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1. Eurovision Song Contest 2013: A Viking victory
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest could very much be described as a Viking affair following 20-year-old blonde Danish Emmelie de Forest’s win.
Published on 19th May, 2013 at 9:42pm by M. Michael Brady.
2. Norwegian nationalism probed
COMMENTARY: In the evening of Tuesday, 17 April, some sixty academics and students assembled on the fourth floor of the venerable Armémuseum (“Army Museum”) in Stockholm, an enormous building the size of the Royal Palace in Oslo.
Published on 16th May, 2013 at 6:20pm by M. Michael Brady.
3. The tiny Norwegian satellite with a giant job, a space success story
Norway’s AISSat-1 Nano satellite marked its thousandth day in orbit just a month ago on 9 April. It had orbited the Earth more than 14,500 times in those thousand days, registering 30,000 ships round the world on each orbit.
Published on 9th May, 2013 at 12:25pm by M. Michael Brady.
4. Norwegians don’t save money with heat pumps
Very few Norwegian homes had heat pumps ten years ago. One home in four has one now, but it has become an economic paradox.
Published on 5th May, 2013 at 9:44am by M. Michael Brady.
5. Aquavit, a favourite tipple
Aquavit is the traditional Scandinavian tipple. Related to but distinctly different from vodka and gin, it’s flavoured with spices and most often is taken straight.
Published on 1st May, 2013 at 6:16pm by M. Michael Brady.
6. Exotic Norwegian dishes
Every country has its traditional dishes, most reflecting rural roots in times past. Some of Norway’s specialities range from the fairly plain to perhaps the somewhat unappetizing for some.
Published on 28th April, 2013 at 9:36am by M. Michael Brady.
7. The Norwegian cheese that stands alone
Norwegian brown cheese and its various varieties and offspring siblings is in a class by itself.
Published on 27th April, 2013 at 12:01pm by M. Michael Brady.
8. Norway Electric post vehicle gets a design award
Several decades after people in Britain received their milk delivery via three-wheeled electric vehicle, environmentally-conscious Norway is adding a wheel to its powered postal service. It has been awarded a prize.
Published on 25th April, 2013 at 12:15pm by M. Michael Brady.
9. Kale tale, a vegetable comeback
Kale, a hardy, commonplace cabbage variety cultivated under WWII in Norwegian and UK home gardens and allotment plots, is now enjoying a revival after falling out of fashion.
Published on 21st April, 2013 at 10:41am by M. Michael Brady.
10. Great expectations and Norway’s National Transport Plan
The government’s latest NTP is big, extensive, expensive. Officials aim to get more people where they want to go.
Published on 17th April, 2013 at 1:43pm by M. Michael Brady.
11. Norway Met Office’s user-friendly online weather forecasts
Yr.no is the Norwegian online weather forecast site. Founded in 2007, it’s a relative newcomer.
Published on 28th March, 2013 at 12:32pm by M. Michael Brady.
12. KSAT, the Earth image downloader
Norway’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (NTNF) scientists could not have known their proposal to set up a radio station at Tromsø in 1965 for receiving signals from orbiting satellites would lead to a global enterprise. But that’s what happened.
Published on 17th March, 2013 at 9:47am by M. Michael Brady.
13. Retro revival: Promoting the past, helping the present
Metal home and office furnishings are in vogue again, with eastern Norway’s Eskoleia in Kongsvinger now offering sturdy 1950s designs in a spectrum of colours for today’s interiors. But on the inside, the company is fairly contemporary.
Published on 10th March, 2013 at 11:18am by M. Michael Brady.
14. Passive houses: Here now, more soon
All new private and public buildings must be ‘passive’ from 2015 on and they must meet the more stringent requirements of ‘nearly zero’ energy consumption from 2020. Like the periodic inspection of cars, these requirements are in compliance with an EU directive that applies also within the EEA, of which Norway is a member.
Published on 27th February, 2013 at 12:08pm by M. Michael Brady.
15. Wonderful waffles
International Waffle Day is just one month away. It’s the traditional Nordic countries’ day for consuming waffles and for waffling on almost any topic.
Published on 25th February, 2013 at 2:08pm by M. Michael Brady.
16. Plant hardiness zones, a gardener’s guide
Norway’s plant hardiness zone map indicates what sorts of garden and agricultural plants can be grown where. You’ll see its designations whenever you browse seed catalogues or labels on shrubs and seedlings in garden centres.
Published on 20th February, 2013 at 8:46pm by M. Michael Brady.
17. Global warming opens the Arctic seas: The Northern Passage
In 1997, the Uikku tanker of Finland became the first commercial ship to traverse unimpeded through the Northeast Passage from waters above Norway to the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska. That signalled the end of a quest just four years more than five centuries old.
Published on 10th February, 2013 at 1:03pm by M. Michael Brady.
18. The paper clip saga: The invention that was not
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. That is certainly so for some unique Norwegian inventions that have gained world use.
Published on 9th February, 2013 at 10:38am by M. Michael Brady.
19. Norway driving licence rules changes affect some expatriates
New Norwegian driving licence regulations, which went into effect on 19 January 2013 in step with the third EU Driving Licence Directive, now apply to some expats. Here is some helpful information to help drivers wade through the myriad of Norwegian regulations.
Published on 6th February, 2013 at 10:42am by M. Michael Brady.
20. Mobile phone radiation is not a health hazard
There is no scientific basis for the contention that the signals emitted and received by mobile phones are a health hazard, despite sensationalist media mentions.
Published on 3rd February, 2013 at 11:40am by M. Michael Brady.
