15 COOL INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORWAY: What makes Norway so great?

Here you will find 15 most interesting, most fascinating facts about Norway!

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00:00 — WELCOME TO NORWAY ????????
01:24 1️⃣ There are 400,000 Lakes In Norway
02:21 2️⃣ Norway Is Home To The Six Highest Waterfalls In Europe
02:49 3️⃣ Norway Is Famous For Its Fjords
03:27 4️⃣ Mountains Make Up Two-Thirds Of Norway’s Landscape
03:54 5️⃣ The Sun doesn’t Set In Norway
04:47 6️⃣ The Sun doesn’t Rise In Norway
05:40 7️⃣ Norway is great place to see The Northern Lights
06:34 8️⃣ Norway Introduced Salmon Sushi To Japan
07:56 9️⃣ Norway Gives The United Kingdom Christmas Tree
08:48 ???? Norway has Royal Family
09:25 1️⃣1️⃣ Norway Has Won The Most Medals At The Winter Olympics
10:17 1️⃣2️⃣ Chess Grandmaster is Norwegian
11:10 1️⃣3️⃣ The Nobel Peace Prize Is Decided By Committee In Norway
11:35 1️⃣4️⃣ There are 2 official forms of written language in Norway
12:07 1️⃣5️⃣ Income and wealth of Norwegian residents is public

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1️⃣ Norway Is Home To The Six Highest Waterfalls In Europe

The highest waterfall in Norway is Vinnufossen at almost 700 meters tal. It is the sixth highest waterfall in the entire world. Norway is great when it comes to Norwegian nature.

What’s the highest waterfall in the world? What’s the highest waterfall in Europe?

2️⃣ 400,000 Lakes In Norway

One of Norwegian lakes, Hornindalsvatnet, is the deepest lake in the whole of Europe. It’s about 460 meters deep

How many lakes in Norway?

3️⃣ Norway Is Famous For Its Norwegian Fjords

Fjord is a Norwegian word.
How many fjords in Norway? Why Norwegian fjords are famous? Sognefjord how big it is?

4️⃣ Mountains Make Up Two-Thirds Of Norway’s Landscape

Mountaineers, hikers, and adventurers will love the sheer wilderness of Norway. Norway is great, Norwegian nature is epic

5️⃣ The Sun doesn’t Set In Norway
In the Northern parts of Norway, if you travel in summer you may be able to enjoy the benefits of the midnight sun.
Does sun set in Norway? What is midnight sun? Where can I see midnight sun? Where in Norway to go to see midnight sun?

6️⃣ The Sun doesn’t Rise In Norway

North of the Arctic Circle in Norway , the sun never rises. If you’re a sufferer of Seasonal Affective Disorder, this probably isn’t a good time to visit Norway winter time.
Northern Lights in Norway is one of the best locations in the world to see the Northern Lights. Northern Norway falls right in the middle of ‘Northern Lights Belt’, a zone which in known for Norwegian Northern Lights.

7️⃣ Norway is great to see The Aurora Borealis

Where can I see Northern Lights? When can I see Northern Lights? What is Northern Lights? Where in Norway I can see Northern Lights?

8️⃣ Norway Introduced Salmon Sushi To Japan

Norwegian salmon. Is Norwegian salmon good? Japanese salmon sushi. Why Norwegian salmon is so popular? Is Norwegian salmon tasty?

9️⃣ Norway Gives The United Kingdom A Christmas Tree

Norwegian Christmas tree on Trafalgar Square in London. Christmas Tree in London.
As thanks for helping them out during WWII, Norway gifts the UK a huge (really huge) Norwegian pine tree as their Christmas tree. It goes up in Trafalgar Square, London, each Christmas, and there’s a big ceremony that takes place at the time. Isn’t that a fun fact about Norway?

???? Norway has a Royal Family

Well, we bet you never knew that. It dates back to the 12th century. Currently sitting on the Norwegian throne are King Harold V and Queen Sonja. Much like the Queen of England, King Harold has no official power but comprises the country’s constitutional monarchy. They live in the 19th-century Royal Palace in Oslo.

1️⃣1️⃣ Norway Has Won The Most Medals At The Winter Olympics

Norwegian Winter Sports are Norway’s forte.

Modern skiing was also pioneered by a Norwegian in the 19th century. You can visit the world’s oldest ski museum, the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, near Oslo.

1️⃣2️⃣ World Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen — Norwegian
Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion since 2013, he is 30 years old — 4 months younger than me and he was born in Tønsberg.

1️⃣3️⃣ The Nobel Peace Prize Is Decided By A Committee In Norway
Though the Nobel Prizes are named after Swedish inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel, the Peace Prize is the only accolade on the Nobel roster that isn’t handed out in Stockholm. A committee in admittedly very peaceful Norway decides on who should get it, and the event is put on in Oslo Town Hall

1️⃣4️⃣ There are 2 official forms of written Norwegian language
For those who live in Norway, Norwegian and Sami are the two official languages. Norwegian language: bokmål and Nynorsk

1️⃣5️⃣ Income and wealth of all residents is on public record.
How much tax you pay in Norway? How much is income tax in Norway? Why is Norway so rich? Is Norway a rich country? Is Norway wealthy county? What makes Norway wealthy?
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