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Areas in Norway located north of the Arctic Circle have extreme darkness in winter, which increases with latitude. At Longyearbyen on the Svalbard islands in the extreme north, the upper part of the sun's disc is above the horizon from 9 April to 23 August, and winter darkness lasts from 27 October to 14 February.
Norway has 98 airports, of which 51 facilitate public flights, including one heliport. 45/51 are owned by the government through it airport operator, Avinor. Norway is the country in Europe with the most airline trips per capita, and the routes from Oslo to Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger are all amongst the ten busiest in Europe. Contributing ...
In Norway, the coastal regions have mild winters, while further inland winter is much colder. During midwinter, southern areas of Norway only get five to six hours of sunlight a day, while the north gets little to none. [6] In January, the average temperature in Norway is somewhere in between −6 °C (21 °F) and 3 °C (37 °F). [2]
“It is the perfect winter country. We have amazing scenery, all this wilderness, a lot of snow, and a mild climate,” says Jan Sortland, who has been crafting #IYKYK itineraries in his homeland ...
A warm summer could help address Norway’s salmon problem by creating a conducive environment for the country’s key export product. While southern Europe sweats, a tough winter in Norway is ...
This week’s winter storms are tracking to the south, and cold air will likely be present as far south as Georgia, said Jon Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
The special climate of Svalbard – which includes the winter with perpetual darkness (October–February) and summer with perpetual light (April–August) – has a clear effect on the ecology, with many of the endemic species specially adapted to survive the harsh environment. [16] Svalbard also has among the world's fastest-moving glaciers.
Bridges and overpasses are especially dangerous during cold, wintry weather. Here's why. ... More: Black ice, a winter danger 'It happened so fast': Black ice turns roads into invisible skating rinks.