Tag: prices

Swedish stores ‘more exciting’

It's not just the lower prices that tempt carloads of Norwegians to cross the border and go grocery shopping in Sweden. A new study...

New meters may raise electricity bills

Hafslund Nett, the major network supplier of electricity in the Oslo area, has begun the process of replacing all of the roughly 700,000 electricity meters...

Airbnb faces more political opposition

Oslo should do what Barcelona and several other European cities have done: Crack down on the extent of downtown rentals via Airbnb, claims top...

Building boom may lower housing prices

There were signs of it already, when Norway's national real estate association revealed its latest batch of sales statistics on Monday: Even though housing...

‘Geo-blocking’ gouges online shoppers

Norwegian consumers are often blocked from being able to buy goods and services online at the lowest prices available, simply because they're clicking in from...

Airlines also charge more for flights bought abroad

Both Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Norwegian Air charge passengers on flights originating in the US more than they do on flights originating in Norway....

Tourists pay more on Hurtigruten

Officials at Norway's famed coastal voyage Hurtigruten were being hit by a wave of criticism on Monday over how they set their fares. Passengers from...

Home prices go through the roof

Now even real estate agents are sounding the alarms over Norway's rapidly rising prices for single-family homes and apartments. Figures released on Monday show...

Rental rates jump with home prices

Not only are the prices for residential real estate hitting record levels in Norway, so are rental rates. After a quiet spring, rental rates...

Prices rise more than expected

Norway's consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.7 percent in June, compared to the same month last year, and that surprised economists and analysts at...
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