Scott Hennen, a popular radio personality based in North Dakota, finds himself far from home on a Juven tour of Norway. The tour takes Americans, mostly with North Dakota and Minnesota roots, on tours throughout the country and helps to connect them with family and ancestral homes. Tourists also get to explore the Norwegian countryside … Continue reading North Dakota radio personality tours Norway, brings listeners along
CARROL JUVEN: SEASONED TRAVELER
BY KAYCEE BOE AND RACHEL LEVY Carrol Juven, 80, enters the Radisson Blu hotel in Oslo, Norway with a bright red jacket and a walking stick and greets his long-time friend Karl Nyland. This is Juven’s 154th trip to Norway, and the Radisson is his favorite hotel. Juven is the operator of Juven Tours and … Continue reading CARROL JUVEN: SEASONED TRAVELER
Heavy Metal + Saxophone + Norway = Black Jazz
There are many different genres of music. Most people in music dedicate their life to studying and perfecting one type of music that defines them. Jørgen Munkeby is the exception. The 36--year-old Norwegian grew up on the metal scene but left the genre as a teenager to study jazz. After almost a decade apart he … Continue reading Heavy Metal + Saxophone + Norway = Black Jazz
Negative Vibe Records
Norway is the home of black metal and has no shortage of record labels for black them, but one group of guys just outside the genre decided to start their own label for the underground bands. “Negative Vibe Records is supposed to be underground bands for underground people,” says Blodspor guitarist Bent Ronde. Negative Vibe … Continue reading Negative Vibe Records
Blodspor: A profile in rock
It’s Friday night and the underground metal band Blodspor is nearly ready to take the stage at Revolver, a well-known venue in Oslo’s underground. Revolver is part of Oslo’s famous metal and black metal scene. It is only a block or two from two similar venues, The Rockefeller and John Dee. Kniven, a black metal … Continue reading Blodspor: A profile in rock
A Day in the Life of Oslo Rocks
Just a short video of our day in Oslo and what we do!
It’s All About Connections
Another week in and another time I learned that life really is about connections. We went to Musikkfest on our first day here and from there I found a band that invited us to their concert, and we learned that they started their own record label, which led us to another story. Now I have … Continue reading It’s All About Connections
Day Off in Oslo
We’ve made it half way through the month to our break! We all spent the last few days before break cramming to get all of our stories in so we could have this time to relax and either become tourists for a few days or go off and explore different places in Scandinavia. My family … Continue reading Day Off in Oslo
4042 Feet and Climbing
This post is being written 4042.00 feet up and surrounded by snow. Yes surrounded by snow in the middle of June. Today we are making the journey by train from Oslo to Bergen. I already thought Oslo was cold, especially considering I came from sunny Florida to Norway, but Bergen is shaping out to be … Continue reading 4042 Feet and Climbing
Bringing the Classroom to You
This past week we took the term “bringing the classroom to you” to a whole new level. We had a week of classes and where exactly were these classes held? In Kaycee and mine’s bedroom. Since us five students are living in a house outside of the city our instructors came to us to do … Continue reading Bringing the Classroom to You
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