Norway’s Øyafestivalen wrapped over the weekend with girl in red — one of the country’s best musical exports — bringing a raucous conclusion to four days of genre-spanning music. In addition to the ...

Hurtigruten returned as partner of the 2026 Nordic Film Festival, which is set to bring the best cinema from the Nordics to ...

Cultural differences about not wanting to stand out or bother others are among the reasons why Norwegians are bucking the global obsession with smartphone videos of music events. By Heidi Taksdal ...

NORWAY — Back in the day Norway was known as the snowshoe capital of the world, a self-proclaimed title it held for more than 100 years. Eventually modern design and mass manufacturing took the ...

“Even their porta-potties smell good,” one longtime Øya-goer and music industry vet from the UK told me the morning gates opened on the festival’s first day. If Oslo’s Øyafestivalen has a reputation, ...

A view of Lofoten, Norway, the site of the Lofoten International Art Festival (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOFOTEN, Norway — I took three flights to reach the Lofoten International Art ...

MIA affiliate, Mad in Norway, is hosting an international film festival from September 24-26 in Lillehammer, Norway. Each week, we will feature a film. This week is Emotional CPR Awakens Our Hearts ...

Kluge was carrying a book of Ko’s Son poetry, or Zen poetry, dubbed “Hva,” or “What,” which was published in Norway in 2007. Pointing to the poems in the book, she added, “The brevity of the poems is ...