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Before mechanical refrigeration, Norway exported huge quantities of natural lake ice to Europe — a forgotten industry built on winter itself.
The Norwegian bunad worn at celebrations today is a twentieth-century reconstruction of older regional folk costumes, revived as a marker of national identity.
Old Norse mythology and vocabulary survive embedded in everyday Norwegian — in the names of weekdays, in place names across Oslo, and in common words.
Norway's right to roam extends to picking wild berries and mushrooms on uncultivated land, a legal framework with deep historical roots and a few regional exceptions.
Long before Christianity arrived in Norway, the depths of winter were marked by Jól, a midwinter festival whose traces survive in modern Christmas customs.
Oslo's public transport network is one of the most integrated in Europe.
