A herd of Icelandic horses, probably very similar to the original Viking horses brought from Western Norway around the year 900 AD. (Photo: Knut Houge / hest.no) In one of the Icelanders’ sagas, Hrafnkel’s saga Freysgoða, we learn how important… Read More ›
The needles on the subalpine fir has a good smell of citrus, and the trees have tough, soft branches that do not break so easily, Christmas tree producer Per Tronslien told the Østlendingen newspaper back in 2006. (Photo: Østlendingen /… Read More ›
Top: The rock drawing of the boat is very difficult to see in normal daylight. Bottom: The boat marked with black. (Photo: University of Tromsø) This summer, a between 10,000 and 11,000 years old rock carving showing a boat was… Read More ›
Erling Svensen is one of the few who have met and photographed the giant gel balls. (Photo: Erling Svensen). Mystical gel balls: Are the about one meter (3.3 ft) big gel balls floating off the coast of Western Norway gigantic… Read More ›
This record gold nugget and more big nuggets found by Arne Sevaldsen and other diggers in the Gisna River may indicate that there is a large deposit nearby. (Photo: Marius Frang) There is probably a lot of gold hidden in… Read More ›
The world’s most ambitious science and music festival is moving to Norway’s technology capital Trondheim. A number of Nobel Prize winners, scientists and world class musicians are expected at the festival. Stars from the international science universe will shine in Trondheim during… Read More ›
Polar stratospheric clouds, or nacreous clouds, 31 December 2016, Namsos, Central Norway (Photo: ThorNews – click on the image to enlarge) Dear readers! The pictures were taken earlier today and show an unusual weather phenomena above Namsos, Central Norway: Polar… Read More ›
Even Viking horses need a cover to stay warm in the Nordic winter, like this Icelandic horse that is wearing a knitted woolen “sweater”. (Photo: strikkemasker.blogspot.no) It should not come as a surprise that horses are intelligent animals, but… Read More ›
Light cairn: The headlights from the hikers were visible from a long distance, and the the light cairn was showing UN´s 17 sustainable development goals. (Photo: Aleksander Myklebust/Norad) Last Saturday evening, incredible 5,000 people walked together up Telemark County’s highest… Read More ›
Norwegian Red cows are famous for their many excellent qualities, including good health, fertility and high milk production – but did you know that they may warn storms? (Photo: Thor News) Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation (NRK) is famous for its slow… Read More ›
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