrying out traditional Midsummer celebrations during the weekend had to brave chilly temperatures and rain, sometimes torrential. Bonfires were lit anyway,...
Savoring the lightest night of the year
It was nearly midnight in Oslo on June 20, billed in Norway as the lightest night of the year. After weeks of rain and...
Summer suddenly arrived in southern Norway, then left
UPDATED: Summer arrived with a vengeance last week, especially in Oslo where temperatures soared to as high as 27C (nearly 80F) on Thursday. The...
Norwegian ‘bunader’ made overseas
The majority of traditional Norwegian folk costumes known as bunader are now being sewn and assembled far from their Norwegian roots. The bunad business...
Anniversary greeting to readers
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While Norway was celebrating its Constitution Day on the 17th of May, this website was celebrating its...
17th of May even ‘more meaningful’
As Norwegians prepared for their annual, festive Constitution Day holiday on the 17th of May, a new public opinion poll indicated that it would...
Combined ‘holiday’ stirs more critics
The Akershus Fortress and Castle in Oslo was once again the focal point for Norway's observance on Tuesday of its newly combined Liberation Day...
Spring skiing season saved at Sjusjøen
PHOTO FEATURE: While many areas of southern Norway suffered a lack of snow during the popular Easter holidays last week, the skiing and snowboarding...
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