First, to make things clear: The Tom Waits Run has nothing to do with Olympic marathon winner and World Champion Grete Waitz, even though she is still in our memories. This run is of a totally different caliber. Participants in… Read More ›
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Typical Norwegian: Portrait of the Royal Family in the Outhouse
In the old days, people had to make their calls of nature in outdoor privies. Regular toilet paper was not available, so they used newsprint. In the early 1900s, weekly magazines became popular in Norway, and they were used for… Read More ›
Woman Unable to Open Jar – Producer Came to Her Rescue
When an 85-year-old woman from Bergen was unable to open the strawberry jar, the producer came to her home and opened it for her. – After all, I am 85 years old and do not have enough physical strength, Aud… Read More ›
Escapes Mainstream Society: Built a Home and Gave Birth in the Woods
- We just want to be free, and give our daughter what we believe is a safe childhood, the new parents Runar Muhammad Jordahl and Alice says. In December 2012, Alice gave birth to a baby girl in the woods… Read More ›
Luster Sanatorium Given Away for Free
Up in the high mountains of Luster, Sogn og Fjordane County, a huge, old brick building is waiting for the right owner. If it was localized in Central Europe, you might think it was an old castle or hotel. But,… Read More ›
Japanese Tourists Make Babies under the Northern Lights
According to Japanese myths, having sex under the Northern Lights supposedly gives baby boys, beautiful children or happy children. This is why the Arctic city of Tromsø experiences a flow of Japanese tourists this winter. The solar activity is near… Read More ›
Sweet Potatoes Followed the Kon-Tiki
Sweet potatoes spread from Peru and Ecuador to Polynesia before the Europeans came. Through new genetic analyzes, French scientists confirm this old theory providing the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition an extra point. Through the results, they… Read More ›
Organized Smuggling of Chinese Garlic From Norway
Smuggling from Norway? Chinese garlic?? Most Norwegians were surprised by the news that two British nationals are wanted for the most extensive food smuggling from Norway ever. Norwegian produced foods are protected by high tariffs and it is a “popular… Read More ›
Pastor: The Sami Flag is Ugly and Full of Occult Symbols
- I am a Sami (Editors note: Norway’s indigenous people) and proud of it, but our flag gives me no pleasure. It is aesthetically ugly and filled with an occult message that I absolutely can’t relate to. A Christian cross… Read More ›
The Kicksled – a Traditional Norwegian Locomotion
The kicksled or spark (Norwegian: sparkstøtting or spark) is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners which extend backward to about twice the chair’s length. The sled is propelled by kicking (“sparke”… Read More ›
