Travel GuideRoros (Røros) is a small Norwegian mining town located about 400 km north of Oslo, and 150 km southeast of Trondheim, near the Swedish border. Made up mostly of old wooden houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, Røros has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1980. The village has a long tradition […]
Oslo – Norway’s capital – is the largest city of the country and the seat of the king and the Norwegian government. The city is located in the Oslo Fjord (Oslofjord) in a beautiful natural landscape. Founded in the Middle Ages – around the Eleventh century – Oslo was soon the capital of the country, but in the […]
In the South Atlantic Ocean there is a small volcanic island, almost entirely covered by ice: The island of Bouvet. This island is located approximately 2,500 km southwest of Southern Africa. At 4,200 east of Cape Horn, the extreme strip of South America. And about 1,800 km north of Antarctica. The equally remote island of […]
The Lofoten islands have a much milder climate than that found in other regions of the Earth located at the same latitude, this is due to the Gulf Stream and its ramifications that reach Lofoten: the North Atlantic Current and the Norwegian Current. Thanks to the influence of these warm currents, the Lofoten islands have […]
The Lofoten islands are a Norwegian arctic archipelago. The islands are located, around 68 ° north latitude, north of the Arctic circle, in the Norwegian province of Nordland. The archipelago covers a total of 1,227 km² and has fewer than 25,000 inhabitants. The most important cities of the Lofoten islands are Leknes on the island […]
The Svalbard islands are among the most permanently inhabited places on the northernmost part of Earth, they are located almost at the same latitude north of the extreme northern part of Greenland. The Svalbard climate is a very cold and freezing arctic climate, but partially tempered by the Gulf Stream. This warm current makes its […]
The Svalbard islands, sometimes also called by the name of the main island, Spitsbergen, are a Norwegian arctic archipelago. The islands are located about 500 km north of North Cape, in the direction of the North Pole, and are located between 74 ° north latitude and 81 ° north latitude. The archipelago is made up […]
Oslo has a humid continental climate. In fact, even in Oslo, as in the rest of Norway, the climate is influenced by the effects of the Gulf Stream which makes the Norwegian climate milder than that of other places located in the same northern latitude. TEMPERATURES Temperatures are relatively cold during the winter. In fact, […]
Oslo (570,000 inhabitants, over 1,000,000 in the metropolitan area) is the capital and largest city of Norway. The city is located in the south-eastern part of the country along the northern coast of the Oslofjord, in the innermost part of the fjord. The capital of Norway is located in a flat area dominated by hills. […]
Bergen has a temperate oceanic climate with seasonal differences in mild temperatures. The climate is mild thanks to the influences of the Gulf Stream, but the rains are very intense due to the conformation of the territory where the city stands. In fact, just behind Bergen there are mountains that block the clouds coming from […]
The city of Bergen, the historical jewel of the country, is a city full of charm and atmosphere. This historic inhabited center is located on a peninsula along the Norwegian southwest coast, in the center of the fjord region of Norway. The city is surrounded by picturesque reliefs, called the Seven Mountains (De syv fjell). […]
Norway has a coastal extension of over 2,500 km. The Norwegian coast, formed by deep inlets, is one of the most indented in the world. Along the coast of Norway there are over 50,000 islands, also residues, like fjords, of glacial erosion. LOFOTEN ISLANDS AND VESTERALEN ISLANDS Among these are also some important archipelagos such […]
Norway is a country where the beauty of nature dominates unchallenged, but the country also presents interesting cultural aspects. These aspects are little known to most tourists who arrive in the country. But a visit to the sites that UNESCO has entered on the list of world heritage allows you to become aware of Norway […]
The fjords of Norway, together with the islands, are the main feature of the Norwegian coast. They are found along all the over three thousand kilometers of coastline in the country. The fjords occupy valleys modeled by ancient glaciers that have now disappeared. These valleys with the thawing of ice have filled with sea water. […]
The Geiranger fjord (Geirangerfjord) is one of the most beautiful fjords in Norway. This fjord is located in the northern part of that area which is commonly called fjord Norway, in the region of Møre og Romsdal. The Geirangerfjord is a branch of the Sunnylvsfjorden which in turn is one of the final branches of […]