Tag: mountains
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...
Happy city folks shatter rural myth
Norwegians have long viewed themselves as descendants of fishermen and farmers, who are supposed to be happier out on the land or sea than...
Police investigate climbing accident
Police in Rogaland, western Norway, were getting help from expert mountain climbers as they investigated the deaths of two highly-experienced mountaineers who were making...
Fall colours gone with the rain
Norway is supposed to be ablaze with fall colours at this time of year, but the landscape in both the mountains and lower-lying areas...
‘Lemming year’ about to explode
Norwegian researchers are predicting that a new "lemming year" will break out this spring in the mountains if current weather conditions persist - the...
Mountain trekking turns trendy
A large increase in the numbers of people trekking through the mountains of Norway this year is now being linked to groups of young...
Record year for mountain treks
Never before have so many people gone hiking in the Norwegian mountains, if occupancy at mountain cabins and lodges is any indication. The number...
Easter exodus underway
Norwegian cities started to empty out on Friday, as residents headed into the Easter week and its unusually long string of official days off....
Bus trip over mountains turned fatal
An express bus traveling over the mountains in northern Oppland County ran off the road during an early autumn snowfall on Tuesday. One passenger...
Dramatic rescue on Besseggen
Strong winds and the early snows that have coated mountaintops all over Norway in recent days led to a dramatic rescue mission on the...
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