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How overlanders are ruining overlanding in Norway (and elsewhere)

Kasper Høglund, a Norwegian who lives full-time in his Land Rover and works as a photographer, steps up and calls out overlanders how are driving off road in Norway, which is not permitted and illegal. Unfortunately, the problem of overlanders (and others) not taking responsibility for their actions, and being short sighted, are ruining it […]

LGBT travel index puts Sweden, Canada, and Norway at the top

The LGBTQ+ Danger Index lists the 25 safest countries for LGBTQ+ travellers » 1. 🇸🇪 Sweden 2. 🇨🇦 Canada 3. 🇳🇴 Norway 4. 🇵🇹 Portugal 5. 🇧🇪 Belgium 6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 7. 🇫🇮 Finland 8. 🇫🇷 France 9. 🇮🇸 Iceland 10. 🇪🇸 Spain 11. 🇲🇹 Malta 12. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 13. 🇳🇱 Netherlands 14. […]

Life along Norway’s Route E69

E69 is the world’s northernmost highway and one of Norway’s marvels of engineering. From the BBC: Running 129km north from Olderfjord to Nordkapp on a finger of land at the top of Arctic Norway, the E69 is the world’s most northerly highway, a marvel of engineering along the coast of Western Europe’s northernmost peninsula. First […]

Norway is teaching the rest of us how to travel

Shannon Dell, BBC: Although a traditional right from ancient times, allemansratten has been part of the Outdoor Recreation Act since 1957. The rules are simple: you can sleep anywhere as long as you stay at least 150m away from the nearest residency, and if you sleep more than two nights in the same place, you […]

Norway aims for all flights of 90-minutes or less to be electric by 2040

Norway already has more electric vehicles than any other nation. Agence France-Presse in The Guardian: All of Norway’s short-haul airliners should be entirely electric by 2040, the country’s airport operator said on Wednesday, cementing the Nordic nation’s role as a pioneer in the field of electric transport. Avinor, the public operator of Norwegian airports, “aims […]

Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth is one measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. Life expectancy at birth compares the estimated average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the […]

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