Tag: summer
Summer in the City hasn’t ended yet
PHOTO FEATURE: Schools are back in session and Norway's official summer holiday period is long over, but the weather suggests otherwise. State meteorologists are...
Remote Røst rides out the storms
PHOTO FEATURE: It takes a certain amount of effort to get to Norway's remote islands of Røst, which lie around 100 kilometers off the...
Music festivals hang on to their identities
Another busy season of summer festivals in Norway will soon draw to a close. In the increasingly attractive region of Helgeland, known for its...
Heat wave breaks, more warmth coming
Norwegians in the southern part of the country could finally put on a sweater again Tuesday, when they woke up to temperatures that were...
Norway sweltered in the record heat
A record warm weekend ended, in Oslo at least, with some heavy local showers Sunday night. They didn't cool things off much, though, as...
Bumped passengers rage at Norwegian Air
Oslo-based Norwegian Air is facing more turbulence this summer. The forced grounding of its large fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft left Norwegian with...
Tourism heats up in the north
Norway's Arctic regions are experiencing another boom in tourism this summer. Hotels in the coastal city of Harstad, for example, can report occupancy rates...
Motor homes roll over roads, ferries
They're everywhere this summer, the large recreational vehicles (RVs) known as bobiler in Norwegian. Never before have there been more of them rolling around...
Wildflowers radiant after the drought
PHOTO FEATURE: Norway's fields of of wildflowers known as blomsterenga have been blossoming even more beautifully than usual this summer. Experts cite last year's drought,...
Farmers ready to reap bumper crops
Norwegian farmers seem to be going from famine to feast this year, with optimal weather conditions yielding what are expected to be record large...
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