EU court ruling could sink SAS
An EU court has overturned a 2021 bailout plan, creating a new peril for the financially-troubled airline
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Norse gets U.S. okay for more direct flights
Norse Atlantic's UK subsidiary has been approved by the U.S. for direct flights from London Gatwick and will soon add new routes
Gnomes of Norway
Judy Barford continues her tour of Norway and discovers that the country is obsessed with creatures of legend.
Norwegian Air shrinking and growing
Norwegian is raising cash for expansion in part by selling off airport slots it no longer needs now that it has abandoned the long-distance market.
Odense, Denmark
Judy Barford lives like a local in an attractive and historical part of Denmark.
Norse Atlantic gets U.S. carrier approval
Norse Atlantic gets DOT permission to start flying next summer, and signs on with the flight attendants' union.
Norwegian, wings clipped, has a comeback
Out of bankruptcy, trimmed to a regional carrier and with new investments, the once-highflying airline is having a good year
Pre-Viking hoard goes to Denmark museum
A stash of gold and other coins found in southwestern Denmark will give museum-goers new insights into the pre-Viking era
Tiger Sighting in Oslo
Norway's capital city lives up to its nickname and provides an unexpected photo opportunity.
Bergen: A Smorgasbord of Sights
Barry Barford braves inclement weather to search out the delights of Norway's second-largest city.
A shrunken Norwegian exits bankruptcy
Once a world-straddling and rapidly-expanding discount giant, Norwegian has emerged from bankruptcy and returned to its roots as a regional carrier.
Broke Norwegian ends North America routes
A low-cost pioneer is forced to leave the trans-Atlantic routes it pioneered, and return to its roots as a Scandinavian regional carrier.
Vasa Museum (VasaMusett), Stockholm
DrFumblefinger visits the Vasa Museum, the most popular museum in Scandinavia. Here you'll find displayed an intact and remarkably well preserved warship that is almost 400 years old.
Some big-name airlines near crash
Some of the best-known but weakest airlines face a grim future, or none at all.
In Spring, young Danes' fancy turns to...
With everyone indoors, Scandinavia's leading sex toy retailer sees a surge in orders.