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The best time to go to Norway Lonely Planet Editors about 4 hours ago Lofoten Islands are some of the most popular places in Norway to visit. But whens the best time to see them? © RudyBalasko/Getty Images When choosing the best time to go to Norway, you need to decide what kind of holiday you want. Do you want to experience the Northern Lights in all its glory? Or hike through epic landscapes? Once you’re prepared for the weather and plan ahead, you can have the perfect vacation. Here�...

Credit: Wideroe Wideroe’s route network exemplifies the opportunity for all-electric commercial airline service: A flight from the Norwegian regional airline’s operational headquarters in Bodo to Leknes in the Lofoten Islands is shorter than 100 km (62 mi.). Another flight from Vardo to Tromso in northern Norway stops in Batsfjord, Berlevag and Hammerfest on the way—with some legs just about 30 mi. “Seventy-five percent of the routes we fly in this network are shorter than 300 km, and m...

In an excerpt from his new book, A Life of Extremes: The Life and Times of a Polar Filmmaker, filmmaker Max Quinn offers unique insight to some of the most beautiful and extreme places on earth Researcher Karsten Schnider cradles an exhausted reindeer. (Photo: Mervyn Aitchison) April 5, 2021 Max Quinn’s filmmaking career has taken him to the ends of the earth, from his native New Zealand to Alaska; Antarctica to the Arctic. His new book, A Life of Extremes: The Life and Times of a Polar Fi...

Latest Corona-related news in brief: March 17, 2021 NORWAY’S THIRD CORONA INFECTION WAVE was crashing over the country on Wednesday, as the highest numbers of confirmed virus cases ever rolled in. A total of 1,156 cases were registered during the past 24 hours, with areas like Haugalandet on the West Coast now being hit hard. “These are high and disturbing numbers,” Jarle Nilsen, the mayor of Karmøy, told state broadcaster NRK. Fully half of all cases in neighbouring Haugesund now invo...

Winter returned with a vengeance March 11, 2021 A long stretch of springlike weather in southern Norway ended abruptly this week with snowstorms and strong winds, followed by rain at lower elevations. As much as 50 centimeters of snow fell in some areas, setting off all kinds of accidents, especially in the southeast. This was just one of many weather-related incidents making life difficult for bus drivers in Oslo on Thursday. Nearly 20 centimeters of snow fell even at lower elevations, like ...

Christian Lamb, 100, plotted enemy ships path for Womens Royal Naval Service Patricia Owtram, 97, intercepted German naval broadcasts from cliffs of Dover Sister Jean, 95, worked as a cipher officer in places including Italy and Egypt Elizabeth Davies, 96, was stationed at Bletchley Park codebreaking facility   Tales in documentary Women of the Second World War: Courage and Conviction

Monday, March 15, 2021 at 11:43 Northern Norway’s extensive network of short take-off and landing airports is ideal for zero emissions technologies. (Illustration: Tecnam) Routes inside the Arctic Circle could be world’s first to see zero emission passenger flights as regional airline Widerøe will be launch operator of the 11-seat P-Volt aircraft. Rolls-Royce and airframer Tecnam have teamed up to work with Norway’s regional airliner Widerøe to deliver an all-electric passenger aircraft...

Yachting Monthly 0shares Roger Taylor navigates his engineless 24ft Mingming II on a 4,000 mile nonstop voyage around the usually icebound waters of the Arctic A single unstayed mast and panelled junk-rig sail give Mingming II a flexible sailplan, all controlled from inside the main hatch. Credit: Bertie Milne Credit: Bertie Milne Small boat cruiser Roger Taylor shares his solo voyage into the uncharted Arctic The breeze was by now fresh, the sea a dark indigo, and t...

How Norway Is Folding Civilians into National Defense Not even the U.S. military can be everywhere, so whole-of-society defense is gaining in importance. Even if you’ve never heard of the region of Finnmark, you know it’s important: it’s the part of Norway that borders Russia. Norway’s armed forces are exercising there this week — and not just its professional armed forces but conscripts and civilians as well. The exercise, which focuses on the defense of local infrastructure,...

Norwegian fertility has fallen every single year since 2009, breaking several annual records in a row and reaching an all-time nadir at 1.48 children per woman in 2020...