Celebrities want Nobel Prize for Syrian help group
Several Hollywood stars supporting a proposal to give the Nobel Peace Prize to the Syrian aid group White helmets. The proposal coincides with the premiere…
Culture
King and Queen invite to outdoor cinema in the castle park
King and Queen conclude the celebration of the 25th anniversary by inviting the public to outdoor cinema in the Royal Palace next week. At the…
Culture Night in Oslo Friday 16 September
Oslo Culture Night is an annual event where the city’s cultural institutions extend their opening hours into the night and host unique events within music,…
The Queen’s childhood home is being cut up and moved
The work of cutting up Queen Sonja childhood home, dividing it into small pieces and moving them to Maihaugen, is underway. When all the pieces…
This is Ultima!
Challenging, thrilling and enlightening: Ultima celebrates contemporary music in the heart of Oslo, Scandinavia’s music capital. All the exciting diversity of cutting edge music is…
1.5 million Muslims begin Hajj in Mecca
1.5 million pilgrims from around the world are starting with the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca on Saturday . This year, Saudi authorities introduced a…
The Petter Dass-Museum
THE CLERGYMAN AND POET PETTER DASS In our time we think of literature as both experience and entertainment. In Petter Dass time there were completely…
You have not experienced Voss without having visited Fleischer’s Hotel!
Historical Fleischer’s Hotel is located between Vangsvatnet and the railway station at Voss. The hotel in Swiss style is known for its venerable atmosphere, grand…
Green Day to Oslo in 2017
The American pop punk band and their Revolution Radio Tour are coming to Oslo Spektrum on 25 January. Tickets are on sale now. This October…
Dyrsku’n 2016
Sometimes the stalls are nearly blown away. But it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s wet and windy or the sun shines warmly from a clear, blue…
EDVARD GRIEG
Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen 15th of June 1843, in the Grieg family’s house in Strandgaten 152. Edvard Hagerup Grieg (b. 15 June 1843,…
Kongens Nei is a Norwegian Oscar candidate
The movie “Kongens Nei”(The King’s Choice) is the Norwegian contender in the race to be the best non-English language film at the Oscars. – “The…
Oslo third on cultural barometer
Cultural facility satisfaction is high in Oslo Only in Vienna and Helsinki is satisfaction higher than Oslo, when citizens in European capitals were asked how…
Over 25,000 people resigned from the church in August
25,743 members resigned from the Norwegian Church in August. The director of the National Council of Church says this is a high number. 24,653 of…
His Majesty The King’s Guard of Norway
His Majesty The King’s Guard of Norway Drill Team have been awarded a special honour for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2016 this year. The…
More marries humanities
So far this year, 762 couples registered for Humanistic marriage. That’s an increase of over 6 percent from 2015, and almost 14 percent in the…
Former refugee got Amanda Award
Eleven years ago Olivier Mukata (28) came to Norway. Friday he got Amanda Award in category Best Supporting Actor for his efforts in asylum centers…
International child art at Oslo Airport
Passengers at Oslo Airport can now enjoy colourful art from The International Museum of Children’s Art in Oslo. The exhibitions are a result of a…
The decline in the number of books taken out from libraries has stopped
For ten consecutive years, the numbe of books taken out from Norwegian public libraries dropped, but in 2015 the number remained at the level of…
Hollywood interest in Norwegian landmarks
The major film studios of Hollywood are looking into Pulpit Rock, Trolltunga, Folgefonna and Lofoten as possible locations for new blockbusters. In an interview with…