Traveling in Norway

“Walking in Norway” is a compact guide to long distance hiking in the mountains and high plateaus of Norway. Norway is blessed with some exceptionally beautiful national parks featuring mountains, lakes, and huge open areas above treeline. Connie Roos has provided planning information to take advantage of 20 selected routes located in the Hardanger, Jotunheimen, Rondane, Dovre, Trollheimen, and northern Norway regions

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News from Norwegian Newspaper:

Polar ice melting faster
Norwegian researchers sounded new alarms on Wednesday, after collecting new data showing a faster rate of ice melting in the Arctic areas they follow.
 

NSB invests in new trains
Norwegian state railway NSB confirmed on Tuesday that it will spend a whopping NOK 4 billion (nearly USD 800 million) on new passenger trains.
 

Long-awaited ‘Beatles’ sequel finally on the shelves
Award-winning author Lars Saabye Christensen has finally released the last book in a trilogy that starts with young boys growing up in Oslo. “Beatles” ends with “Bisettelsen,” which literally translates to “the funeral.”
 

‘Handball girls’ win again
Norway’s much-loved håndball jentene
 

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Morning Fog in Tresfjord in Romsdal
Tresfjord is a village in the municipality of Vestnes, Norway. Its population (2005) is 229.
Also, Tresfjord was a municipality of its own from 1 January 1899 to 1 January 1964, when it became a part of Vestnes. It was known as Sylte from 1899 to 28 April 1922

See Tresfjord from the sky

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