Tag: winter
‘Think Norwegian’ this Corona winter
Mornings have become dark, the days are noticeably much shorter and snow started falling even in Southern Norway on Tuesday. Winter is coming, and...
Warmest winter in 120 years
Norway's winter of 2019-2020 has been the warmest since Norwegian officials started recording temperatures in 1900. They averaged 4.5 degrees higher than normal, and...
Record-high sea levels predicted
State meteorologists were predicting record-high tides all along the Norwegian coast on Monday. Residents were being advised to secure boats, remove outdoor items that...
Storm batters coast and disrupts traffic
Strong winds battered Norway from north to south on Sunday, accompanied by rain that turned snow to treacherous ice. Damage reports were streaming in,...
Birds intoxicated by old berries
A man in Vestby, south of Oslo, found what he thought were six ill birds in his garden last week, reports state broadcaster NRK....
Mild winter cuts costs
A lack of snow and unseasonably high temperatures has dramatically cut municipal costs for municipalities and road crews in southeastern Norway. Kristiansand, for example,...
‘Snow’ opens when none is outdoors
It's been called "a monument to climate change," but the manager of the Oslo area's new indoor skiing center called Snø (Snow) insists it "neither...
Climate change ‘is happening now’
It was raining again on Monday in Oslo, where no snow has fallen in January for the first time since measurements began 83 years...
Winter wonderland awaits in the hills
PHOTO FEATURE: There wasn't much snow in the downtown area during the New Year's week, but residents of Oslo only need to head for...
Power failure hit Trysil ski resort
More than 11,000 people lost electricity in Engerdal and in the popular ski resort town of Trysil in eastern Norway on Sunday. The power...
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