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The Norwegian Forest Cat
The Norsk skogkatt is a hugely popular breed of cat in Norway and across northern Europe. Let's take a closer look. With its origins in Northern Europe, the Norwegian Forest Cat is well-suited to a ...
The Best Norwegian Cakes
Hungry? You soon will be, as we take a closer look at the most popular traditional cakes served up in Norway. Cakes are awesome. One of the great joys of travelling is discovering new foods, and ...
A Norwegian Breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so my mother told me when I was a kid. But things are different in Scandinavia. Here in Trondheim it's that time of the year when new students are ...
Conserving Water in Norway
Why and how we had to quickly learn to conserve water in Norway. When we were in Norway four years ago we came in October, the shoulder season, because that’s when the flights were best. Like most ...
Equality and the Nordic Model
One researcher ponders what the world can learn about equality from the Nordic model. Rising inequality is one of the biggest social and economic issues of our time. It is linked to poorer economic ...
The Sami Parliament of Norway
Since 1989, the Sami people of Norway have been able to elect representatives to a Parliament solely focused on Sami issues. The Sami Parliament is in an independent body elected by and representing ...
How to Do Environmental Art Right
36 permanent sculptures make up the Artscape Nordland collection, spread out across hundreds of miles of rural northern Norway. This article was originally published at The Conversation by Rachel ...
Is Life In Norway as Happy as It’s Cracked Up To Be?
For progressives around the world, it has become almost a pastime to romanticise the quasi-socialist Scandinavian countries. This article was originally published at The Conversation by Nathan John ...
The Snowman: Nordic Noir With a Hint of Dirty Harry
Tomas Alfredson’s recently released film adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s bestselling novel The Snowman closely captures, in its slow, quiet intensity, the bleak essence of Nordic Noir. This article was ...