Extremely local news from Scandinavia
Summer is known for being quiet (for news), but for us, this is the news seasons of all news seasons. You can read incredible stories about real people in real situations, and if you combine this with a touch of randomness with Google Translate you get high quality entertainment for many hours.
Here are some (extremely) local news highlights from Scandinavia. We'd love to see what sorts of weird news stories that are happening in your part of the world too. Post a link to something as a comment below!
Champagne Polemics
A dispute over how to pronounce the name of a fine French champagne led to a fight between youths from Asker and Bærum. Those kids...
Pop the cork! Read the full amazing story...
Tortelinni and a can of worms, please
Johanna Månsson and Tobias Callenryd in Lomma got an uninvited dinner guest on Thursday. Among their pack of Tortellini from the Willys, was a 2.5 inch long caterpillar.
Read the crawling story...Seagull and duck crashed - Police to investigate
A little over five o'clock in the afternoon the police were notified of an accident on the E39 just north of Eidsvåg tunnel. - "It's a seagull and a duck that has collided. Now I just noticed that there is talk of a fatal accident", says operations manager Bjarne tangles in the Hordaland police district. Nature is wilder than you think in this story...
Woman caught sitting down by the road - amazing
A little after half past two night to Sunday, the police received notice of a woman who was sitting down on the E-39 road in Studalen in Stord.
Who is this mysterious woman?Follow-up story: Who was the E39 chick?
Sunnhordland's news story about the woman sitting by the road was about... nothing - and ended up as a national news item. Fascinating (or is it?).
Your appetite for this news story is insatiable...Readers' comments 12
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About this article
| Published in | Choose Opera |
|---|---|
| Date | July 22, 2011 |
| Author | Espen André Øverdahl |
| Tags | summer, scandinavia, local news |
| Original | Internet Archive |
Anna BrandtFriday, July 22, 2011 10:43:12 AM
MuttsfanFriday, July 22, 2011 10:50:12 AM
but now I think it may actually require its own subreddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/scandinavianproblems/
Espen André ØverdahlFriday, July 22, 2011 10:53:59 AM
Originally posted by Muttsfan:
Haha, fantastic - yeah, Scandinavia has some weird problems.deewincFriday, July 22, 2011 11:25:11 AM
PeterFriday, July 22, 2011 11:47:29 AM
carlos enrique leal guzmanFriday, July 22, 2011 1:50:12 PM
IronSaturday, July 23, 2011 3:19:42 AM
Argentinian Edition
THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF FOOTBALL FANS RAGE
Fifty-two-year-old hot-tempered River Plate fan Santiago 'Tano' Pasman was secretly filmed by his children while he was watching a match where the soccer team not only lost but also went to 'B' --or second division-- for the first time in a century. In the video the man gets angry and shouts insults at the TV set including swearing and racism. The video was intended to show Tano Pasman he had a problem and should calm down, but later it was uploaded to YouTube getting over 6 million views (and lots of laughter) in one week, and overnight the man became a superstar highly requested by the media. In many interviews he is asked to reproduce the scene but, needless to say, he feels very embarrassed because of the video. Many people made their own parody versions on YouTube such as Tano Pasman learns Michael Jackson has died and Tano Pasman watching The Lion King. He even has a Facebook page!
Watch the video - REACTIONS OF A PACIFIC MAN--Tano Pasman (Note: you must login to your YouTube account and confirm you are 18 or older because of the foul language)
Read the story in a local news site
Make your own Tano Pasman video!
TV PRESENTER SUDDENLY MAD DURING LIVE BROADCAST
Just when a soccer fan became famous for a crazy display of anger at the failure of his favourite team captured in a video, Alejandro Fantino, a famous television presenter for a sports programme in the channel 'América', got mad at his producer all of a sudden during a live broadcast. Apparently the TV presenter was under such a pressure that exploded in anger live, surprising all the people in the set--and at their homes-- by shouting 'Stop Mozes, stop! I don't care if it's commercial time at Telefe, stop!'. Mozes, the producer, was hurrying Fantino because it was time for commercials in the rival TV channel so it was the perfect chance to show a video they had been announcing. Also, a common practice in Argentina is that TV stations synchronize on-air and advertising times, to ensure people watch only their channel instead of changing channels, which affects the effectiveness of advertisement.
Watch the video
Read the story in a local news site
Charles SchlossSaturday, July 23, 2011 5:29:17 AM
Originally posted by EspenAO:
IKEA is not one of them
very big excitement for the IKEA that is opening here soon
slackwrdaveSaturday, July 23, 2011 7:24:57 AM
Ruarí ØdegaardSaturday, July 23, 2011 10:06:34 AM
Nathan RodriguezSaturday, July 23, 2011 6:07:56 PM
RisantoMonday, July 25, 2011 12:26:24 AM
But don't too often ..