The nation's largest natural lake (366 km2, 141 sq miles), lying 55 km (34 miles) north of Oslo. It is surrounded by an extensive cultivated area, growing grain and potatoes, and small manufacturing towns.
Mo i Rana
Town some 30 km (20 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, where a major state-owned iron and steelworks was built in the 1950s to combat local unemployment. The Dunderland valley, which the town lies near, has been mined intermittently for a century, but most of the ore for the works is brought from the Sydvaranger mine in Finnmark. Energy comes from the nearby Rossaga hydroelectric power station and from imported coal. Byproducts of the works include zinc, copper and sulphur. The town also has port facilities.
North Cape (Nordkapp)
One of Europe's most northerly points - 500 km (310 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. It is a promontory rising 300 m (1000 ft) on Mageroya (Mager island), about 95 km (59 miles) northeast of Hammerfest. It is not quite Europe's northernmost cape, being just beaten by the nearby, but less accessible, Knivskjellodden. North Cape is a popular tourist destination for visitors wanting to see the midnight sun in summer.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
Travel is an opportunity to learn, whether geography, languages, history or other subjects.
Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.