Wall Street Journal reporter J.S.Marcus has been on a trip to Tromsø in Northern Norway, —an island city of some 70,000 people, 350 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and about as far north as you can go in the world and still be in a city, he writes.
Destination Røros, Norway has been awarded the prestigious 2012 Tourism for Tomorrow Award, in competition with the two other finalists, the Misool Eco Resort, Indonesia and Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau, Japan.
Welcome to one of Norways most solitary hotels. We make your stay here a very pleasant experience, so that you will find your way back here. Our hotel was originally built for as a prison in 1963 for for the lokal lawbreakers.
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 district of Luster is at the end of Sognefjorden. The world's longest fjord, Europe's largest continental glacier and Northern Europe's most Alpine mountain region, are all found in Luster.
Norway`s only restaurant and conference room in a modern "Gapahuk"? - Sollia Gjestegård is since 1999 run by the Nordhus family. We offer accomodation in cabins and annex with self household, half or full pension. The resort has 2 restaurants, relaxation area with massagebath/Jacuzzi and sauna, and a modern husky farm housing about 40 Alaskan husky sled-dogs. We have daily safaris from the resort during winter season.
