Norwegian Constitution Day is celebrated by a series of parades. In these parades it is the people who are in focus as they march on Norway’s ‘birthday’. There are so many happenings, things to see and do, on this day. In this video you will see a slice of what a 17th [...]

Sometimes the cold makes you do crazy things.  Can you guess what I’m doing?  Listen to the sound.

Still can’t pick it?  Have a look at the video.

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Who knew you could do that on a soccer field?

It doesn’t really snow in Oslo for Christmas and the city is too far down the northern hemisphere to get the Northern Lights.  So to give some Christmas cheer to the Osloenser in the dark season the city burns enough juice to make sure the astronauts can find Norway.
Karl Johans Gate is one of the [...]

The lighting of the Christmas tree is a social tradition in every city in Norway on the first Sunday of Advent.  Today was extra special for us as we got to share in Lilu’s delight.  Half way through the celebration I found myself alone in the middle of the crowd and realised how strange everything [...]

One day the weather girl must have been really bored: 

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Eli Kari Gjengedal is the weather presenter for TV2 in Norway. As this was a special day – it rained all over Norway – she sang the weather [...]

There is a place that I will never forget… Trondenes.  It is a peaceful, forested peninsula, with a medieval stone church, on the north tip of Hinnøya.  Once a Viking settlement, the area was turned into a German barracks during the war.  Now there is a Norwegian military base in it’s stead.  The Adolph Cannon, [...]

When you live in the snow, a snowball fight is around every corner!

One of the most beautiful effects of the Northern Lights is how they dance across the sky.  You don’t get to see this in photographs, and video cameras can never focus on the movement as you need long exposure to capture the lights.  But here we hope to give you a taste of what Aurora [...]

I find it very curious how Norwegians approach their animals – they give them pet-names but then they can also eat them…lol. One time when we were on the farm we were eating venison. It was so lovely – and I told Farmor so. She smiled and said ‘Benson would be happy to know [...]

(I must admit, it does make you feel like a kid again, skating around in circles for an hour or so.)

…The least impressive is the gusher – it pushes out all the water it can in the least amount of time, sounding more like a lavatory than a fountain.