Tag: summer
Spring has sprung, in record warmth
The crocus is in full bloom in many places around southern Norway, like here on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Oslo. Record...
Sights of summer in scenic Lyngør
As summer winds down in Norway, memories linger and the locals start looking forward to next year, not least to visiting fabled Sørlandet. It...
Northerners have more summer sex
North Norwegians have more frequent and better sex during the warmer seasons of the year than those in Oslo, according to a survey published...
New flood warnings posted
Norway's Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) posted flood warnings for southern and eastern Norway as the area headed in to another wet weekend....
Drunk parents forget kids on holiday
Some Norwegian embassies in countries popular with vacationing Norwegians have been dealing with a thorny problem of late: Drunken adults who forget their children...
Pilot conflict disrupts cruising
An ongoing labour conflict between harbor pilots and the state authority that employs them (Kystverket) has led to disruptions in this year's cruiseship traffic....
Mushrooms appearing early
Heavy rains and cool temperatures apparently are giving rise to the record early appearance of wild mushrooms in Norwegian forests. The varieties called piggsopp...
Finnmark warmer than Mallorca
Northern Norway, famed for its Midnight Sun, has been in the midst of a veritable heat wave the past week, with temperatures soaring in...
Cabin owners still trapped in the mountains
More than 300 owners of cabins in the mountains of southern Norway remained without road connections heading into the weekend, after torrential rain earlier...
Bergen-Oslo train line closed again
More trouble hit the heavily trafficked train line between Bergen and Oslo (Bergensbanen), after several rock- and earthslides left entire portions of the tracks...
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