Tag: traffic
Electrical trouble halted trains
All train traffic through Oslo's busy central station (Oslo S) ground to a halt Sunday afternoon because of a grounding problem in the station's...
Challenges loom for commuters
More than 100,000 Norwegians are being warned that it may be challenging to get to and from work next week and just about anywhere...
Ex-police chief caught speeding
Anstein Gjengedal, the former chief of police in Oslo, got off easily when he was pulled over for excessive speeding last month. Now he's...
Wedding convoy caused problems
A traditional wedding procession involving guests from Chechnya ended with fights and a major traffic jam in Oslo over the weekend. Police had their...
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...
Rise in car sales signals continued confidence
Norwegians bought more cars last month than they did in July of last year. Economists view the rise as a sign that consumer confidence...
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...
Oslo may restrict driving with diesel
Norway's government once urged Norwegians to buy cars that use diesel, thinking they were less polluting, but later determined that wasn't true because of...
Critics blast ending to moose drama
The latest urban misadventure of a Norwegian moose over the weekend ended not only with shots inside a busy train tunnel, but with criticism...
Majority support lower environmental speed limits
They may not have shown it in practice, but a new survey indicates that a majority of Oslo residents support reducing speed limits to...
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