The price of five beach essentials is highest in Norway - and lowest in Vietnam.

These Norwegian royals sure know how to have a good time.

Police said they neutralised an explosive device found in a busy area of downtown Oslo.

Norwegian police are going to be armed 'until further notice'.

Norway switches off its FM radio network this week, but other nations have abandoned similar plans.

A ship that will be in Fiordland this summer is down from Norway's own version, writes Lynley Bilby.

Norway's Statoil has abandoned its hunt for oil off Northland after finding no traces hydrocarbons.

Norway's Tomra Systems has agreed to buy local fruit sorting company Compac Holdings for $70 million, subject to regulatory approval

A Norwegian heavy metal singer has become an "accidental" politician after appearing on a ballot paper with his cat and the words "please don't vote for me".

Judy Skatssoon keeps cool on a search for the stunning Northern Lights.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway and back on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

He has a laptop, treadmill and PlayStation but Norway's worst mass killer is suing for authorities for "inhumane" treatment in prison.

The natural beauty of Norway is stunning. There are jaw-dropping views nearly everywhere you look.

Today, we'd rather be in Tromso, Norway.

Danger is never far away on an Arctic expedition, writes Sarah Marshall.

Hardy men with pick-axes cut through tough terrain a century ago so a snug Grant Bradley could relish views that can only be described as spectacular.

At Bergen harbour, there's a forlorn look about the oil service ships tied up bow to stern.

You can still order a minke steak in Norway, a fact that upsets some locals, writes Grant Bradley.

Norway's Statoil is exploring for oil around New Zealand. Herald reporter Grant Bradley headed north to find out why they've come all this way.

Iran, once OPEC's second-biggest producer, will boost its oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day immediately after sanctions are lifted

A report found that in 2014, Norwegian police threatened to use their weapons 42 times. However, only two shots were actually fired during the entire year.

The city of Oslo now has what it's calling a bee highway - a path of flowering plants designed to keep bees well-fed as they pass through the urban area.

Hundreds of earthworms that were lifted by upcurrents of wind appeared to "rain down" on Norway this week.

Amid coal-dusted Stalinist buildings Jim Eagles finds a pole in the North Pole pointing to a pub ...

The Sea Shepherd group claims to have intercepted an illegal fishing vessel in the Southern Ocean.