Category: Norway

  • Russian President in Oslo

    On Monday 26 April 2010 I just happened to be in the city of Oslo in Norway. I had travelled by train from Tonsberg, a charming town on the east coast of Norway, to Norway’s capital city which was a scenic 1.5 hour journey. The train journey from Tonsberg to Oslo goes northwards up the…

  • Norway – Beautiful but Expensive.

    I am just back from 4 nights in Norway. I flew out on a Ryanair flight to Torp just after flights started up again after the volcanic ash fiasco. I asked one of the cabin crew what they had been doing whilst flights had been grounded and he said “nothing”. He said all cabin crew…

  • Norway – Powered by Nature

     [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz_fo5-wfUk&w=580&h=360] I first went to Norway a few years ago and I had a fantastic holiday. It was a real adventure trip. We took our car on the ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and drove across the roof of Norway to Oslo. We stayed in the most amazing cottage which was in the middle of…