Loften Links: Here you can combine golf with spectacular scenery under the midnight sun. (Foto: Kevin Murray/ Lofoten Links) Lofoten Links may win the World’s Best New Golf Course in 2015 award when Worlds Golf Awards are handed out at… Read More ›
Sports & Health
Norwegians Eat Twice as Many Eggs at Easter
(Photo: Norwegian Information Office for Eggs and Meat) Norwegians eat twice as many eggs at Easter than in the rest of the year. The total consumption is approximately 4.6 million eggs a day, which equates to almost one egg per… Read More ›
Professor Who Saved Thousands of Children Receives Commendable Award
In Norwegian hospitals, every newborn receives an onesie with the message “This side up”. The campaign has dramatically reduced SIDS cases. (Photo: Lillian Andersen / LUB) Professor and pediatrician Trond Markestad gave an advice that has saved thousands of children… Read More ›
Young Norwegians Prefer Snus Over Cigarettes
One in eight young Norwegian women is using snus. (Photo: lezgirls.blogg.no) What type of Norwegians do you think are typical users of smokeless Scandinavian snus tobacco? A lumberjack, or maybe a fisherman? In recently published “Smoking Habits 2014” by… Read More ›
Up in Smoke: Norwegian Tobacco History
Girls presenting Benson & Hedges cigarettes at the “Britain -66 exhibition in Oslo (Photo: Ørnelund/Oslo Museum) In 2012, Norway’s largest newspaper Aftenposten reported that an increasing number of Oslo citizens have quit smoking. In recent years, the number of quitters… Read More ›
May Have Found New Antibiotic on the Seabed off Northern Norway
Isolated marine microorganism found on the seabed off Northern Norway may replace the current antibiotics. (Photo: University of Tromsø) On the seabed off Northern Norway scientists have found substances they believe could replace the current antibiotics. It is almost thirty… Read More ›
How to Perform an Ice Bath
Many Norwegians enjoy a bath in frozen fjords and lakes. (Photo: Sindre Thoresen Lønnes/DNT) Finally! Now is the season for ice bathing and many Norwegians are following ancient traditions and refresh themselves in frozen fjords and lakes. When you take… Read More ›
Christmas Cookies Increase Your Sexual Appetite
Christmas cookies have multiple advantages. (Photo: Clara from Austria / Wikimedia Commons) Not only do they taste good – they also have a special effect on your brain’s reward system. Therefore, this year you can eat as many Christmas cookies… Read More ›
International Students Learn Safe Falling Techniques
If you are a pedestrian in Norway you have to prepare yourself for icy sidewalks and streets. (Illustrating photo: bt.no) Language and culture are not the only challenges international students in Norway must handle. At the University of Tromsø,… Read More ›
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study: One of the Largest Health Studies in the World
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a unique study with the participation of over 90,000 pregnant women and 70,000 of their partners. In the years to come, MoBa will be in continuous contact with the families collecting… Read More ›
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