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Tromso

Norwegian resident Gunnar Farsund stands in front of the clear doorway of his house due to mild weather in the far northern city of Tromsoe January 9, 1998, in contrast with the same time last year (R) when he and the town were besieged with 143 centimete

Norwegian town has message for John Kerry: Shovel your sidewalk

Lifestyle

Unlike the residents of Tromso, Norway, the US Secretary of State didn’t immediately shovel sidewalks at his Boston home after a snowstorm. The residents of the “Capital of the Arctic” say they’d never let it slip. Why? Lutheran guilt, for one.

A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.

A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king

Culture
A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.

A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king

Culture