Winter - My little world

Santa or Nisse and Smorgasbord food are Christmas traditions in Norway

| Culture, Food, Habits, Tradition, Winter

Yuletide, the return of the sun and now Christmas calls for a special celebration and brings old time traditions based on folklore and myths in Norway. After a long period of darkness and cold, no wonder people needed a break and celebrated with wild feasts the fact that “the sun was coming back”. In Oslo […]

White Gold of Snow by Sunset in Norway

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| Nature, Winter

Writing a blog about Norway and our significant four seasons, it’s time to report about winter weather – at least a good taste of it: You see, this year’s first snow in Oslo came last week. It started late in the evening, so we were all warned for the next day, and in the morning […]

Roald Amundsen Norway first to reach the South Pole

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| Culture, History, Nature, Sports, Winter

The Polar Explorer, Discoverer, Researcher and Pioneer Amundsen from Norway became the first person to reach the South Pole on Dec. 14, 1911. Hosting a blog about Norway; our history, culture, traditions and habits, it would have been a disgrace not to mention it today – 100 years later. This year actually call for double […]

Pirate Bay Style Gourmet Restaurant Korsaar in Tallinn

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| Food, Habits, Travel Abroad, Winter

Restoran Korsaar by the Old Town Square in Tallinn, Estonia, has a stunning pirate-themed design in a spectacular location and serves traditional Creole cuisine with an Estonian touch in a relaxed and informal environment with an emphasis on flavour. It’s a restaurant of Chefs where every client is tended personally by one of them. Attendants` […]

Petter Northug and Marit Bjorgen in Oslo2011 WSC

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| History, Sports, Winter

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 (WSC) in Oslo was a success for the hundreds of thousands spectators, the participants as well as the Norwegian hosts, not to mention their athletes. Norway won 20 (8 Gold, 6 Silver and 6 Bronze) out of 63 medals and when our King Harald V who attended every day […]