Norway
I spent two weeks isolated in a hut in Norway. This is what I learnt about life
I didn’t once feel lonely, or afraid. I can’t remember ever feeling so content.
- by Louise Southerden
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The Menendez brothers adopted Norway’s approach to develop a green space in prison
As they hope to be resentenced, details have emerged of the brothers’ beautification project, which was inspired by the Norwegian belief that humane prisons assists in rehabilitation.
- by Vanessa Gera, Jan M. Olsen and Stefanie Dazio
Ten things we’ll never understand about Scandinavia
Denmark, Norway and Sweden get universal praise for their way of life, but some things about Scandinavia strike outsiders as peculiar.
- by Brian Johnston
Why you shouldn’t miss Oslo’s most masochistic pastime
Long before Wim Hof touted the benefits of ice baths, these people knew subjecting your body to temperature extremes felt good – once you got over the buttock-clenching shock.
- by Julie Lewis
A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests
What if stopping deforestation became a money spinner for developing countries?
- by Manuela Andreoni
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel pounds Lebanon, disrupting Hezbollah leader’s major speech
The barrage followed two days of attacks blamed on Mossad that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers, killing 37 people and wounding about 3000.
- by Kareem Chehayeb
Russian ‘spy’ whale found dead in Norway
Hvaldimir, whose name is a combination of the word hval, the Norwegian word for whale, and Vladimir, after the Russian president, was first spotted by fishermen in Norway in 2019.
- by Kieran Kelly
Princess marries an American self-styled shaman in union that has divided Norway
The couple - who both claim to have mystic powers and believe they met in Ancient Egypt in a past life - have divided Norway and Verrett will not now become a prince.
- by Jari Tanner
‘She’s my queen and I’m her pharaoh’: Welcome to a royal wedding like no other
The marriage between Norway’s fourth in line to the throne and a self-styled shaman has ruffled more than a few feathers.
- by Marianka Swain
Traveller Awards: Hall of Fame – the legends of travel
We salute our icons of travel, those consistently excellent places or brands that deliver time and time again.
- by Traveller team
Born again: 10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel
Everything old is new again, from heritage icons transformed into luxury stays to a tsunami-lashed railway rebirthed as the ultimate scenic journey.
- by Traveller team
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