NORWAY

A vibrant Avant Jazz music scene
Black Metal & Corpsepaint
Electronic Music particularly in Bergen, Oslo & Tromso

Booze is very very expensive, and the sale of it, outside bars and restaurants is controlled. Where is it they'll be going? If it's outside of the main towns, the countryside is truly breathtaking.

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IS THIS REAL?!?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Square

No sources and no google hits. :(

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torvslaget

There's a Norwegian Wiki page for it too with similar depiction of the events.

A drunken man, wearing a hat with the inscription "Long live May 17th" was brought in for questioning, but was eventually released because he was not able to explain himself.

I love this.

The commanders had to find a way to dissolve the crowd. Eventually, they found an old clause from 1685, stating that revolt was illegal. Had this first been read out loud, people would have to retreat inside.

A man was then sent to the square with the task of reading the clause out loud. But he was not very tall, and he was ignored completely.

This is my favourite part.

excuse me, what is this called

http://www.wheelerfolk.org/xmas01/photos/02p1tour/14swords.jpg

its called 14swords.jpg

ty

i found an RT flight to norway for 400 dollars, so im going

gonna see some viking ships imo

hammerfest to bergen to oslo

imo

The monument is called "Sverd i Fjell" ("Swords in Rock"), it's at Hafrsfjord near Stavanger.

Thanks!

Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov

According to Norwegian site VG Nett, bus driver Andreas Jankov has formally changed his name to Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov. "I wanted to show that it is possible to be serious and at the same time take the name you like," said the film enthusiast. "I wanted to see how far I could take it with respect to the number of names. I started thinking about this three years ago and it was approved in January this year." Apparently, he's had his passport and bank card reissued, but the name was too long so he dropped "Highlander."

Thanks to our commenters, we've been able to break down the name:

- Julius is an homage to the famous chimp at the Kristiansand Zoo
- 'Arn' is a Swedish knight movie
- Elessar and Gimli are from 'Lord of the Rings'
- 'MacGyver', just the greatest Richard Dean Anderson show ever!
- 'Highlander' could refer to either the movie or TV show
- Chewbacka (aka Chewbacca) is from 'Star Wars'

So, When/If he gets married will he make his wife take his name?

http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/09/Highlander-Guy.jpg

Norwegians have tiny teeth.

and tiny noses

lol his fingers are kinda small too

norway is a nation of gnomes

has anyone been on the Hurtigruten cruise? looks amazing and v tempting

Going to Tromso for a week or so this summer. Anyone know anything about it?

i'm going there on Monday! all i know is that it will be snowy, expensive (as with all Norway) but beautiful (hopefully there will be aurora when i'm there/awake) and fun (e.g.husky sled and snowmobile rides)

Why are you going there? In March?

NORWAY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cNHCP3juQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQOeDYDOCKc

I can only guess how many bones lie scattered 600 m below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6OtiTrPk80

Explosion in Oslo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705

bad craziness

'Slow but noble televison' form the land of the midnight Hongro

Yeah, this 'thing' started with a real-time broadcast of the relatively scenic West-East railway from Bergen to Oslo (about 6-7 hours) and took off when the traditional cruise line traveling up and down the coast of Norway got their 24/7, 134-hour live show. It was some sort of phenomenon and people followed its stops and went to great lengths to be there when it arrived, and to watch the whole thing, but at the same time it was basically just a screensaver or romantic nationalism getting way too many hours on a sub-channel of the national broadcaster NRK (and sometimes o NRK1). Last year they did the same with the Telemark canal boat.

I guess all the good scenic routes were used and they had to come up with something new. Paint drying special coming up.

... we've already done paint drying on British TV

It's perhaps worth noting that one of the best-selling books in Norway recently has been about firewood. How to chop and stack and dry it, plus some crap about the goddamn soul and tradition of burning firewood.

Kinda like that recent American book about artisan pencil-sharpening, minus any level of irony whatsoever. The practical chapters ARE quite useful, I should add.

i actually thought the bergensbanen one was rather interesting to tune into, just because the views are phenomenal basically the whole way

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election/norwegians-vote-in-closely-contested-parliamentary-election-idUSKCN1BL0J3

yes way