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Oslo residents lose heat, hot water

UPDATED: Large portions of Oslo were without hot water and even heat Wednesday night, and well into Thursday, after construction workers accidentally dug into...

Lots of injuries as ‘The Games’ begin

Norwegian ski jumper Anders Jacobsen was the latest in a string of Norwegian athletes to end up bruised and even bloody as they tested...

Warming weather raises avalanche risk

An avalanche expert has warned that warming temperatures forecast for eastern Norway from Thursday will significantly raise the risk of avalanches in mountain areas....

Public still rejects an Oslo Olympics

Olympic fever among Norwegians in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Games opening this week has failed to drum up public support for an...

20 years since Lillehammer OL

The relatively quiet town of Lillehammer, which hosted the Olympics (OL) in 1994,  celebrated the 20th anniversary of its glory days over the weekend,...

Hitting the trails, Norwegian style

PHOTO FEATURE: Thousands of Oslo-area residents defied another grey and gloomy weekend to head for local hills and forests in the hopes of a...

Police warn of icicle danger

Police in Oslo and southeastern Norway were issuing warnings over the weekend that a sudden rise in temperatures would lead to icicles and heavy...

Toilets froze, school forced to close

It was so cold in Northern Norway on Monday that the water in the toilets at a school in Kautokeino froze. "When we also...

Snowstorms through the weekend

UPDATED: The snow that's finally been falling on southern Norway during the past week, after an unusually warm autumn and winter so far, intensified...

Moose frozen solid in Norwegian lake

A little town in northern Norway has a gruesome new attraction after a moose became trapped in a lake and froze solid. Locals from...
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