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‘Code of Conduct’ for Lofoten tourists

UPDATED: "Welcome to Lofoten," but follow some rules, read signs and brochures now greeting tourists who flock to the scenic archipelago in Northern Norway...

State agency sorry for its fake news

The new chief executive of the state-owned and funded Innovation Norway, which promotes business development and tourism in Norway, responded to charges on Wednesday...

Tourism promoters fooled the world

State-funded Norwegian tourism promoters mounted what may be their most dubiously successful campaign ever. A northern island that supposedly wanted to stop time grabbed...

North Cape battle polarizes community

A major hotel chain backed by the slimmest possible majority of local politicians won last week's battle over control of the North Cape. The...

Battle flares over popular North Cape

Norway's North Cape is one of the country's foremost tourist attractions where visitors have long had to controversially pay for access to the Arctic...

Bergen struggles with cruise control

Norway's west coast city of Bergen set a dubious new record Thursday when 10,445 tourists disembarked from four large cruiseships. "We're calling this 'people...

Glacier ice cube project cracks up

Politicians in the northern Norwegian community of Meløy have apparently listened to critics of a controversial project to sell exclusive ice cubes carved out...

Young woman died from rabies infection

A Norwegian woman in her 20s who was bitten by a dog while traveling in Southeast Asia two months ago died Monday night. Hospital...

Climate concerns don’t halt travel

Millions of Norwegians are officially off for Norway's long five-day Easter holiday weekend that began on Thursday, with more than half of them out...

Tourists steal nails from stave churches

Norway's carefully preserved stave churches have survived for centuries but face threats from thoughtless tourists. The caretaker for one of them in Telemark has...
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