NORWAY

Even though Norway's largest cities are small compared to other European cities,

they have every bit as much to offer visitors.

Each city has its own identity in the way of cuisine and entertainment.

fish has always been an important ingredient on the Norwegian menu. However,

Norwegian farms as well as good stocks of game, also have contributed to the Norwegian kitchen

with high quality meat. During the last years Norwegian chefs have been winning international prizes,

by the help of their tendency to redefine traditional dishes with a new twist. In recent years,

there has also been a veritable explosion of ethnic restaurants that serve their own national specialities,

making dining possibilities endless!

Norway consists of the western and northern section of the Scandinavian peninsula,

as well as the arctic island archipelago Svalbard plus Jan Mayen. To the east of Norway lies Sweden, Finland and Russia.

To the west, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north is the Barents Sea, to the south, the North Sea.

Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norwegian territory covers 386,958 square kilometres.

The mainland is long - 1752 km from the southern to the northernmost tip.

The coastline itself is 2650 km long, if you were to include the length of all the fingers of the fjords it would be

10 times longer. The northern region of Norway is narrow, a mere 6.3 km at its narrowest. The country widens south of Trondheimsfjord and is 430 km at its widest. It is at this widest point that eastern and

western Norway are divided by the mountain range called Langfjellene.

Half of the country's total area lies above the timberline.

25% of the country is covered by forest, leaving only 3% arable land.

Norway is a constitutional monarchy. Its population is 4,524,000 (2002).

The capital city of Oslo has 512 000 inhabitants.   

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