Norway

Polar bears: Hard to live with, hard to escape

  If anyone thought that drunken beach revelers or soccer hooligans could make for a bad time on vacation, they may not have considered a town where the neighbors are polar bears.   The town is Ny-Alesund, on Spitsbergen Island, Norway; it’s…

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Even being a Viking needs a diploma these days

And you thought all you had to do to be a Viking was grow a beard, wear a helmet, swing an ax and raid Britain!   These days, it seems, everything requires a degree, and a continuing-education college in Norway is offering the course, including…

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Non-instant messaging: Note in a bottle took 11 years

A Swedish family that found a message in a bottle while out in their boat near Gothenburg has now connected with the Norwegian youth who posted it eleven years ago, near his home in Frederikstad, Norway.   The Swedish family read the message, “I…

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Lausanne gets 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Innsbruck      Photo: Rolf Roletschek / Wikimedia   The Winter Youth Oympics—a relative youth itself, since the first was only held in 2012—will hold its 2020 games in…

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Ultimate outdoor vacation: a year without walls

Photo: Instagram   A Norwegian couple has just finished the real outdoorfolks’ dream: they’ve spent the last year in Norway’s Arctic regions, sleeping in tents and improvised shelters, and living off the land.   The couple, Elise Theoline…

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Polar bears: Hard to live with, hard to escape

  If anyone thought that drunken beach revelers or soccer hooligans could make for a bad time on vacation, they may not have considered a town where the neighbors are polar bears.   The town is Ny-Alesund, on Spitsbergen Island, Norway; it’s…

Read More

Even being a Viking needs a diploma these days

And you thought all you had to do to be a Viking was grow a beard, wear a helmet, swing an ax and raid Britain!   These days, it seems, everything requires a degree, and a continuing-education college in Norway is offering the course, including…

Read More

Lausanne gets 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Innsbruck      Photo: Rolf Roletschek / Wikimedia   The Winter Youth Oympics—a relative youth itself, since the first was only held in 2012—will hold its 2020 games in…

Read More

Ultimate outdoor vacation: a year without walls

Photo: Instagram   A Norwegian couple has just finished the real outdoorfolks’ dream: they’ve spent the last year in Norway’s Arctic regions, sleeping in tents and improvised shelters, and living off the land.   The couple, Elise Theoline…

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