Tag: tourism

Couch-cruising along the coast

Norwegians will get a unique opportunity to cruise along the scenic coast of northern Norway this summer, without getting up from their couch at...

Airport’s name change draws flak

Tourism boosters keen on attracting more visitors to northern Norway pulled off a stunt over the weekend that changed the name of the airport...

Foreign bus owners face new limits

Norwegian bus owners seem to be getting the protection they've wanted, reports newspaper Aftenposten. From this summer, their foreign competitors will only be allowed...

Trysil toys with a tourist tax

The eastern Norwegian township of Trysil, known for its popular ski resort and vast holiday cabin industry, wants tourists to foot more of the...

Hurtigruten breaks through the ice

Norway's passenger shipping line Hurtigruten hasn't only sailed through a sea of financial trouble in recent years. Now it's setting records in the winter...

Smoother sailing for Hurtigruten

Norway's famed coastal shipping line Hurtigruten won't be facing competition for the rights to ply the route from Bergen to Kirkenes after all. Hurtigruten...

Svalbard sells its winter nights

For years, Norway has marketed itself as the "Land of the Midnight Sun." Now the velvet silence of the polar night in winter will...

Tour bus turmoil on Trollstigen

Norway's famed Trollstigen, a mountain road full of hairpin turns in Romsdal, is a target of turmoil this summer over rules that limit the...

Hotels slump, cruising soars

While Norwegian hotels are having a disappointing summer season this year, the number of cruise passengers passing through Norway has skyrocketed. It's debatable, though,...

Hurtigruten may drop some ports

Hurtigruten, Norway's venerable shipping line that's been carrying passengers and freight along the country's northern coast for decades, may need to drop some of...
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