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Fewer foreign tourists check in

Norwegian hotel operators suffered a noticeable decline in their number of overnight guests from several European countries this summer, including some that traditionally have...

App tips about Northern Lights

An observatory located on the northern Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has started offering a free "app" (application) that sends out predictions on appearances of...

French tourist jailed for speeding

A French tourist who was caught driving at excessive speed over a scenic mountain highway in north-central Norway has lost his driver's license and...

‘Too many fish’ in Finnmark lakes

Many freshwater lakes in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark have a problem that likely would be considered a luxury most other places: They're so...

Queen opens new coastal trail

Around 250 hikers followed along with Norway's Queen Sonja when she formally opened a new coastal trail on the island of Vannøya north of...

Stunning roads blend old and new

Norway's network of  Nasjonal turistveger (National Tourist Routes) keeps expanding, offering motorists what can amount to the rides of their lives. It's not the...

Norwegian parents ‘spoil’ their kids

Young Norwegians are so privileged and demanding that relatively few have been working in hotels, restaurants, fish factories or warehouses this summer. Frustrated Norwegian...

Lack of control over air traffic control

There's no end in sight to the delays at Norwegian airports that have frustrated airlines and passengers alike all summer. Airlines are demanding reforms...

Norwegians most proud of their ‘fjords og fjell’

Norway's fjords and mountains (fjell) remain the best things the country has to offer its visitors, according to a new survey of Norwegians. Nearly...

Road toll system baffles visitors

Thousands of drivers of foreign-registered vehicles on Norwegian roads aren't paying road tolls, not necessarily because they're trying to cheat the system, but because...

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