Slow TV continues to be a success in Norway
Norway’s NRK TV network is lining up its next Slow TV offering: five hours of live knitting. Bizarrely, Slow TV is proving a huge hit in Norway after ...
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Bam Margera weds in Iceland
Bam Margera was back in Iceland again last weekend; this time to perform at the Random Hero Festival as well as the small matter of marrying his fianc...
Fixture changed in Sweden to accommodate pop idol footballer
Football fans in Sweden are less than happy after television network TV4 changed the date of a second division match to accommodate a player who has r...
Jennifer Lawrence could star in Burial Rights
Hollywood diva Jennifer Lawrence is being lined up to star in Iceland-set movie Burial Rights. The actress and Gary Ross, the director of The Hunger G...
Iceland to cut film fund
Iceland’s filmmakers have been left shocked by the news that the country is set to cut its national film fund budget by about 40 per cent. The plans, ...
‘Disco poles’ to be used as deterrent for to elks on roads in Norway
Norway is trying out a new way of deterring elks from wandering on to busy roads after a number of traffic incidents involving the deer.
Cruise liner to stop in Greenland for first time
The cruise liner Carnival Legend is scheduled to stop in Greenland for the first time on its transatlantic sail this month.
Finland: number of overnight stays by foreign tourists rises in July
The number of nights that foreign tourists stayed at Finnish accommodation establishments went up to nearly 747,000 in July, a rise of 1.9 per cent fr...