Oslo, Sweden Travel News

For some reason, the fact that we were heading to Norway for a vacation seemed to baffle many of our friends.

A large bar on the posh side of the Oslo, in a building connected to the art academy.

Hurtigruten now offers four Independent Vacations of 12, 13, 14 and 17 days that couple a seven-day northbound, six-day southbound or 12-day roundtrip Norwegian Coastal voyage with land and rail components.

The Norwegian government said Monday that it would restrict travel to Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean to protect the vulnerable natural environment there, according to reports reaching here from Oslo.

Neighbors of a proposed site for a new U.S. embassy in the Norwegian capital want the building to go somewhere else.

What do Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland have in common? They all have shores on the Baltic Sea and are warmed by the Gulf Stream.

Continental Airlines, which runs the only non-stop route from Norway to the US, may soon enter the frequent flyer program Star Alliance, in which SAS and Lufthansa are already members.

The public continues to stream to Norway's new Opera House in Oslo, snapping up tickets to upcoming performances and turning the building itself into a major tourist attraction.

Aftenposten is Norway's leading newspaper, based in Oslo but with a subscription reach that spans the nation.

View as a single page 4:59AM Saturday June 14, 2008 My husband and I are planning a trip to Scandinavia, spending three nights each in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki.

After seeing frightening reports of the costs in the world's most expensive cities , it's tempting to hide under the covers until the whole dollar decline blows over.

Not only does it seem like most of Oslo is one big construction zone this summer, tourists also have been met by closed cafs at one of the capital's major museums, where many come to spend a full day.

Testimonials. OSLO -- Russia and Norway began two-day talks Monday in the hope of making progress in a decades-old dispute over their maritime border in the Barents Sea -- a part of the Arctic that could hold ...

OSLO - Police in Norway have arrested a Gambian-born man and charged him and his wife with subjecting five of their six daughters to genital mutilation, officials said on Friday.The practice, also known as ...

NORWAY has been secretly mediating between China and the Tibetan government-in-exile, pursuing a similar diplomatic route as when it secured the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians, a Norwegian ...

Locally employed staff at Norway's foreign embassies are protesting low pay, long workdays, lack of overtime pay and few benefits.

Aruba Networks has announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Norwegian Government has commenced deployment of Aruba wireless LANs at its embassies and offices worldwide.

The Kavli Prize winners 2008: The President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Ole Didrik Laerum, announced the names of the prize-winners at the Academy in Oslo today, 28 May.

A Norwegian court has ordered Scandinavian Airlines to pay NOK 132 million in damages to rival Norwegian Air.

A strike by Norwegian civil aviation employees expanded Monday to partly impact Oslo's Gardermoen airport, the country's largest airport.