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Weather forecast for Norway

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:55:44 +0000

Wondering what the weather will be like during your upcoming trip to Norway? Check out the forecast on www.yr.no. They have weather forecasts, in both English and Norwegian, for more than 700,000 locations in Norway, so wherever you are, they should cover it. You can see the forecast for the next three days at a glance, or look for a long-term forecast (9 days). They even have a page for stats I discovered recently. I’ve just checked out the entry for Fredrikstad, and found out that during the course of the past 12 months, the lowest temperature was an unusually cold -17.7 °C (9 January 2010) and the highest (on 4 July 2009) a very nice 25°C! Ice cream anyone??

Useful websites (Norway)

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:58:11 +0000

Here are a few useful websites if you’re planning a trip to Norway. See also earlier entry for useful websites specifically for Østfold (www.elusivemoose.eu/2009/10/useful-websites/). All the websites listed below have info in English, unless otherwise stated.

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Transport

www.hurtigruten.com: The famous Norwegian coastal voyage

www.nsb.no: Norwegian railway

www.nor-way.no: Coach travel in Norway

www.flytoget.no: The express airport train (Oslo)

www.norwegian.no: Low cost airline with many domestic and international routes

www.wideroe.no: Domestic airline also covering a few destinations in southern Scandinavia and Scotland

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Accommodation

www.dehistoriske.com: Historic hotels throughout Norway

www.camping.no: Camping in Norway

www.norgesbooking.com: Hytte rental

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Destinations

www.visitnorway.com: The official website for the Norwegian Tourist Board

www.visitoslo.com: Ditto for Oslo

www.visitbergen.com: Ditto for Bergen

www.regionstavanger.com: Ditto for Stavanger region

www.trondheim.com: Ditto for Trondheim

www.destinasjontromso.no: Ditto for Tromsø

www.visitalesund.com: Ditto for Ålesund

www.sorlandet.com: Ditto for Kristiansand

www.fjordnorway.com/en/: Ditto for the fjords

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Other

www.billettservice.no: Ticket booking service for events in Norway

www.turistforeningen.no/english/: The Norwegian Trekking Association

www.yr.no: The weather where you are in Norway

www.newsinenglish.no: News about Norway and all things Norwegian

http://jtisdall.wordpress.com: Excellent blog by Oslo-based journalist Jonathan Tisdall

Useful websites (Østfold)

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:12:48 +0000

Here are some useful websites if you’re planning a trip to Østfold. Unfortunately a couple of these do not have any info in English yet. Hopefully that’ll be coming soon… (or is this just wishful thinking on my part?)

www.en.ryg.no (Rygge Airport’s website) (info in English)

www.opplevfredrikstad.com (info on Fredrikstad and Hvaler) (some info in English)

www.halden.kommune.no (info on Halden) (some info in English)

www.ostfold-kollektiv.no (for all your transport needs in Østfold) (Norwegian only)

www.nsb.no (train info) (some info in English)

www.nrk.no/ostfold/ (local news) (Norwegian only)

www.yr.no/place/Norway/Østfold/ (check what the weather’s like where you are) (some info in English)