Some time ago, we wrote about one of the most successful Norwegian comics of all time – Pondus. At the time, Pondus had been translated and published in several languages, bar English. But now it seems that the English-speaking world has finally caught the Pondus fever. It turns out that the Australians are the first [...]

Picture from Facebook Curling is one of the more obscure events in the Winter Olympics, but is still one of the many events where Norwegians seem to excel. The sport and its performers have been victims of stereotyping, but this year the Norwegian curling team have come up with a simple plan to popularise curling. [...]

Since Norway ‘lost’ Santa to the Finns (via a big Santa amusement park built in Lapland), the Norwegians have decided to make the most out of their incredible natural icon – the Northern Lights.  In fact, Northern Norway has been tagged with the name ‘Land of the Northern Lights’ to attract attention and tourists to [...]

Driving on highway E8 an hour south of Tromsø, you will come across a strange sight. There, right next to the road, is a gigantic diamond-shaped boulder that once upon a time broke loose and rolled down from the mountain above it. This is a landslide-prone area with many large and small boulders decorating the [...]