Tag: tourism

Navy drops use of classic ‘Tall Ship’

One of Norway's three most famous tall-masted sailing ships, the Christian Radich, faces winter lay-up after the Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret) decided to stop using...

New ‘hytte’ opens to wide acclaim

The latest addition to the Norwegian trekking association's extensive network of remote cottages and lodges for hikers and skiers (hytter) has broken new ground in...

Parents killed in glacier tragedy

Two children, aged eight and 10, witnessed both their parents being killed on Sunday when the ice suddenly shifted on a Norwegian glacier where...

No room at the inn in Tromsø

Hotels in Tromsø in northern Norway are so fully booked this week that more than 40 private homes are being rented to house some...

Air space closed over Bergen

Norwegian civil aviation authorities closed the air space over downtown Bergen on Saturday at the urging of Norwegian police. Flights were forbidden over the area...

Tall Ships sail on, despite terror threat

PHOTO FEATURE: Dozens of the most graceful and historic vessels in the world have been sailing along Norway's coast this month, as the annual Tall...

Fjordside tourist village evacuated

UPDATED: The village of Geiranger on the World Heritage-listed Geirangerfjord was evacuated and searched on Thursday aftenoon, after the coast guard (Kystverket) increased its...

Norwegians spend billions on holiday

Travel-happy Norwegians are spending nearly three times as much money on foreign holidays this year than they did just a decade ago. As international...

Scenic Flåm train line rolls towards records

Norway's popular and scenic train line that runs from Myrdal in the mountains to Flåm on the fjord below raked in a record NOK 100 million...

Norwegian plans huge coastal development in Poland

Haakon Sæter, a 50-year-old Norwegian entrepreneur from Fredrikstad, has bought up about 2.5 kilometers of Baltic coastline in Poland and plans to build as...
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