We want the 2018 Winter Olympics
Norway is making a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. My town Tromsø has won the national vote for support in applying to the IOC. There is a couple of years to go but fingers crossed. Having the Olympics in my home town would be very exciting. Not only would our population double for the [...]


The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line.
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Flower Show Series: Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
The Tyholt Tower is the second biggest tourist attraction in Trondheim.
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!
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.
There is always something beautiful waiting for us around the corner.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.