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Flights from Oslo Gardermoen Airport disrupted after earlier closure

Delays in and out of Oslo Gardermoen will continue after the airport was reopened to air traffic following a three-hour stoppage on Wednesday.

Published: 17 January 2024 14:04 CET
Updated: 17 January 2024 15:57 CET
Pictured is a file photo from Oslo Airport during the winter.
Avinor has temporarily closed all traffic to and from Oslo Airport due to snowstorms on Wednesday. Pictured is a file photo from Oslo Airport during the winter. Photo by Credit: Rechitansorin/ Getty Images

Airport operator Avinor announced at 3:30pm that it would slowly begin to resume flights to and from Oslo airport after a three-hour closure due to the weather on Wednesday. 

The airport was closed to air traffic, but not passengers, just before 1pm due to poor visibility, and so snowploughs could clear the runways.

Flights would continue to remain disrupted as the airport tried to get air traffic to resume, Avinor said.

An overview of all of the scheduled flights in and out of Oslo is available on Avinor’s website 

Heavy snowfall has caused travel chaos across southern Norway on Wednesday. Network operator Bane Nor cancelled almost all trains in and out of eastern Norway, including airport express trains, due to the weather.

Public transport in Oslo was also brought to a standstill, with almost all buses cancelled, and extensive weather-related issues also affected the city’s metro and tram network.

In addition, motorists were asked by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to stay off the roads.

READ MORE: Travel in Norway heavily disrupted by snowstorm

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Norway to enjoy warm sunny weather on May 17th

Many will be able to enjoy clear blue skies and sunny weather on Norway’s national day, May 17th, according to the latest forecasts from meteorologists. 

Published: 15 May 2024 11:30 CEST
Norway to enjoy warm sunny weather on May 17th

Norway’s two biggest cities could be treated to great weather on May 17th. Both Bergen and Oslo will see temperatures of between 15 and 20 degrees and clear skies. 

“The weather will be quite good in Eastern Norway. It will probably be up to 20 degrees,” Susanne Moen Olsen, meteorologist on duty at StormGeo, told broadcaster TV 2.

The forecast will come as good news to the many hundreds of thousands who will either be participating in or watching a Constitution Day parade. 

While many will enjoy the weather, the heat could make wearing a bunad, a traditional folk costume made from wool and featuring heavy embroidery and jewellery, uncomfortable for long spells. 

A forecast from Yr shows that Bregen could enjoy highs of 24 degrees on May 17th. This means that the record for the warmest-ever Constitution Day in Bergen could be broken. The record was set in 2019 and highs of 24.3 degrees were recorded. 

Trondheim was set to have decent weather, as is most of the rest of the country. 

“Generally, the weather should be quite good. In Nordland, it will be up to 15 degrees at least,” Moen Olsen said. 

Tromsø and Bodø, the two biggest cities in north Norway, will see highs of 16 and 21 degrees, respectively, although both places will have chilly lows of 5 degrees. 

Stavanger will have highs of 22 degrees and lows of 10 degrees, along with a light breeze. Kristiansand will have highs of 16 degrees but more brisk winds of between 25.2 and 40 kilometres per hour. 

Meanwhile, in Ålesund, the weather will be around 19 degrees with a gentle breeze. 

One thing to be wary of was the tradition of grilling on May 17th, as a yellow danger warning for forest fires has been issued across large parts of southern and eastern Norway. 

Below you can see a forecast for May 17th from Yr posted onto X (formerly Twitter). 

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