Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
In the high Arctic, where sea ice, wildlife and climate are changing at unprecedented speed, Svalbard has become a frontline for understanding the future of polar […]
The Norwegian cruise line Havila Voyages has announced plans to launch a twelve-day climate-neutral cruise this autumn, sailing the coastal route from Bergen to Kirkenes. If […]
In another example of overtourism reaching some of the remotest places on Earth, authorities 300km inside the Arctic Circle on Norway’s Lofoten Islands are taking steps […]
Legislators in Norway have approved a new tourist tax expected to come into force in 2026, following record-breaking numbers of visitors in 2024 and concerns that […]
Norway’s Svalbard Airport is known as the world’s northernmost airport running scheduled commercial flights. However, the future of the airport is uncertain as the permafrost functioning […]
Norway is the latest European country to propose a tourist tax. The decision comes amid concerns over rising visitor numbers in certain popular areas. As a […]
Norway is building a record breaking tunnel on its northeastern coast as part of a €43.6 billion upgrade to its E39 highway. Slated for completion in […]
Norway has put on hold a tourism campaign aimed at promoting the Norwegian friluftsliv (outdoor lifestyle) and “right to roam” to international visitors after local tour […]
Norway’s national football stadium has seen a world first, but not in terms of sport. The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo has been equipped with something the […]
Visit Oslo has just published a rather contradictory yet simultaneously appealing tourism ad. “I wouldn’t come here” is the opening line of the video, narrated by […]
Amid “significant interest in green hydrogen as a maritime fuel”, in the words of Lloyd’s Register CEO Nick Brown, the world’s largest hydrogen-powered ships are set […]
On 12 April 2024, Norwegian airline Widerøe is launching direct routes from Brussels to Bergen, connecting the capital of Europe to the breathtaking fjords along the […]
Amid exciting developments in Europe’s growing sleeper train sector, witness an epic new 15-night trip offered by Up Norway that will see the company’s Arctic Circle Express […]