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 With the train route between Oslo and Stockholm seeing steadily increasing passenger numbers, the number of daily departures will increase from three to five. https://www.thelocal.no/20161102/more-trains-to-run-between-oslo-and-stockholm Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:59:54 +0100 more-trains-to-run-between-oslo-and-stockholm Police arrested a Norwegian tourist after he reportedly bit off part of the ear of a man who tried to break up a fight. https://www.thelocal.no/20160926/norwegian-tourist-bites-off-part-of-mans-ear-in-berlin-train-fight Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:44:41 +0200 norwegian-tourist-bites-off-part-of-mans-ear-in-berlin-train-fight Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has opened up for the first time about her father's alcoholism, saying that it has been "one of the hardest things" in her life. https://www.thelocal.no/20140403/mette-marit-opens-up-on-fathers-alcoholism-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:06:00 +0200 mette-marit-opens-up-on-fathers-alcoholism-2 Crown Princess Mette-Marit has launched a two day literary train voyage down the West coast of Norway, stopping off at along the way to read to children and encourage them to take out books from the library. https://www.thelocal.no/20140401/princess-takes-special-book-train-down-norway-coast-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:44:00 +0200 princess-takes-special-book-train-down-norway-coast-2 Twenty-four reindeer have died and more possibly been injured in northern Norway after they were hit by a train. https://www.thelocal.no/20131203/twenty-four-reindeer-killed-by-train Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:18:00 +0100 twenty-four-reindeer-killed-by-train Helgeland police found a body on the Nordland line tracks on Monday morning, with officers set to look into whether the death was accidental. A second fatal accident took place near Lillehammar, with police set to rule it a suicide. https://www.thelocal.no/20130715/helgeland-train-hits-and-kills-pedestrian Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:05:00 +0200 helgeland-train-hits-and-kills-pedestrian The driver of a train that derailed during a test run last Wednesday has been charged in connection with the crash that left five people injured. https://www.thelocal.no/20120222/train-driver-charged-over-norway-crash Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:24:42 +0100 train-driver-charged-over-norway-crash A new high-speed train that crashed during a test run this week was travelling at almost twice the speed limit at the time of the accident, according to a preliminary report from the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN). https://www.thelocal.no/20120217/crashed-test-train-smashed-speed-limit-report Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:58:16 +0100 crashed-test-train-smashed-speed-limit-report Norwegian rail operator NSB has postponed the introduction of a new type of high-speed train after a crash on a test run left five people injured on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.no/20120215/high-speed-test-train-derails-in-norway Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:12:42 +0100 high-speed-test-train-derails-in-norway