The Arctic is home to four million people across eight nations. But the region’s sparse population belies its importance to…
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Why Norwegians have the hots for floating saunas and icy fjords
Several European countries have seen record low temperatures this year, including Oslo where the mercury showed minus 30 degrees centigrade…
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Far-right terrorist mass-killer Breivik sues for “breach of human rights”
Utøya, site of Breivik’s mass-killing of 69 Labour youth after he had killed 8 in an Oslo car bomb (photo:…
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Bodø is first-ever Arctic European Capital of Culture
Photo: Dan Mariner Now, this has never happened before: This year, an Arctic city is European Capital of Culture. Bodø…
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Rotten fish, anyone? Norway’s weird and wonderful Christmas food traditions
Rakfisk on lefse with sour cream (Photo: Wikipedia) Norwegians like to think they invented Christmas – the word Yule is…
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Old US Embassy becomes Oslo’s latest eating and drinking hub
American embassies are among the best-protected buildings in the world. But it was not always so. When the US embassy…
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2023 Trafalgar Christmas tree “will look great”
UK Ambassador to Norway Jan Thompson watches as Lord Mayor of Westminster Patricia McAllister and Oslo Mayor Anne Lindboe fell…
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Nordic Council Session focuses on security and green transition
The annual Nordic Council Session is meeting in Oslo between 30 October and 2 November 2023, where 87 MPs from…
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Make do and mend in 2023
The 15th of October was International Repair Day, which highlighted the number of fixable items we tend to simply throw…
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Where countryside living doesn’t mean giving up on haute cuisine
Going from city living to a quiet rural life usually involves trade-offs – like no longer having access to high-end…
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