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 Locals' patience with tourists is beginning to wear thin in one of the most popular destinations in northern Norway, according to a new survey of residents in the area, and there are a number of factors at play. https://www.thelocal.no/20250416/why-locals-at-one-of-norways-arctic-hotspots-are-fed-up-with-tourists Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:18:19 +0200 why-locals-at-one-of-norways-arctic-hotspots-are-fed-up-with-tourists Stormy weather and heavy snowfall have affected transport in northern Norway, with flights out of airports in Tormsø and Bodø disrupted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20241230/snowstorm-closes-roads-and-disrupts-flights-in-north-norway Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:58:44 +0100 snowstorm-closes-roads-and-disrupts-flights-in-north-norway Budget airline EasyJet will return to Norway and has announced seven new routes from Tromsø and a couple of new connections from Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20240612/easyjet-to-launch-new-routes-from-oslo-and-tromso Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:59:33 +0200 easyjet-to-launch-new-routes-from-oslo-and-tromso With no certainty over which countries will be open for tourism without quarantine on return, many foreigners living in Norway are having a staycation, according to those who responded to The Local's survey. https://www.thelocal.no/20200702/foreigners-in-norway-plan-summer-staycation-survey Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:04:20 +0200 foreigners-in-norway-plan-summer-staycation-survey In late November, the sun will set in Tromsø and won’t be seen again until January. https://www.thelocal.no/20191021/north-norways-polar-night-is-about-to-begin-here-are-the-facts-you-need-to-know Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:20:01 +0200 north-norways-polar-night-is-about-to-begin-here-are-the-facts-you-need-to-know Norway’s tourism industry had a banner year in 2016, thanks in large part to the Tromsø region. https://www.thelocal.no/20161228/norway-sees-major-increase-in-tourism Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:10:21 +0100 norway-sees-major-increase-in-tourism If you're tired of trudging off to work or school under the cover of darkness and returning home long after the sun has set again (assuming it even made an appearance), don't despair! https://www.thelocal.no/20161221/finally-longer-days-on-the-way-for-norway Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:27:08 +0100 finally-longer-days-on-the-way-for-norway Norwegian world traveller Gunnar Garfors - aka ‘that dude who visited every country’ – says that Tromsø is among the best destinations on the planet. https://www.thelocal.no/20160530/tromso-is-worlds-third-best-small-town Mon, 30 May 2016 11:29:10 +0200 tromso-is-worlds-third-best-small-town Residents of the far north Norwegian city of Tromsø celebrated the return of the sun over the horizon after two months of darkness as only they know how – by baking thousands of ‘sun-cakes’. https://www.thelocal.no/20160121/troms-citizens-welcome-back-sun-eat-cakes Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:24:59 +0100 troms-citizens-welcome-back-sun-eat-cakes The hunter in Norway who shot two elk in a zoo a fortnight ago has admitted to police that he killed the animals, but claims he was unaware he was shooting through a fence. https://www.thelocal.no/20151021/hunter-admits-to-shooting-elk-in-norway-zoo Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:38:58 +0200 hunter-admits-to-shooting-elk-in-norway-zoo Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has called on Vladimir Putin to bar a ship carrying whalemeat from passing through Russian waters, stranding it in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20150709/us-star-asks-putin-to-strand-whalemeat-in-norway Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:20:11 +0200 us-star-asks-putin-to-strand-whalemeat-in-norway Norway's Tromsø has made the Lonely Planet guide's 2015 list of the ten best places to visit in Europe, with the report's authors praising the city's outdoorsy attractions. https://www.thelocal.no/20150617/troms-one-of-europes-best-destinations Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:07:16 +0200 troms-one-of-europes-best-destinations The 41st Chess Olympiad opened in Tromsø on Friday – the first ever Olympic event to be held in Northern Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20140802/chess-olympics-opens-in-tromso-norway Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:38:00 +0200 chess-olympics-opens-in-tromso-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 A Norwegian conceptual artist boiled his own hip bone on "a whim" and then ate the flesh with some potato gratin and a glass of wine. According to the artist, the meat tasted like "wild sheep". https://www.thelocal.no/20140523/norway-artist-ate-own-hip-with-mashed-potatoes Fri, 23 May 2014 16:29:00 +0200 norway-artist-ate-own-hip-with-mashed-potatoes A car thief has been nabbed by police in Norway after he stole a Saab convertible, almost immediately ran out of petrol, and then called the owner from her own car phone to ask where the fuel card was. https://www.thelocal.no/20140306/is-this-the-worlds-most-stupid-car-thief Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:18:00 +0100 is-this-the-worlds-most-stupid-car-thief A beggar became so popular in the four years he spent on the streets of Tromsø, northern Norway, that when he died locals raised 100,000 kroner ($16,000) to ship his body back home to Romania for burial. https://www.thelocal.no/20140124/grateful Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:35:00 +0100 grateful The mayor of Norwegian town Tromsø, in the strategic Arctic region, said on Friday he had been "invited" to meet Norway's secret services following repeated encounters with the Chinese ambassador. https://www.thelocal.no/20140124/troms-mayor-grilled-by-spy-agency-over-china-links Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:44:00 +0100 troms-mayor-grilled-by-spy-agency-over-china-links Police in northern Norway are being forced to release criminals back onto the streets because of a shortage of prison spaces, the acting head of police in the city of Tromsø warned this week. https://www.thelocal.no/20131129/norway-police-set Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:13:00 +0100 norway-police-set Police in Norway have arrested a man for making racist comments on the micro-blogging service Twitter under the account name "@Negerjeger", or "Nigger hunter". https://www.thelocal.no/20131125/police-in-norway-arrest-racist-tweeter Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:01:49 +0100 police-in-norway-arrest-racist-tweeter