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Oslo offers a number of sights that will engage you for several days. Find 25 top attractions in Oslo that deserve your attention. The sights are...

This is part of a series about exciting accommodations in Norway. We have come to five very good alternatives in Western Norway, in Valdres and in...

We continue our search for exciting accommodation, this time with six excellent options. This is the fourth article in the series. In the first...

We search for exciting accommodation throughout the country, and continue this miniseries with seven excellent options. This is the third article in...

Join us crossing Norway in search of exciting accommodation. You will now get to know eight small and large hotels or guesthouses, all of which...

We find much exciting accommodation around the country. Some have an atmosphere of historical character and a high degree of hospitality and...

We are going on a boat trip to seabird colonies in the large bird cliffs at Røst. There we will encounter mighty nature, majestic eagles, colourful...

Whoever sets foot on Røst in Lofoten will only have the mighty ocean on all sides. On the other hand you get around on your feet or bicycle,...

Pietro Querini is the Venetian nobleman who in the early summer of 1431 in Chania, Crete embarks on a ship loaded with wine and spices, and a crew...

Doors are among the most fascinating objects one can observe by walking around in a city centre, like Stavanger. Building facades with windows and...

There is an annual resurrection of the Hafrsfjord Vikings in the shape of a market, a "kaupang". It has become very popular. What we saw Last...

Outside Bodø in Northern Norway we find Saltstraumen, the strongest maelstrom, or tidal current, in the world. Four times a day enormous quantities...

We are looking for sculptures in Oslo, from the Central Station to the Royal Palace. Part 2 takes us from the Storting and up the hill to the Royal...

We are looking for sculptures in Oslo, from the Central Station to the Royal Palace. Part 1 takes us up to the Storting.   Whoever walks from...

The art project "Broken Column" (popularly known as Rusty Men or Iron men) was completed in 2003 as an installation at 23 different locations in...

Try this unusual city walk looking for street art in Stavanger. Search for large murals on building facades and understand why Stavanger has become...

In late July each year 250,000 gather in Stavanger to take part in Scandinavia's leading food festival, The Gladmat festival. Gladmat, literally...

The view from the tower on the Holmenkollen hill is tremendous. Behind us is the huge forest of Nordmarka, ahead is Oslo and the wide fjord. Below...

In 2014 Norway's Constitution Day celebrations were more spectacular than ever before. It was the 200th anniversary of the constitution. Apart from...

Førde was previously rated the ugliest town in Norway. There are unfortunately many contenders for this unfavourable title and I sincerely doubt...

The fjords of Norway are famous, and they are excellent destinations. On Sandalsand, you will find a number of articles about them. Do not...

Bodø is close to one of the most fascinating sights of North Norway - the old trading post of Kjerringøy. As the second largest town in North...

This is the story of campsites in Norway, part 5. This is also the last part of my series on the story of campsites after WW2. I ask, what are the...

This is the story of campsites in Norway, part 4. The 1990s was the decade of rapid transformation. Permanent sites for caravans, more cabins and...