I spent two weeks isolated in a hut in Norway. This is what I learnt about life

I spent two weeks isolated in a hut in Norway. This is what I learnt about life

I didn’t once feel lonely,or afraid. I can’t remember ever feeling so content.

  • byLouise Southerden

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The Menendez brothers adopted Norway’s approach to develop a green space in prison

The Menendez brothers adopted Norway’s approach to develop a green space in prison

As they hope to be resentenced,details have emerged of the brothers’ beautification project,which was inspired by the Norwegian belief that humane prisons assists in rehabilitation.

  • byVanessa Gera,Jan M. Olsen andStefanie Dazio
Ten things we’ll never understand about Scandinavia

Ten things we’ll never understand about Scandinavia

Denmark,Norway and Sweden get universal praise for their way of life,but some things about Scandinavia strike outsiders as peculiar.

  • byBrian Johnston
Why you shouldn’t miss Oslo’s most masochistic pastime

Why you shouldn’t miss Oslo’s most masochistic pastime

Long before Wim Hof touted the benefits of ice baths,these people knew subjecting your body to temperature extremes felt good – once you got over the buttock-clenching shock.

  • byJulie Lewis
A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests

A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests

What if stopping deforestation became a money spinner for developing countries?

  • byManuela Andreoni
Israel pounds Lebanon,disrupting Hezbollah leader’s major speech

Israel pounds Lebanon,disrupting Hezbollah leader’s major speech

The barrage followed two days of attacks blamed on Mossad that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers,killing 37 people and wounding about 3000.

  • byKareem Chehayeb
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Russian ‘spy’ whale found dead in Norway

Russian ‘spy’ whale found dead in Norway

Hvaldimir,whose name is a combination of the word hval,the Norwegian word for whale,and Vladimir,after the Russian president,was first spotted by fishermen in Norway in 2019.

  • byKieran Kelly
Princess marries an American self-styled shaman in union that has divided Norway

Princess marries an American self-styled shaman in union that has divided Norway

The couple - who both claim to have mystic powers and believe they met in Ancient Egypt in a past life - have divided Norway and Verrett will not now become a prince.

  • byJari Tanner
‘She’s my queen and I’m her pharaoh’:Welcome to a royal wedding like no other

‘She’s my queen and I’m her pharaoh’:Welcome to a royal wedding like no other

The marriage between Norway’s fourth in line to the throne and a self-styled shaman has ruffled more than a few feathers.

  • byMarianka Swain
Traveller Awards:Hall of Fame – the legends of travel

Traveller Awards:Hall of Fame – the legends of travel

We salute our icons of travel,those consistently excellent places or brands that deliver time and time again.

  • byTraveller team
Born again:10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel

Born again:10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel

Everything old is new again,from heritage icons transformed into luxury stays to a tsunami-lashed railway rebirthed as the ultimate scenic journey.

  • byTraveller team