Norway discontinues most corona restrictions as of today (1st of February) 2300 hrs local time, according to a governmental press release.
This includes significant easements within education, culture and gastronomy, but also for travellers: international travellers do not need to get tested at the border directly after arrival anymore. Fully vaccinated travellers with an accepted vaccination certificate and recovered people with appropriate documentation may enter without test; those who do not have this status need a test taken before departure. Everybody including Norwegian citizens still need to register online before arrival.
corona testing station at Oslo airport Gardermoen: here seen calm, but often very busy.
Soon it will mostly be reliably calm here.
(additional decoration digitally added by the author).
For people travelling to Svalbard, the requirement to get tested in Norway within 24 hours before departure is discontinued for registered lcoal inhabitants as well as fully vaccinated travellers and those who have recovered from a recent Covid-19 infection (accepted documentation needed in any case). The requirement to carry out a self test within 24 hours after arrival is still in force.
Everybody is still asked to keep a distance of one meter or to wear a mask wherever it is not possible to keep this distance.
The Norwegian government plans to discontinue all corona restrictions until 17 February unless new and currently unforeseen developments require a new change of plans.
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Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← Back
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.