Because of the extremely high food prices in Norway, people living close to the Swedish border, about 30 percent of the total population, go on day trips to Sweden to buy groceries. A Norwegian family can save up to 40… Read More ›
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Chinese Female Bodyguards Training in Norwegian Uniforms
China’s first female bodyguards are training in uniforms wearing the Norwegian flag. Friday, Reuters news agency sent out a series of 20 images showing how female recruits are trained by the company Tianjiao Special Guard / Security Consultant in China’s… Read More ›
News From Outer Ryfylke: 4 Gallons of Waste Oil Found!
Someone has brought a whole bucket of waste oil and placed it behind the recycling station at Fister. Oil has run over the full bucket and straight into a creek. A few weeks ago, Strandbuen published an article about a… Read More ›
The Never Ending Norwegian Butter Crisis
Many foreigners cannot understand (or Norwegians) why there still is an ongoing butter crisis in Norway, one of the world’s richest countries. The crisis has now lasted from early November 2011, and still many grocery stores lack real butter. One… Read More ›
Politician Had to Eat Fur Hat
The Progress Party politician, Thorstein Larsen, had to bite into a sour fur hat on Wednesday after losing a bet. I still stand on my feet, but now I now I am sweating on my forehead, the politician says to… Read More ›
Two Trash Cans Set on Fire in Kristiansand
Fædrelandsvennen: Southern Norway’s biggest newspaper, online edition: Firefighters and police called when two trash cans were on fire. Around 11:00 PM Saturday, two flaming trash cans were observed in Skippergata in Kristiansand. The Fire Department arrived quickly and put out… Read More ›
Much More Than a Phone Box
In May 1997, the inhabitants of the fjord village Bjørke in Hjørundfjord, Western Norway, became strongly provoked when the national telephone company Telenor was about to remove the only public phone box. They already had lost the local grocery and… Read More ›
1,418 People Live in Hell
Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Hell has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, as visitors often have their photograph taken in front… Read More ›
Warning! Norwegian Road!
Norway is a long country where the distance from the southernmost point: Lindesnes, to the northernmost, North Cape, is about 1600 miles. There are a huge number of roads. Thousands of tunnels and bridges are making it possible to cross… Read More ›
Postman: ‘Has Not Fallen in Over 40 Years’
The mail must be delivered, but to control both car and legs on icy roads are almost like exercising extreme sports. At ‘Strandveien’, we meet veteran postman Find Syljeset (57). While steady maneuvering towards a mailbox, the reporter is about… Read More ›
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