Indian summer

Tafjord in western Norway, enjoyed a startling nightly temperature of 22.6C (72.7F) as the final day of October arrived

Indian summer (also called Old Wives' summer in the United Kingdom) is a name given to a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter. This time is often in late October or early November (Northern hemisphere) / late April or early May (Southern hemisphere), usually sometime after the first frost. It can persist for just a few days or sometimes over a week.

The winter is over for now

The winter is over for now. Today it was 22°C (72°F) several places in Norway!

Wife deserved kicking

Sogn municipal court acquitted a man who kicked and spat on his wife when she said she wanted a divorce, ruling that he had been sufficiently provoked.

There must be something wrong with the norwegian court!?!

Snow brings chaos

Hundreds of cars skidded off roads just in eastern Norway as an unexpected heavy snowfall struck.
Despite a deep affection for snow, Norwegian motorists yet again revealed that the arrival of winter is always a surprise.

The first snow this autumn

The first snow came today, it's one month too early.

Hamarøyskaftet

Her var det deltakerne i TvNorges 71°nord klatret.



TvNorge

Naked man shocked bus passengers

A sprinting, naked man gave a bus driver little choice but to do what he wanted.
The episode occurred in the Drammen area on Sunday afternoon. A bus pulled up to a stop in order to let two elderly ladies waiting there board the vehicle.
Here he took a seat and refused to leave. The driver saw no option but to call the police, and the driver, passengers and naked man sat and waited for the authorities to arrive. During the wait neighbors arranged a blanket for the nude passenger.

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Autumn

Autumn - Herfst - Automne - Herbst - Otoño

No immigrant neighbors

Norway has a reputation for the utmost political correctness, but more than every other Norwegian would prefer not to have immigrants as neighbors.

The study revealed that people under 30 are most likely to say they thrive in a multicultural setting, with 25 agreeing and 40 percent neutral. The next age group up, 30-39, are most skeptical, with 38 percent disagreeing with such a thought.
Norwegians,shame on you!!!

A hug...

Good friends?

Angry moose attack dogsled

Angry moose attack dogsled led by 12 huskies. The attack came just a day after another moose broke into a children's clothing store in Lillehammer.

The two incidents were the latest in a string of unusual moose behaviour in Norway. The country has a large moose population, but the huge animals are generally shy and stay away from people and populated areas.


One more moose story
Moose attacked moose statue
A family had erected a statue of a moose in their garden, but a pair of the real thing apparently didn't approve.

Anne Marie and Lars Johan Tveten heard some noise one night last week in the garden of their farm, which lies in the heart of moose terrain. "We thought it was the clothesline that had blown down.
But when the couple woke up the next morning, "two moose were staring at us just a meter-and-a-half from our bedroom window," she said. The two moose then turned their backs on the Tvetens and wandered off into the forest.

Speed skaters on ice soon

Furumo skating rink, Geithus, Norway
In one week(22.oct) it will be speed skaters on this ice, but it's still over 20°C (In the sun). In the night the temperature is just below freezing .

The swan sea

The blue dragon flew high and long,
In search of the beautiful swan,
Suddenly! With eyes yellow and keen,
He spotted this scene:
The majestic white swan,
Not looking at all wan,
Gliding softly with head held high,
Drinking in the diamond light.
Gliding effortlessly across swan sea,
Resting calmly and so peacefully,
Contemplating the days of yore,
When all the animals played nicely, for sure.
Bobbing up and down, drifting
With her feet gently paddling,
Floating through waters glassy,
This white swan was very classy.
Tilting her neck in morning’s light,
She spied a dazzling bright sight,
It was the blue dragon, wings unfurled,
Defender of all living in the swan sea world.
The blue dragon stayed and hovered a little while,
Comforting the white swan and all for miles,
Sovereign protector in his territory was he,
For he was born of bright blue royalty.
So this is the moral of this little story,
If you do not want to swim into swan sea history,
Stay straight as an arrow headed for its mark,
From this you should never depart,
Choose your words wisely,
Use them precisely,
Failing not this kindly request,
Will always serve you well and best,
And, remember always this if you please,
There is a blue dragon, guardian of the swan sea.

Poet: Maribeth Schlobohm

I'm the new Michael Schumacher

A piece of art

A fine piece of art made by Cathrine Maske






Cathrine Maske was commissioned by Magnor Glassverk to make a water decanter and glasses. The main focus of the design for the water decanter and the glasses was a logical and functional grip. The glasses can be stacked on top of each other or on top of the decanter to create a lid.
Glass is a challenging material to work with.The prototyping was a long and necessary process: first a wooden mould was made, and then the glass was blown. The designer was present throughout all stages.
Both the water decanter and the glasses can be used separately or combined to create a single piece
“Purity” was designed to fit the hand ergonomically, and thus be comfortable to use and it has been well-received in its market.

Cathrine Maske initially
gained recognition abroad for the insect motifs she suspended
within the walls of her dense glass vases. The vases attracted ahigh level of interest in the UK press and were exhibited at
Sotheby’s Contemporary in 2002. Maske continues to draw on
vestiges of the natural world for other designs, which explore
themes of transparency, light and water. This autumn, Maske is
presenting her circular Orkidé (Orchid) vase in a range of soft
colours and semi-transparent surfaces. The colour pigments
added to the glass form subtle lines that create random patterns
of hazy striations.

Playoff Norway v Chech Republic

Norway's national soccer squad, fresh from victories over Moldova and Belarus, will now have to beat the Czech Republic in order to qualify for World Cup action next year.

Norwegian coach Åge Hareide was relieved his team won't have to play against Spain. He thinks Norway has a better chance against the Czech squad.

A lottery on Friday determined that Norway will face off against the Czech Republic on home turf in Oslo on November 12, and then again in Prague on November 16. The team emerging from both matches with the most goals will be allowed to play in the World Cup in Germany next summer.

Norway beat Belarus 1-0 in Minsk on Wednesday but had qualified for the lottery after beating Moldova last weekend.

Transportation in Russia

You can use a Lada to almost everything

Moose collisions

Norwegian motorists hit about 3,000 four-legged creatures per year and the 'king of the forest' is the most damaging victim.

Each autumn moose stories proliferate in the Norwegian media as the hunting season begins and the animals make a variety of headlines. A typical case is the report of motorist Mona Austvik, who suddenly found her car smashed and a moose calf sprawled across her windshield.

Wandering thief in my neighborhood

He's called "The Wanderer," hiking from cabin to cabin in Norway's great outdoors. He breaks into them, consumes what food and drink he finds and occasionally relieves himself on the floor before heading for the next one. Now he's back under arrest.

All told, his offenses add up to around 645 break-ins during the past 25 years. Since getting out of prison in August, he seemed to pick up his pace. Police in central Norway think "The Wanderer" broke into 45 cabins in as many days.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

The Norwegian star is renowned for his tendency to score vital goals after coming off the
substitutes' bench. He enjoyed an extended run in the first XI towards the end of the 2001-2002 season, linking well with Ruud van Nistelrooy. Solskjaer's finest moment came in the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich when he was brought on and scored the winning goal in injury time. A prime example of his peerless eye for goal came when he netted four goals in 10 minutes against Nottingham Forest in February 1999. Saw his 2004/05 campaign decimated by injury but remains a potent threat up front.

The Norwegian Royals guarded by an extremist

Oslo police will examine a security firm's control routines after a well-known neo-Nazi took part in the safety measures surrounding a royal appearance.

Anti-racism magazine Monitor uncovered the scandal, which took place during Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's appearance at a TV appeal to aid women victims of violence in underdeveloped nations.

Too much beer tonight?

Healthy, wealthy and sad

A new study finds that Norwegians, despite their beautiful natural surroundings, oil fortune and having the country ranked as the best place in the world to live, are the saddest people in the Nordic region.
"We have everything and that is basically all we have. The meaning of life is to do difficult things," professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen told newspaper Dagsavisen. That is his explanation for Norway, regularly rated the best place in the world to live and one of the planet's richest nations, only finishing 14th in a study of world happiness.
"We don't have what is needed to be happy. We need something to aspire to, a project, a hope. Look at children, they can build the most complicated things. But when they are finished they tear them down, it isn't interesting any more. It was getting there that was fun, Eriksen said.
On a scale of 1-10, where one is deep depression and 10 dizzying happiness, Norwegians manage a score of 7.4 on the World Database of Happiness, a major scientific comparison of the state of cheer in 90 countries.
Stiig Broby, head of the Association of Danish Interests in Norway, has been puzzled by his nine years of living in Norway.
"Norway is one of the world's most prosperous nations. One should also be one of the most satisfied. Everyone complains about schools, the health system and Oslo Transit," Broby told Dagsavisen.
Researcher Ottar Hellevik believes that the steadily rising standard of living undermines contentment by stimulating a desire to have even more.
"More people look upon material things as the source of happiness. But that joy is short-lived, so it becomes an endless race, full of frustrations," Hellevik said.
Kilde: Aftenposten

Before the morning coffee

Nobel Peace Prize 2005 to IAEA

The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee announced Friday morning that the 2005 award would be shared between the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its director general, The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee announced Friday morning that the 2005 award would be shared between the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its director general, Mohamed ElBaradei.

"This came as a complete surprise to me," the IAEA director general told a Vienna press conference on Friday afternoon.
"I was watching the announcement on TV with my wife. Since no one had called, which is normal practice, I was sure that the IAEA would not be awarded the prize. Then I heard the bureau's name pronounced in Norwegian and then my own name spoken in Norwegian," ElBaradei said.

Orgy may result in charges

Swedish police ended their surveillance by raiding a hotel room where a middle-aged Norwegian woman was entertaining eight naked men, one of them her husband.

The Norwegian couple had placed a contact ad on the Internet announcing a gangbang party to be held in a room at the Hotel Scandic in Mölndal, just outside of Gothenburg.

The couple had 480 responses and picked out 15 to attend the 'party'. The invitees paid NOK 300 per head to take part, money to cover the hotel expenses.
"Both my husband and I have wanted for several years to have sex with each other and several men at the same time," the woman told police, according to Expressen.

Police waited half an hour before ending their surveillance and making their raid. They believe the gangbang party is good business for the Norwegian couple, and that they also sell film of the orgy on their web site.
Two of the invitees have been charged with purchasing sex, and police are unsure about how many may have managed to do so.
"If the court agrees then I will take the matter further. Then the Norwegians can be charged with pimping, while the other men can be charged with purchasing sex," Sjödell said.

Car prices Norway v USA

A6 (2,4) V6 Multitronic
Norway: US $ 85500
A6 (3.0) V6 Multitronic
USA: US $ 37.200
It's almost US $ 50.00 different.
Check the motor volume, it's a different too.

Model: Audi A6 3.0 Multitronic
Engine: 2,976cc, 30V V6
Max Power: 218bhp at 6,300rpm
Max Torque: 290Nm at 3,200rpm
Gearbox: Continuously Variable Transmission
Top Speed: 240km/h0-100 km/h: 7.9 seconds

Princess cashes in on title

Norway's Princess Martha Louise will be using her royal title for all its worth this month, when she sets off on an 11-day tour of the US to sell a children's book she's written. Such commercial exploitation is controversial at home in Norway.

An American fascination with royalty, the commercial success of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and the US' large Norwegian-American population bode well, however, for Princess Martha Louise. She's already been booked onto two TV programs, and it's no coincidence that some of her "live" appearances will be in the Scandinavian-American heartlands of North Dakota and Seattle.
The princess launched her career as a purveyor of culture a few years ago, around the time she started dating Ari Behn, who'd had success with a book he'd written. She's educated as a physiotherapist but seems to prefer singing, reading fairy tales aloud and, now, writing books.

Hamaröyskaftet

Hamarøyskaftet en fin høstdag
Hamarøys mest kjente fjell og en turistattraksjon er Hamarøyskaftet.
Fjellet er ikke så høyt over havet, 612 meter,
men har en særegen profil som sees godt i terrenget.
Med kjentmann og litt klatring kan toppen nås.