Tag: tourism

Tough times for outlying hotels

While hotels in many Norwegian cities and around airports are enjoying high occupancy rates, those in outlying areas keep struggling to fill their rooms....

Huge airline order sends stock flying

Trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange took off Wednesday morning after news broke that locally based airline Norwegian Air was ordering 222 new aircraft...

Hurtigruten classic gets NRK send-off

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) is going back on board another Hurtigruten ship to document its voyage from Kirkenes south to Bergen. It won't be another...

Cruise accident makes waves

The record numbers of large cruiseships calling at Norwegian ports are raising new concerns, in the wake of last weekend's capsizing of a Costa...

Hotel investors challenge Skistar

Hotel investor Petter Stordalen was back in the news late last week, after confirming that he and fellow hotel investor Anders Buchardt planned to...

Butter shortage slices high tariffs

Norwegian authorities eased their strict protectionist policies this week when they finally lowered import tariffs to offset a sudden shortage of butter. Otherwise, though,...

‘Hytte life’ not what it used to be

Thousands of Norwegians are spending this week of annual høstferie (autumn school holidays) at their cabins (hytter) in the mountains, but many are no...

Bad weather hits high hytte prices

Two unusually cold winters in a row, a late Easter this year and heavy rains this summer have put a damper on sales of...

State tackles new hotel star system

Ads started running in Norwegian media last week for a leader to coordinate a new state-backed project that's caused lots of arguments in the...

Fall colours gone with the rain

Norway is supposed to be ablaze with fall colours at this time of year, but the landscape in both the mountains and lower-lying areas...
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