17 Oct, 2018
From the Galloway Hoard exhibit in Edinburgh to the Viking-established Orkney Islands Cynthia Elyce Rubin The Norwegian American “To go Viking” was originally a verb phrase used by Scandinavians to describe traveling overseas. I...
15 Oct, 2018
Beyond Norway David Nikel Trondheim, Norway After so many monthly columns about destinations in Norway, I feel it’s time to spread my wings. Because of the excellent transportation links, many people visiting Norway look...
4 Oct, 2018
150 years of trekking Maureen B. Larson Decorah, Iowa The Norwegian Trekking Association, Den Norske Turistforening (DNT), is a national organization in Norway that was conceived by Thomas Heftye on Jan. 21, 1868, making...
1 Oct, 2018
Pyramiden is an abandoned Russian mining town in Svalbard, at the top of the world Elizabeth Bourne Seattle “Ghost town” evokes images of the Old West towns where the gold rush came and went....
20 Sep, 2018
Breakfast at North Cape Tove Andersson Oslo The Hurtigruten ferry arrives twice daily. Hundreds of nature-loving tourists are amazed at the natural settings and look forward to leaving the ship. The harbor of Honningsvåg,...
17 Sep, 2018
An artist’s dispatches from Norway’s land of ice bears Elizabeth Bourne Seattle “Congratulations. Now you live here,” said the librarian at the Svalbard folkebibliotek as she handed me my new purple and white library...
6 Sep, 2018
Away from it all David Nikel Trondheim, Norway You wouldn’t expect anyone to live on less than 4 square miles of land located more than 60 miles away from the Norwegian mainland. Yet 500...
3 Sep, 2018
The road-tripping adventures of Ørn and Moa continue with a tour of iconic Route 1 M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Editor’s preface: Last spring, The Norwegian American correspondent and Oslo-area resident M. Michael Brady...
23 Aug, 2018
Less visited than the fjords, Norway’s southern coastline is brimming with summer charm David Nikel Trondheim, Norway Aside from cruise ship calls at Kristiansand, very few international tourists experience the Norwegian summer along Norway’s...
20 Aug, 2018
Red, white, and blue Mona Anita K. Olsen, PhD Cornell University Each time I return to work on my family’s 1931 home in Borhaug, a quaint fishing area on the southwest coast of Norway,...
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Visit a Soviet ghost town in Norway
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Histories and identities interwoven
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