Tag: winter
Cold snap doubles electricity rates
As Norwegians braved the latest week of an unusual deep freeze, concerns rose over not only skyrocketing electricity rates but whether power supplies would...
Kiting in the last rays of sunlight
The sun has now set for the year over Norway's Arctic areas, but before it disappeared, folks flocked out to soak up a few...
Northern Lights over Lofoten
A good picture really is worth a thousand words. That justifies simply running this spectacular image of an appearance during the weekend of the...
Goodbye sunshine, at least for now
The sun has now dipped below the horizon over most of northern Norway, and won't return until the end of January. As mørketiden ("the...
Electricity rates soar as temps sink
Norwegians are being told to brace for shockingly high electricity bills this winter after temperatures sank and a deep freeze took hold this week....
Brrrrrrr – it’s COLD out there!
A deep freeze settled over most of Norway this week, with temperatures plunging down to minus-11C even in some areas around Oslo on Thursday....
Cold snap sets in, ski trails beckon
State meteorologists were predicting a spell of seriously cold weather in most parts of Norway, as temperatures fell well below freezing in the southern...
Sun sets for the year up north
Residents of northern Norway were seeing the last sunsets of the year last week and early this week, as the Arctic region enters what's...
Firewood shortage looms
Sales are brisk for firewood dealers in the Oslo area, almost too brisk, given dwindling supplies.
"I don't know if it's the heavy snows...
Slippery roads caused accidents
Fresh snow and damp roads that suddenly were coated with thin layers of ice led to a string of traffic accidents south of Oslo....
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