Tag: tourism

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...

Ice-mining project wins some support

A small company's plans to slice ice out of an arm of a Norwegian glacier has won support from a planning commission in Meløy....

Trondheim ready for new food pilgrims

The Norwegian city of Trondheim has drawn pilgrims to its Nidaros Cathedral for centuries. Now food worshippers are likely to make pilgrimages as well,...

Hurtiguten’s hybrid ships take form

After shipbuilding challenges and lengthy delays that forced cancellation of 10 cruises in the Antarctic, Norway's coastal voyage line Hurtigruten offered a peek this...

Norway to crack down on Airbnb

The Norwegian government is poised to tighten and clarify regulations for short-term rental of residential property, in new legislation sent to Parliament on Friday....

Bergen is most future-oriented

Norway's West Coast city of Bergen has preserved its history but also is best equipped to tackle the future, according to a survey of...

Coastal town put under preservation

The Norwegian government put the central portion of an entire coastal town under historic preservation orders on Friday. Once known as a sailing ship...

Rockslides threaten famed ‘Trollstigen’

After years of fears that a nearby mountain may come crashing down, geologists and state highway officials have turned their attention to one of...

Calls rise to limit cruiseship arrivals

Increasingly fierce opposition to the numbers of large cruiseships docking in Norway in recent years is finally being heard. Officials in Bergen, Norway's busiest...
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