Road to the moon
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I appreciated the fence and it was a better photo than my miserable effort.
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March 16, 2025, 6:28am
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The breathtakingly beautiful scenery, however, has not deserved such a ghastly oversaturated postprocessing… I most probably would prefer your foto
Norway’s world-renowned Sognefjord region, Jostedal Valley is a breathtaking natural wonder known as the “Kingdom of Ice and Glaciers.” Home to the mighty Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in mainland Europe, this valley stands as a last remnant of the Ice Age, offering awe-inspiring landscapes that defy time. Towering peaks, cascading waterfalls, and pristine ice formations make Jostedal a paradise for nature lovers and adventure seekers alike.
There are people living there:
ombugge
March 20, 2025, 10:48pm
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There are a couple of myths about Norway that you hear and see regularly in the media, both in Norway and abroad.
“Norway was a very poor country just over a hundred years ago compared to today. But people in Norway were not poorer than our neighbours in the Nordic countries or people in most other European countries,” said Jan Eivind Myhre, a professor and a 19th century expert from the University of Oslo.
During this period, Norway had the highest life expectancy of any nation in the world. The country was also technologically advanced, where, for example, Hammerfest in Finnmark County was the first city in the world to get electric streetlights. The first cinema showing in the world was in Paris, and the second was in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1896.
Norway at this time also had the world’s highest literacy rate.
Likewise the notion that the Norwegian population at that time was homogeneous is also wrong:
From the 1830s to the 1920s about 800,000 Norwegians emigrated, mostly to America. There is less general awareness of the fact that between 100,000 and 200,000 people immigrated to Norway during the second half of the 19th century. The migrants came...
The vast majority of immigrants were Swedes with over 100,000 relocating to Norway in the second half of the 19th century. Of the 65,000 foreign-born people in Norway in the 1900 census, three quarters were Swedish. Other large immigrant groups were Danes, Finns, Germans, Britons and Russian Jews. However, none of these groups accounted for more than 4,000 people in the 1900 census. Many other countries were represented by smaller groups. Most immigrants settled in the cities. Only Swedes and Finns settled to some degree in the countryside, the Swedes south east of Oslo and along the border to Sweden, and the Finns in the north.
Over the last 50 years immigration to Norway from both European and other countries have exceed the emigration from Norway,
Many of the innvandrere, as I mentioned earlier, are from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As such, these countries’ traditions do not support the equal treatment of men and women. Equality between the sexes is most definitely a Norwegian ideal. Norwegians do not approve of how men from male-domintated cultures treat women (i.e. men deciding over women and fathers over children) and therefore these innvandrere endure discrimination.
Now a days the Norwegian population is more ethnically mixed than ever:
Discover Norway in numbers: These are the statistics, facts, and figures that help to explain and provide context about Norwegian life, updated for 2024. How many people live in Norway, and how many of them
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So, what role does immigration play in Norway’s demographic breakdown today? As of 2023, there were 877,227 people living in Norway who were born elsewhere. In addition, there were 213,810 people who were born in Norway to immigrant parents.approximately one-in-three of the city’s population is an immigrant or has immigrant parents. A quarter of all Norway’s immigrants (including children born to immigrant parents) live in Oslo. Discover more Oslo stats here .
As for the source country of immigration, there is an interesting mix of countries. The top three are all EU/EEA countries, which makes sense given the relative ease of immigration thanks to the freedom of movement laws that Norway abides by through its EEA membership.asylum being granted to many people.
I don’t care what country your from or your politics that is funny
Here is another parody video that some here may like. It is not made in Norway, but I take a change and put it here anyhow:
PS> Kind of like a sequel.
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Now to something really Norwegian, skiing:
For around 250 people on the starting line, there was one thing that mattered on Saturday afternoon: Getting down from Roalden as quickly as possible.
With chaotic conditions on the course, it was a goal for many to make it to the finish line safely:
Source: Full fart på Strandafjellet i Red Bull Homerun 2025 - smp.no
It gets windy at times here on the Northwest coast of Norway:
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Opera Nordfjord has been actively planning to travel to the USA on tour with the emigrant musical “Soga om Sol” by Øystein Wiik and Gisle Kverndokk since January 2023. The tour has now been cancelled.
The picture is from the opera performance, “The Tale of Sun”. Photo: Svein Nesbakk
The musical was a great success in the fall of 2023 at the Nordfjord Opera House.
But in recent weeks, the situation in the United States has developed in a very negative direction.
Opera director Kari Standal Pavelich says it is sad to cancel a tour that we know would arouse great excitement, joy and recognition in the Norwegian-American community, and which would have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all travelers.
The tour program actually included the Seamen’s Church, Scandinavia House and a public celebration at the South Street Museum under the auspices of the Norwegian Consulate, all in New York, and performances at Norway House in Minneapolis, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter and The Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
According to Opera Nordfjord, the program was planned and contacts established at each venue. After months of research, the opera figured out the visa situation and was now just getting started with the visa application process itself. The musical had even been translated into English by Øystein Wiik, ready for the American market.
Opera Nordfjord now looks forward to using the funds saved from the canceled trip to secure a repeat performance at Opera House Nordfjord on October 1st and perhaps an alternative tour in Norway.Avlyser turné til USA - smp.no
No it is not going to be headline news in USA, nor will it have any earth shattering effect here in Norway.
It does tells a bit about how things have changedin the USA - Norway relations at people-to-people level since the beginning of the this year.
Stickers are common, Even competing brands is in on the act:
Some Tesla owners has take a step further. (But that is an older story):https://www.norwaynews.com/tesla-owners-go-on-hunger-strike-in-norway/
ombugge
March 24, 2025, 10:14pm
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Norwegian media are watching what is happening in the world.
But Norway is popular with Trump:
There are some Kiwis out there on the slope. Ms Robertson is 20 points ahead to win the crystal globe in the downhill tomorrow.We have 3 in t6he snowboard competitions.
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Probably not too many Kiwis participating in the amateur mayhem on Strandafjellet, but good luck in the Crystal Globe downhill race.
Gjøa - the first ship to sail through the Northwest Passage!
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The Gjøa was the first ship to be sailed through the entire Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and his six companions accomplished this in 1903-06. The Gjøa belongs today to the Fram Museum. An extension to house the ship was opened in 2013. The...
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Spring is the bast part of the year in our part of the country, Møre & Romsdal:
It is spring and calving season for many wild animals, incl. the wild reindeers that lives in the mountainous area in Southern and mid-Norway.
The wild reindeer herd in Svartebotnen are unusually tame:
They are not particularly afraid of people:
Those driving over Utvikfjellet on Sunday afternoon saw a whole herd of reindeer on and near highway 60 on the border between Stryn and Gloppen.villrein.no extends from Vereide in the west to the east side of the Myklebustbreen glacier.
According to Rune Holen of the Norwegian Nature Conservation Service, it is not unusual to see this flock up close at this time of year.
Wild reindeer on Utvikfjellet:– Uvanleg tamme - smp.no Leave them alone .Drive slowly past them or keep your distance if you encounter them in the mountains, Holen advises. – Are they dangerous?
Calving begins in April and during this time the reindeer need peace so that the moose and calf can get enough nutrition and rest.– Therefore, it may be wise to stay away from areas where they calve. In our area, this is especially the area near Skavegga, says Holen.
Source:– Uvanleg tamme - smp.no (behind paywall)
It is soon time to hit the roads again:
Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway:
