https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The first snow of the year in parts of southern and eastern Norway on Monday night and early Tuesday resulted in up to 20 traffic accidents in the region, according to police. https://www.thelocal.no/20201020/norway-hit-by-early-snowfall-as-up-to-20-traffic-accidents-reported Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:54:14 +0200 norway-hit-by-early-snowfall-as-up-to-20-traffic-accidents-reported Traffic in eastern Norway is feeling the effects of heavy snowfall on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.no/20191111/traffic-and-flight-delays-in-eastern-norway-after-snowy-start-to-week Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:59:55 +0100 traffic-and-flight-delays-in-eastern-norway-after-snowy-start-to-week October 1st has coincided with heavy snowfall in central and eastern parts of Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20191001/winter-is-here-snow-in-central-norway-causes-road-closures Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:56:54 +0200 winter-is-here-snow-in-central-norway-causes-road-closures Extreme cold conditions in southern Norway related to a weather system from Siberia are set to come to an end on Friday - but things will feel chilly for a while yet. https://www.thelocal.no/20180302/siberian-cold-makes-way-for-norwegian-cold Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:41:20 +0100 siberian-cold-makes-way-for-norwegian-cold Oslo has spent so much money on gritting and shovelling and clearing snow this winter that budget limits have been reached. https://www.thelocal.no/20180214/oslo-sets-aside-53-million-kroner-to-clear-away-snow Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:00:10 +0100 oslo-sets-aside-53-million-kroner-to-clear-away-snow Snow in parts of Norway has now reached a depth of almost three metres, with more expected to fall. https://www.thelocal.no/20180209/norwegian-cabins-almost-buried-as-snow-reaches-three-metres-depth Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:21:24 +0100 norwegian-cabins-almost-buried-as-snow-reaches-three-metres-depth Forest owners in Norway say they are concerned about damage to trees and subsequent loss of earnings caused by heavy snow . https://www.thelocal.no/20180119/heavy-snow-and-snapping-trees-concern-norwegian-forest-owners Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:56:46 +0100 heavy-snow-and-snapping-trees-concern-norwegian-forest-owners Up to 12 centimetres of snow could fall in southern Norway on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. https://www.thelocal.no/20171010/snow-warnings-issued-for-southern-norway Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:46:10 +0200 snow-warnings-issued-for-southern-norway Norway is currently under an amount of snow extremely rare for late spring, with up to half a metre of snow falling in areas outside of Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20170511/norwegians-take-skis-out-of-storage-after-freak-snowfall Thu, 11 May 2017 16:43:40 +0200 norwegians-take-skis-out-of-storage-after-freak-snowfall The Norwegian spring has turned suddenly back into winter with a sharp fall in temperature. https://www.thelocal.no/20170329/norway-sees-20-degree-temperature-drop-in-two-days Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:07:27 +0200 norway-sees-20-degree-temperature-drop-in-two-days This video of a Swede and a Norwegian attempting to cross country ski inside Scandinavia's most famous furniture store has sent social media sites into meltdown. Are you jumping on the bandwagon? (or should that be ski lift?) https://www.thelocal.no/20160315/skis-lycra-and-ikea-38m-hits-but-is-this-video-actually-funny Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:31:49 +0100 skis-lycra-and-ikea-38m-hits-but-is-this-video-actually-funny The biggest winter car event in the Nordics needs snow. And there's not enough of it in the right places. https://www.thelocal.no/20160211/mild-weather-plays-havoc-with-swedish-rally Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:31:55 +0100 mild-weather-plays-havoc-with-swedish-rally Skiers in north west Norway are gearing up for the first decent skiing days of the year this weekend, after weather forecasters predicted up to 30cm of snow would fall from Trondheim up to the Lofoten Islands. https://www.thelocal.no/20151119/snow Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:22:03 +0100 snow Oslo saw its first dusting of snow on Monday as winter came late to the country — but most commuters in the Norwegian capital managed to collapse a glimpse of the white stuff before rain came and washed it all away. https://www.thelocal.no/20151116/oslo-sees-first-snow-as-winter-comes-late Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:08:25 +0100 oslo-sees-first-snow-as-winter-comes-late Two Norwegian amateur weather forecasters have told Norwegian newspaper, Verdens Gang, that they expect an early, snowy winter. https://www.thelocal.no/20150723/norways-amateur-forecasters-predict-early-winter Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:40:02 +0200 norways-amateur-forecasters-predict-early-winter Earthworms have been raining down from heaven over large areas of southern Norway, leaving biologists and meteorologists scratching their heads. https://www.thelocal.no/20150416/earthworms-rain-from-sky-over-southern-norway Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:52:46 +0200 earthworms-rain-from-sky-over-southern-norway Police in southern Norway say they are not prioritizing complaints about snow and are urging people to remember that they live in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20150120/police-dont-report-that-its-snowing-in-norway Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:50:52 +0100 police-dont-report-that-its-snowing-in-norway A blast of ice-cold wind from the North Pole is sending temperatures plummeting across northern Norway, with the city of Tromsø on Monday seeing June snowfall for the first time in living memory. https://www.thelocal.no/20140616/norway-sees-snowfall-in-june Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:49:00 +0200 norway-sees-snowfall-in-june Norway's rescue authorities are close to giving up the search for four skiers who went missing on Monday night, with police admitting that the chances are now minimal that the men will be found alive. https://www.thelocal.no/20140415/chances-minimal-missing-skiers-will-be-found Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:01:00 +0200 chances-minimal-missing-skiers-will-be-found Rune Møklebust, the mastermind of NRK's Slow TV concept, warned The Local last week that Slow TV is "a difficult thing to joke with" and that our planned April Fools' story about a Slow TV programme on snow melting was "not that far-fetched". https://www.thelocal.no/20140402/nrk-head-snow-melt-tv-not-that-far-fetched-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:14:00 +0200 nrk-head-snow-melt-tv-not-that-far-fetched-2