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Go with the ice flow
A trip to the chilly climes of the north once promised frostbite and peril. Now you can land at a refurbished airport, check into a boutique hotel and sightsee in a hot-air balloon.
Cold feat
Building in an environment where temperatures drop to minus 30C is no easy thing. In Svalbard, architects embrace the challenge, designing unique developments from science centres to charming multicoloured ‘spisshus’ houses.
Small is beautiful
Nordnes, in central Bergen, is attracting a new generation of creative types – who don’t mind a lack of private space.
Let’s talk
Where there’s a will, there’s a Norway. Oslo’s peace and reconciliation unit is involved in 20 global projects, including bringing the Colombian government and Farc rebels to the negotiating table.
Oslo art scene
With new independent galleries opening and an art neighbourhood in the making, Oslo's art scene is being revitalised. We meet artist and writer Matias Faldbakken to find out why he calls the city home.
Stall orders
A new food hall in an old ironworks is helping change the face of both the docklands and the city’s food scene.
Rebuilding process
After the 2011 attack on Utøya, a positive story emerges from the tragedy. We meet the Norwegian architectural firm, Fantastic Norway, tasked with redesigning the island for a hopeful future.
Back in your box
How do you make voting simpler, appealing and important? It’s a challenge Norway has tried to solve. The solution is a vote winner.
