Tag: mountains

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...

Storms keep mountain roads closed

Only two highways over the mountains of Southern Norway were open on Friday because of ongoing blizzards, strong winds and such poor visibility that...

New national park plans stalled in Parliament

Plans to create two new national parks, one in the hills and forests just east of Oslo called Østmarka, have been voted down by...

More hikers needed mountaintop rescue

Norwegian search and rescue crews were pressed into action once again this week after a group of 16 people ran into trouble while hiking...

Emergency crews rescue more tourists in trouble

The ever-growing popularity of Norway's most unique scenery and rocky mountaintops has set off another wave of accidents and rescue operations. Red Cross crews...
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