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Christmas shopping set new record

It seems to happen every year: Christmas shoppers in Norway broke new spending records again during the run-up to the holidays and also set...

Holiday baking tradition intact

Among various surveys that have been conducted in Norway recently was one that questioned Norwegians about their Christmas cookie habits during the holiday season....

Norwegians tackled holiday loneliness

An elderly Oslo woman's blunt appeal for someone to eat dinner with on Christmas Eve fired up a national campaign to ward off loneliness...

Mixed reviews for palace concert

King Harald and Queen Sonja opened up the Royal Palace for another Christmas concert this year, but it didn't generate entirely positive reaction. Meanwhile,...

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...
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