Syttende Mai has long been a stage for competing ideas about Norway’s identity. Gunhild Aaby looks at how the flag and children’s parade have carried political conflict, changing values, and new ...
May in Norway brings longer light, Syttende Mai preparations, and spring celebrations, even as daily life is marked by war ...
Storhamar secures a third straight Elite Hockey title and ninth overall, beating Frisk Asker in a six‑game final after ...
Norway’s abundant renewable electricity questions the need for new power projects, as expanding energy-intensive industry ...
Kate Butchart brings Norwegian floating sauna culture to Saratoga Lake with Kos Sauna, New York’s first public floating sauna ...
A new book examines Stavanger as a model smart, sustainable city, exploring its use of technology, governance, and urban ...
May in Norway brings longer light, Syttende Mai preparations, and spring celebrations, even as daily life is marked by war and economic worries, fuel prices, energy debates in the north, and more ...
The look on the lady’s face said it all as she grabbed at the Thor’s hammer dangling from my necklace. “Skinheads wear these,” she snarled. “Racists and Nazis!” “I do Viking reenactment,” I explained, ...
Spring is officially here with the rhubarb harvest. I’ve been a rhubarb enthusiast since I was a kid, and my love for the vegetable grows stronger by the year. Rhubarb was the first thing I planted ...
Neanderthal humans (Homo neanderthalensis) are documented in European contexts for around 430,000 years, according to new studies. The accepted genomic contribution of Neanderthal DNA in modern Homo ...
There are about half a million sheep in Iceland but only around 360,000 people. The sheep are bred almost exclusively for the meat and the wool. They are usually shorn twice a year, in spring and fall ...
Today is Friday the 13th, a day for bad luck and fear. Does anyone know why? According to folklorists, there is no evidence for the superstition of an unlucky Friday the 13th before the 19th century.