UT.no is a cooperation between The Norwegian Tourist Association and NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation). The site offers excellent tools for your outdoor activities. Plan your trip, search maps, get tips, read comments and more. Google is responsible for the translations.
The site was launched in October 2009 and was among 5 Norwegian websites nominated for the World Summit Award. The objective of the site is to inspire people to actively engage in outdoor activities.
The site offers thousands of suggestions for hiking trips, short or long, in the wilderness or in urban areas. It is free, without advertising, and to a large extent user generated.
The portal mixes editorial and user generated content created by videos, images, maps in a useful live service for all hikers, and tourists looking for adventures in Norwegian nature.
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The Band and Drill team of the Norwegian King’s Guard will perform at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 30.
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The winter cod fishing has a long tradition, and for several hundred years, this fishery has attracted anglers from all over the country. Fishing for cod occurs mainly around Vesterålen, Senja and Lofoten. In Lofoten alone more than 30,000 tons of cod is caught every season.
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In his address to the nation on New Year's Day, Prime Minister Jerns Stoltenberg opened by drawing attention to the fact that this year it is exactly 100 years since Norwegian women were granted the right to vote.
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The musical Isdronningen ("The Ice Queen") premiered at Bærum Kulturhus Thursday evening, and tells the story of Norway's most famous female skater.
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The canal became known as “the fast route" between eastern and western Norway and was also the most important transport route between upper and lower Telemark for people, domestic animals, goods and timber.
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The Norwegian polar adventurer Jarle Andhøy and his vessel "Nilaya" and its crew which have been detained by the Chilean Coast Guard for ten days, have now been released.
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The Norwegian polar adventurer Jarle Andhøy and his vessel "Nilaya" and its crew have been detained by the Chilean navy and brough to harbour in Puerto Williams, NRK reports.
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Every year in March, fishermen from all over the world team up to fight for the world championship in Cod-fishing in Lofoten. Last years winning Cod weighed 19,2 kg.
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This winter, the Northern Lights over Norway will be the strongest we’ve seen in 50 years, according to the experts.
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Crown Prince Haakon will speak to Prime Minister Stoltenberg on the South Pole via satellite from Tromsø in Northern Norway on the anniversary of Amundsen’s expedition to the Pole.
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