Archive for 'Norway and the world'
Hilton comes to Oslo Posted by kari on Mar 6, 2010
The hotel giant Hilton is in the process of building a hotel in downtown Oslo tvers overfor (right across from) The Grand Hotel; it will be a Doubletree Hotel, just like the other 10 Hilton hotels in Europe. With 500 hotels verden rundt (world wide/around the world), Oslo will be the first city in Skandinavia, much less Norway, to be…
a-ha is ‘’Ending on a High Note’’-the title of their upcoming tour. Posted by kari on Mar 5, 2010
Did you know that the famous “synthpop/rock” band is Norwegian? I didn’t know this for a long time. a-ha is Norway’s best selling musical artist ever and they are going on a special tour in August and September around Norway before they go on to perform their last konserter (concerts) at Oslo Spektrum in December-unfortunately these are…
Norwegians in Chile Posted by kari on Feb 27, 2010
As most of you have probably already heard, a massive jordskjelv (earthquake) has just hit Chile-8.8 magnitude, det femte sterkeste skjelvet (the 5th strongest quake) since jordskjelver were measured på Richters skala (Richter’s scale) in 1900. I thought it would be appropriate to write a post about this tragic event because there are many nordmenn…
training Posted by kari on Feb 26, 2010
å trene. I would like to stay with the Olympic theme since the 2010 Vancouver winter games are on most peoples’ minds and they are nearly over 🙁 . I have been thinking a lot about how intense it must be to be an Olympic atlet. Think about the kind of disiplin one would have…
Norwegian athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Posted by kari on Feb 24, 2010
There are currently over 100 athletes representing Norway in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In case you are curious about the events that Norwegians have excelled in so far during these winter games, the following is information including navn, alder, hjemby, idrett, og medalje(r) (name, age, hometown, sport, and medal(s)). There are 15 sports in these winter games…
Norway in 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Posted by kari on Feb 21, 2010
For those of you who have been watching as much of the Olympics as I have, you may have noticed that Norway has gradually made her way up the ranks to 3rd in the overall medal count, behind Germany and the United States. Norway has 12 medals, while Germany has 16, and the United States…
1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Posted by kari on Feb 17, 2010
1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Da jeg besøkte Norge en gang, (when I visited Norway one time), reiste jeg med tog (I traveled by train) til Lillehammer. I was shocked that this small town hosted the Olympics! In 2009, the population census counted just over 26,000 people. The Olympics must have generated enough tourist revenue for decades! Lillehammer’s…