8 ways to experience the Norwegian Christmas spirit
It's the cosiest time of the year! Cold outside, but warm inside, with candles, buzzing bars, and joyful Christmas fairs.
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World Menopause Day: Visit Norway breaks stereotypes by empowering women over 50 in new campaign
Women over 50 are often neglected in advertising. Now Visit Norway pioneers change with a new campaign inspiring women to embrace their new chapter of life.
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Spook-tacular Norway. A guide to Norway's most haunted places that you can visit
Norway sports an abundance of supernatural legends and eerie ghost stories. It's not only during Halloween, you can meet these ghosts! Here we're listing some of our most haunted – and haunting – destinations.
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Norwegian Christmas miracles
After the Second World War, Norway decided to repay their British allies with a very special annual Christmas gift – a tree. On the first Thursday in December, a huge Christmas tree is lit in London’s Trafalgar Square, radiating its Yuletide joy in all directions. What you might not know, is that the tree has travelled all the way from Nordmarka outside of Oslo. Yes, in Norway.
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Norway manifests itself as a leading European culinary destination - once again
Norway maintains its position as the country with the most Bocuse d’Or awards. The talented Norwegian chef Filip August Bendi won the bronze medal in the European competition in 2022.
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Havila Voyages start sailing the traditional coastal route from Bergen on December 1.
Havila Capella is delivered to Havila Voyages, and soon the first of four state of the art vessels for the new ship owner Havila Voyages will start its sailing towards the Norwegian coast. The ship will start its’ sailings on the traditional coastal route from Bergen on 1 December. The CEO of Havila Voyages, Bent Martini, says this is a day of joy.
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Welcome to a Norwegian Christmas tale
Sleep in the world’s largest gingerbread house, experience a fairytale-like white Christmas with cheerful markets – and visit Father Christmas himself. These are some of the best places to go if you want to celebrate Christmas in Norway.
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Are you a modern pilgrim?
St. Olav's Ways in Norway are the world's northernmost pilgrimage paths and are hikes with a deeper meaning. A walk along one of the pilgrimage routes gives space to think, with a landscape where to contemplate and heal. The story of Kes Blans from the Netherlands is emblematic. Kes had beaten cancer, but had lost his ability to trust life. A pilgrimage from Oslo to Trondheim changed everything.
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Norway – the most awarded country in Bocuse d’Or
A culinary revolution has taken place in Norway in recent years, led by a wave of innovative Norwegian master chefs like Christian André Pettersen. Pettersen led Team Norway to secure the gold medal in the European final in Bocuse d’Or that was held in Tallinn, Estonia, on Friday, October 16. Bocuse d’Or Europe has been arranged seven times and Norway has reached the podium on each occasion.
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Four new stars on the Norwegian restaurant scene
Four restaurants in Norway, each located in a different region of the country, received their first Michelin star during the Michelin Guide Nordic Countries 2020 event in Trondheim, Norway 17th February.
These four restaurants received their well-deserved first star this year:
Omakase by Vladimir Pak, a Japanese counter dining restaurant at Vika in Oslo. Christopher Davidsen’s -
Norway most popular meeting destination in the Nordics
Norway tops the lucrative meeting and incentive market in the Nordics, according to the recent report by Union of International Associations (UIA), UIA International Meeting Statistics Report for the year 2013.
