https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway Mynewsdesk RSS - Press releases, News, and Blog Posts. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway https://www.mynewsdesk.com/assets/graphics/logos/logo-small-3b24ab90.png 128 23 en 15 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:09:02 +0000 Rødne's new all-electric catamaran Rygerlys has arrived in Forsand for commissioning, testing charging infrastructure and Lysefjord wharfs before entering service. "Rygerlys is an important contribution to emission-free public transport in Rogaland, serving the Lysefjord route for ten years," says Kolumbus CEO Christina Stangeland. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/roedne-takes-delivery-of-new-fully-electric-combi-catamaran-from-oma-3465142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/roedne-takes-delivery-of-new-fully-electric-combi-catamaran-from-oma-3465142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:46:58 +0000 In Voss, a Norwegian mountain town in the Hardanger region, a sheep's-head feast and an extreme-sports week both turn up as murder scenes. Crime writer Randi Fuglehaug, co-creator of the Netflix hit Royalteen, sets her Agnes Tveit trilogy in the fjord town she grew up in - and keeps coming back, book after book, to the landscape and traditions that shaped her. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-from-voss-to-the-world-randi-fuglehaug-writes-murder-into-a-mountain-town-3461189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-from-voss-to-the-world-randi-fuglehaug-writes-murder-into-a-mountain-town-3461189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:14:09 +0000 On a breakwater ten kilometres out to sea, Line Nicolaysen bought a derelict building she'd never even seen. Fifteen years, one sister, one quiet but steadfast father, and a restored boathouse later, this wild outpost on Smøla has become a home Line shares with fellow nature lovers. "Veiholmen decides how close it lets you get, not you," she says. Read the full Voices of the Fjords interview. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-two-sisters-chose-norways-wild-outpost-and-built-a-home-to-share-with-fellow-nature-lovers-3459917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-two-sisters-chose-norways-wild-outpost-and-built-a-home-to-share-with-fellow-nature-lovers-3459917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:12:16 +0000 Rundt 40 ungdommer fra hele Europa kommer til Fjordkysten Regional- og Geopark når den 22. International Junior Ranger Camp arrangeres 17.–24. juli. Gjennom praktiske aktiviteter lærer deltakerne om natur- og kulturforvaltning, samtidig som de deler erfaringer, bygger nettverk og blir kjent med landskapet og lokalsamfunnene langs Fjordkysten. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/ungdom-fra-hele-europa-kommer-til-fjordkystparken-paa-junior-ranger-camp-3458791?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/ungdom-fra-hele-europa-kommer-til-fjordkystparken-paa-junior-ranger-camp-3458791?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:28:46 +0000 Fjord Norwegen ist eines der spektakulärsten Fahrziele der Welt - und genau deshalb startet Fjord Norway gemeinsam mit der Polizei UP Vest und der Provinz Vestland eine Verkehrssicherheitskampagne für internationale Autobesucher. Ein Kurzfilm und eine Broschüre auf Englisch und Deutsch informieren Reisende dort, wo sie es brauchen: im Mietwagen, auf der Fähre, vor dem ersten Tunnel. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/entspannt-mit-dem-auto-durch-fjord-norwegen-cruisen-mit-der-neuen-kampagne-zur-verkehrssicherheit-3458472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/entspannt-mit-dem-auto-durch-fjord-norwegen-cruisen-mit-der-neuen-kampagne-zur-verkehrssicherheit-3458472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:04:59 +0000 Nordfjord Distillery – where a chemist and a botanist left their research careers to ask one question: what does this place actually taste like? From a family farm beside a pre-Viking chieftain's settlement, Jann and Synnøve now craft 70 products spanning 10,000 years of Nordfjord history. Storytelling through taste. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-they-left-the-laboratory-and-went-looking-for-the-taste-of-10000-years-3456658?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-they-left-the-laboratory-and-went-looking-for-the-taste-of-10000-years-3456658?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:33:48 +0000 From the world's largest extreme sports festival in Voss to Tall Ships filling Stavanger's harbour, John Legend at Moldejazz and Lewis Capaldi at Bergenfest – Fjord Norway's summer 2026 is packed with unmissable events across 12 destinations, from Haugesund to Ålesund. Full event guide available. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/summer-2026-in-fjord-norway-festivals-fjords-and-cultural-highlights-from-june-to-august-26-3453029?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/summer-2026-in-fjord-norway-festivals-fjords-and-cultural-highlights-from-june-to-august-26-3453029?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:10:00 +0000 In our latest Voices of the Fjords episode, we meet Frøydis Akse — master mariner turned Viking Age guide — on her family farm in Hyllestad, where millstone quarries and ancient fjords tell a story far deeper than any TV drama. She talks about the women history forgot, the skills that shaped a civilisation, and why the real Viking story is alive on the Fjord Coast. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-she-came-home-to-hyllestad-and-found-a-thousand-years-waiting-3452730?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-she-came-home-to-hyllestad-and-found-a-thousand-years-waiting-3452730?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:22:14 +0000 In our latest Voices of the Fjords episode, we meet Frøydis Akse — master mariner turned Viking Age guide — on her family farm in Hyllestad, where millstone quarries and ancient fjords tell a story far deeper than any TV drama. She talks about the women history forgot, the skills that shaped a civilisation, and why the real Viking story is alive on the Fjord Coast. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-she-came-home-to-hyllestad-and-found-a-1000-years-waiting-3451899?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-she-came-home-to-hyllestad-and-found-a-1000-years-waiting-3451899?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:47:52 +0000 https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/a-new-michelin-triumph-for-the-bergen-region-3451637?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/a-new-michelin-triumph-for-the-bergen-region-3451637?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Wed, 13 May 2026 05:45:56 +0000 "If a motif isn't good enough to be worn in twenty years, I don't print it." Kant is thirteen years old, still no discounts, still no trends. Just timeless design, printed by hand, on a colourful street in Stavanger. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-stavangers-edge-has-a-name-frode-goa-3447138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-stavangers-edge-has-a-name-frode-goa-3447138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:46:07 +0000 Cityboat goes green with electric harbour cruises. Newly formed Cityboat — a joint venture between Norwegian express boat company Rødne and tourism expert Viking Adventure — has ordered the electric "Hyke F-15 Shuttle". The 15-metre vessel, built in Hardanger, will offer silent, emission-free experiences around Haugesund's scenic island archipelago from late 2026. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/leading-norwegian-operators-invest-in-zero-emission-passenger-vessel-with-hyke-3445940?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/leading-norwegian-operators-invest-in-zero-emission-passenger-vessel-with-hyke-3445940?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:07:55 +0000 Roald Aga Haug is no ordinary mayor. Since 2021 he has been marrying couples on Trolltunga — a cliff 700 metres above the Hardangerfjord. Around 40 weddings later, his bold idea has drawn couples from across the world to one of Norway's most breathtaking and unforgettable settings. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-the-mayor-who-marries-people-where-the-fjord-meets-the-sky-3442465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-the-mayor-who-marries-people-where-the-fjord-meets-the-sky-3442465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:37:06 +0000 German comedian and author Nikita Miller found unexpected inspiration in Ryfylke, Fjord Norway. Drawn by the region’s silence, nature and slower rhythm, he moved from Germany’s comedy stages to a life shaped by fjords, forests and reflection. Today he balances touring with a creative home by the fjord, where nature fuels his writing and perspective. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-from-comedy-stages-in-germany-to-fjord-living-in-ryfylke-3437469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/voices-of-the-fjords-from-comedy-stages-in-germany-to-fjord-living-in-ryfylke-3437469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Rødne Fjord Cruise is investing NOK 140 million in a new hybrid sightseeing vessel for fjord cruises from Bergen. The catamaran Rygerstraum, built by Oma Baatbyggeri and delivered in 2027, will carry up to 282 passengers. Running partly on batteries, it will reduce emissions and support more sustainable tourism in Western Norway. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/news/roedne-fjord-cruise-invests-in-large-new-hybrid-vessel-for-bergen-507141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/news/roedne-fjord-cruise-invests-in-large-new-hybrid-vessel-for-bergen-507141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:47:16 +0000 Fjord Norway welcomes spring 2026 with a vibrant calendar of events from March to May. Highlights include the launch of the historic Myklebust Viking ship in Nordfjord, international festivals such as MaiJazz and Nordic Light, One Ocean Week in Bergen, and the iconic Hardanger blossom season – combining culture, heritage and spectacular fjord landscapes. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/spring-awakens-in-fjord-norway-festivals-fjords-and-cultural-highlights-from-march-to-may-2026-3434955?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/spring-awakens-in-fjord-norway-festivals-fjords-and-cultural-highlights-from-march-to-may-2026-3434955?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:11:26 +0000 Bergen is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, and now the fjord capital is about to become even easier for Americans to reach. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/boom-in-american-visitors-prompts-icelandair-to-launch-year-round-bergen-route-3432094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/boom-in-american-visitors-prompts-icelandair-to-launch-year-round-bergen-route-3432094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:33:54 +0000 Austrian Airlines will launch a direct route from Vienna to Bergen starting summer 2026, responding to increasing Austrian interest in Norway's fjords. The route enhances travel convenience for exploring the iconic landscapes, supporting the growing trend of Austrian tourism in the region. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/growing-austrian-interest-in-the-norwegian-fjords-austrian-airlines-launches-direct-route-to-bergen-3414809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/growing-austrian-interest-in-the-norwegian-fjords-austrian-airlines-launches-direct-route-to-bergen-3414809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:26:51 +0000 Panoramahyttene, located in the Haugesund region, has been shortlisted for the prestigious AHEAD Awards Europe 2025, celebrating the best in hospitality and design worldwide. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/panoramahyttene-among-finalists-for-ahead-awards-europe-2025-3411465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/panoramahyttene-among-finalists-for-ahead-awards-europe-2025-3411465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:04:05 +0000 On 8 October 2025, the MICHELIN Guide announced its first-ever Nordic hotel selection, featuring 38 outstanding properties. Eleven are in Norway — including seven exceptional hotels in Fjord Norway, with two awarded the prestigious Two Keys. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/seven-unique-hotels-in-fjord-norway-receive-michelin-key-distinctions-3410316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/fjord-norway/pressreleases/seven-unique-hotels-in-fjord-norway-receive-michelin-key-distinctions-3410316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news Fjord Norway