11 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORWAY No One EVER Told you: why Norway is SO COOL for Traveling & Living

What do you know about Norway? What is so good about Norway? Why Norway is so interesting? Let me give you 11 interesting - super cool and fascinating facts about Norway!

⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES:
00:00 WELCOME TO NORWAY ????????
01:38 1️⃣ Lærdal Tunnel - the world’s longest tunnel is in Norway
02:46 2️⃣ Norway has a land border with Russia
04:02 3️⃣????Kirkenes is FARTHER EAST than all of Finland
05:23 4️⃣????Real HELL is in Norway. Nearby Trondheim ????
06:30 5️⃣ Modern and Ancient Skiing ⛷ were INVENTED IN NORWAY
07:55 6️⃣ Norway always wins Winter Olympics
09:10 7️⃣ Norway has a VULCANO ????
10:05 8️⃣ Cheese Slicer was invented in Norway
10:54 9️⃣ Norway is NOT powered by oil
12:00 ???? NO ONE KNOWS How long is Norwegian Coastline is
13:12 1️⃣1️⃣ NORWAY ???????? is NOT CALLED NORWAY

???? The world's longest road tunnel is in Norway

At an astonishing 15 miles (24.5 km) long, the Lærdal Tunnel is the world’s longest. Costing 1 billion Norwegian kroner to build (that's about USD $110 million) the tunnel connects the small communities of Lærdal and Aurland.

Its design is admired all around the world, as it incorporates features to help manage the mental strain on drivers. Every 6km there is a cave to separate sections of road. The lighting varies throughout the tunnel and caves to break routine and provide a varied view.

???? Norway has a land border with Russia

This one had me scratching my head and checking a map when I first moved to Norway. Although there is just one road crossing, the Norway-Russia land border is 120 miles long.

The Storskog crossing on the E105 highway is the northernmost road border crossing in Europe. In September 2017, a new tunnel and bridge opened on the Norway side of the border, decreasing travel time for those crossing the border.

???? Kirkenes is farther east than all of Finland

At only 9 miles (15 km) from the Russian border, Kirkenes is one of Norway's most interesting places from a social perspective. As it's so close to the border, there is a big Russian influence.

???? Norway is home to Hell

A little over one thousand Norwegians can say they live in Hell. The small village is within walking distance of Trondheim's international airport and even has its own train station.

Take a short walk from the station via a signed forest trial and you'll find some crude rock carvings of reindeer, believed to be around 5,000 years old.

???? Modern and ancient skiing were invented in Norway

Sondre Norheim is said to be the father of modern skiing. In the late 19th-century, he began using stiff ski bindings so he could swing and jump with less risk of falling. His new ski design – the Telemark ski – led to the modern skis we know and love.

???? Norway rocks the Winter Olympics

Following the 2018 games in South Korea, Norway's total medal haul stood at 368, including 132 golds, from the 23 competitions. Their closest rivals in the table are the United States (305/105) and Germany (238/92).

???? Norway has a volcano!

Norway's only active volcano is on the island of Jan Mayen in the Norwegian Sea.

It's about half-way between Norway and Greenland, north of Iceland, and is considered together with Svalbard for administrative purposes by the Government.

???? Norway gave the world the cheese slicer

The cheese slicer was invented way back in 1925 by Thor Bjørklund and has become a staple of all Scandinavian kitchens, and many others around the world.

???? Norway isn't powered by oil

While the Norwegian government says Norway will be carbon neutral by 2030, that only takes into account domestic emissions, and not the much larger amount embedded in its oil and gas exports.

???? No-one knows how long Norway's coastline is!

Stretching all the way from the Oslofjord down to the sunny south, in and out of the many western fjords and then stretching out for many, miles northward before bending around the top of the Scandinavian peninsular to meet with Russia, only one thing's for sure: It's very long!

???? Norway isn't called Norway!

In fact, the full name of the country is actually the Kingdom of Norway. In Norwegian, this is written as Kongeriket Norge, or Kongeriket Noreg in nynorsk.

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