Tag: mountains
Thousands out hiking as autumn settles in
At least 47,000 Norwegians are estimated to have headed ut på tur (out on a hike) during the weekend, as the Norwegian mountain trekking...
Government saves a scenic waterway
Advocates of the environment and great outdoors could finally celebrate a victory over the Norwegian government on Monday, when Prime Minister Erna Solberg and...
Tom Cruise forced to postpone ‘Preikestolen’ stunt
US actor Tom Cruise has had to postpone taking part in a stunt planned atop Norway's famed rocky plateau Preikestolen, after he broke his ankle...
Pilgrimages keep gaining popularity
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Crown Prince Haakon's official re-opening of Norway's historic pilgrim trail from Oslo to the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. More...
Norway shuttering the summer ‘seter’
PHOTO FEATURE: The long tradition of moving sheep, cattle and goats up to grazing land at higher elevations lives on in Norway. A new...
Massive emergency effort saved scouts
Things went wrong at a major gathering of speidere (scouts) in Northern Norway this week. Nearly 60 of them had to be rescued by helicopter during...
Yet another mountain threatens to fall
Norwegian geologists are constantly monitoring the stability of the country's steep mountainsides, and now one in Northern Norway is creating concerns. It's called Gamanjunni, located...
Famed mountain road nearly overrun
One of Norway's biggest tourist attractions, the mountain road full of hair-pin turns known as Trollstigen, reopened for the summer season this week. Cars...
New gondola wins a royal reception
Residents of Loen in the mountains around the Nordfjord could hardly have hoped for better promotion of their new tourist attraction this weekend. Under sunny...
‘God påske’ weekend to all our readers
Norway's annual "Easter Exodus" is underway, with new figures showing that nearly half the country's entire population planned to take time off for a spring vacation...
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