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‘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...

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...
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