Norwegians and Nature  Queen of the Alaskan wilderness 31/03/2008 :: Sigrid Ekran of Norway is one of only a few women who have embarked on the world’s longest and most difficult sled dog race, Alaska’s Iditarod. She finished 24th in this year’s race. + More |
Winter Sports  Rally adventure in wintry Norwegian forests 15/02/2007 :: From 16 to 18 February 2007, the Norwegian brothers Petter and Henning Solberg, along with rally greats like Sébastien Loeb and Toni Gardemeister, will take part in Rally Norway, one of the World Rally Championship’s most exotic rounds to date. + More |
The Cradle of Skiing The cradle of skiing In Norway the sport of skiing was a natural consequence of the country's mountainous topography and heavy winter snows. Modern skiing had its origins in the county of Telemark in the last century, but an ancient rock carving, at Rødøy in ... + More |
Winter Sports Winter sports in Norway What do Norwegians do in winter while snow and ice cover large parts of their country? They go cross-country skiing, ski-jumping, downhill skiing. At weekends, during their holidays, after work. When the snow melts in the lowlands in ... + More |
Norwegians and Nature Norwegians and nature Norwegian adoration of nature is a vital ingredient in the country's national identity. Over half of the population have ready access to a cabin, the schools arrange annual obligatory ski days, and most postcards produced by the tourist ... + More |
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