Man beats up own car
Police in Alta had to stop a violent attack of a somewhat unusual nature this weekend.
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Enter Missy and the Dragon
A few weeks ago, we got the latest addition to our farm: Our two horses. The first one is a Shetland pony called Missy, and the other a Norwegian Fjording horse called Drage («Dragon»). For a while, we had been looking around Finnmark for a pony that Lilu and other kids could ride and that [...]
Posted 30.06.2011 3 Comments
Stiletto Race
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Alta, Quirks & Tickles, Sports & Activities
There was no use digging your heels in last weekend in the centre of Alta, when the local division of the national women’s running league Spar Jentebølgen arranged a race in the middle of a busy shopping street. And it wasn’t just an ordinary race. This was a sprint - in stilettos! The conditions for participating [...]
Posted 30.05.2011 2 Comments
Go Park Your Tractor
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Alta, Living, Quirks & Tickles
Where else but Alta is it normal to park your tractor at the supermarket? Tractors and quads are regular get-around vehicles here in Alta. They are handy when there is two feet of snow on the road but loading up with groceries can spoil your image. I saw this one guy on his quad driving [...]
Posted 04.01.2011 3 Comments
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There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.
In Norway, there are still Lefse recipes around from the 1630s! This is supposedly the traditional and original Hardanger recipe used:
Many English words actually come from old Norse language – brought by Vikings to England in medieval times. Here are some words you have probably uttered without realising you are speaking Norwegian!
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.