Sports and Culture

Negative thinking is usually not the way to success. The Norwegian film maker Bård Breien proved otherwise when he won the Crystal Globe for Best Director for his debut film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Read more

FIN Fashion is modern, Norwegian, trendy and the world’s first organic Fairtrade fashion label. Read more

Norway’s glacier museum launched its new climate change center by putting US Vice President Walter M. Mondale in a water pool and unplug it. Read more

Want to jump off a cliff, throw yourself into a river, or try a few of the other activities most people think is pure madness? At the Extreme Sports Week in Voss you can do it all! Read more

The Norwegian jazz band Gumbo is visiting Luanda again for another week of cultural music exhange.  This time with participation from Norwegian jazz singer Julie Dahle Aargard,  Angolan artist Dodo Mirando and other Angolan musicians. The programme will include a concert in Teatro Elinga Thursday 31th of May at 21:00h, a childrens concert in the parc Mutu Ya Kevela (on Avenida Le... Read more

Norwegian snowboard legend Terje Håkonsen has set a new world best at the Oakley Arctic Challenge in Oslo, with the highest snowboard jump of all time. Read more

Norwegian animator Torill Kove has won an Oscar for her animated short film The Danish Poet. Read more

Precisely one hundred years after Henrik Ibsen passed away quietly in his apartment at Arbins gate 1 in Oslo, the playwright's last home is opened in its original state to the public. Concurrently, the book "Things about Ibsen" is launched and the exhibit "Henrik Ibsen: On the contrary!" opens, providing an exploration of Ibsen's literary challenge to the status quo. Read more

Norway’s national culinary team has taken gold in the prestigious Culinary World Cup for the first time. The team of eleven chefs won both the warm and cold food disciplines at the event held in Luxembourg on 22 and 23 November. Read more

The Queen Sonja International Music Competition takes place in Oslo from 16 to 23 August. It is open to all, and the winners will be awarded prestigious concert engagements with major Norwegian music institutions. Read more

From 16 to 18 February 2007, the Norwegian brothers Petter and Henning Solberg, along with rally greats like Sébastien Loeb and Toni Gardemeister, will take part in Rally Norway, one of the World Rally Championship’s most exotic rounds to date. Read more

The Norwegian police has found the two paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" that were stolen more than two years ago from the Munch Museum in Oslo. The recovered paintings were found with some minor damages, but are in a much better condition than previously feared. Read more

Cheering hit the roof when FIS awarded Oslo the Nordic world ski championships in 2011. Oslo and Holmenkollen arena have hosted the world championships twice before, but before the next round the facility will undergo a full make-over. Read more

Did you think you had to travel far up into the mountains to find good skiing and nature in winter's shroud? In Oslo you will find Winter Wonderland a fifteen minute subway ride away from the centre of town. Read more

Rune Gjeldnes returned to Oslo in March after 90 days and 4 804 kilometres skiing across freezing Antarctica. With this expedition on his merit list, the Norwegian has completed a unique triumph: He is the first person to ski unsupported across the world's three largest ice caps.   Read more

The charismatic football manager Jose Mourinho will play himself in the football comedy with the working title ‘Playing Wide’ which is directed by the Norwegian film director Harald Zwart. Read more

A maioria dos artigos desta secção foram também traduzidos para a língua portuguesa. Read more