Norway Just Hit a New World Record For Electric Car Sales
Norway is pretty over the internal combustion engine. More and more electric vehicles are quietly cruising the roads in…
Threat of Climate Change Is Forcing Norway to Drop Millions on Its Doomsday Vault
Today’s addition of 70,000 new seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault brings the total number of crops stored at the…
Norway’s Melting Ice Patches Offer a New Glimpse Into History
As planetary ice recedes, it’s revealing secrets about human history. The latest example of that is in Norway, where a…
First Love Awakens a Young Woman's Supernatural Powers in the Eerie Thelma Trailer
In Thelma, a sheltered, small-town girl discovers a whole new world when she arrives in Oslo for college. Some things…
Norway Gets a New Doomsday Vault That Stores Data
Just in time for doomsday, Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” is getting an expansion. Officially known as the World Arctic…
Seeing the Seasons Pass in Norway Is Just So Good
Morten Rustad traveled over 12,000 miles and took 20,000 photos over the course of an entire year to make this beyond…
Norway Is Killing FM Radio Tomorrow
On Wednesday, Norway will become the first country in the world to start shutting down its national FM radio network in…
Norway’s Experimental Police Uniform Is Silly and Sort of Scary
A public backlash has emerged in Norway in response to a proposed police uniform that’s been compared to outfits worn…
Tesla Sued Because 'Insane Mode' Isn't Insane Enough
According to 126 Tesla customers, the Model S sedan P85D performance version can eat dirt, because its “insane mode”…
Lightning Storm Kills Hundreds of Reindeer in One Fell Swoop
It’s a scene straight out of Santa’s worst nightmare: A lightning strike killed more than 300 reindeer at a park in…
This Huge Rock Explosion Looks More Like a Crazy Ocean Wave
When you blow up a quarry that’s 65 feet high with 75 tons of explosives, you turn the rock wall into a tsunami wave…
The Fjords of Norway Are So Pretty That They Seem Magical
Is it too hot where you live right now? It’s probably too hot where you live right now. So escape to the fjords of…
Watch the Exact, Terrifying Moment a Hang Glider Loses Control
Last Tuesday, Voss, Norway-native Jon Gjerde decided to strap himself to a gigantic kite and go zipping through the air…
This Artist Makes Incredible Designs With Just Snow And His Shoes
Some of our readers may be experiencing a “heat dome” this weekend, so why not take the edge off with this video of a…
You Might Not Able to Buy a Gas-Powered Car in Norway After 2025
The oil-rich nation of Norway could be the first country to ban gas-powered cars for good.
A Brilliant Glimpse of the Aurora Borealis Dancing in the Sky Near the North Pole
Photographer Frode Ramone snapped this stunning shot of the Northern lights illuminating the frosty skies above…
Aww, Norway Wants to Gift a Mountain to Finland
This story takes place far inside the Arctic Circle but, no, it’s not about Santa Claus. What it is about is truly…
In the Future, International Airline Travel Will Actually Be Fun Again. No, Really.
Traveling abroad is inherently thrilling — but then there’s that interminable, soul-sucking trek to get there. In the…
A Hiker Found a 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword, and Experts Say You Could Still Fight With It
It sounds like something from a fantasy video game: While trekking the mountainous wild, a man in Norway recently stumbl…
Norway's Doctors Still Use Floppy Disks, And They're More Secure Than the Alternative
In Norway, doctors are clinging to older MS DOS-based electronic journals. As a result there’s a system in place that…