Slogen
Slogen is a mountain rising up from Hjørundfjorden in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is located just west of the municipal boundary with Stranda and just north of the nearby mountain Jakta. Many famous Norwegians have been on the top of this mountain, including most notably Queen Sonja of Norway.
Even though it is not among the highest peaks in Norway, the 1,564-metre (5,131 ft) tall mountain is rated among the top ten mountain walks in Norway. This is largely due to its beauty, view, and the fact that it's rising directly from the fjord.
Legend has it that Slogen was first climbed in 1870 by Jon Klokk. Later on that year it was climbed by the famous climber and alpine explorer William Cecil Slingsby. The latter wrote about the view from Slogen as one of the proudest in Europe.
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Bergen
Bergen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbærɡən] ( listen)) is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway, on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city was established before 1070 AD. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland.
As of 2014 the municipal population was 274,400 making it the second-most populous city in Norway. (The Greater Bergen Region population is 406,700.)
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00:03:12 1 History
00:06:50 1.1 World War II
00:07:47 1.2 Fires
00:09:19 1.3 Toponymy
00:10:22 2 Geography
00:11:36 3 Climate
00:14:28 4 Demographics
00:19:18 5 Cityscape
00:24:30 6 Administration
00:25:38 6.1 2007 and 2011 elections
00:26:58 6.2 2015 elections
00:27:38 6.3 Boroughs
00:29:10 6.3.1 A former borough, Sentrum
00:29:47 7 Education
00:32:12 8 Economy
00:33:42 9 Transport
00:36:42 10 Culture and sports
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Bergen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbærɡn̩] (listen)), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. At the end of the first quarter of 2018, the municipality's population was 280,216, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland, and consists of eight boroughs - Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane.
Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789, Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway until the 1830s when it was surpassed by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed at the Geophysical Institute beginning in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county.
The city is an international center for aquaculture, shipping, offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national centre for higher education, media, tourism and finance. Bergen Port is Norway's busiest in terms of both freight and passengers with over 300 cruise ship calls a year bringing nearly a half a million passengers to Bergen, a number that has doubled in 10 years. Almost half of the passengers are German or British. The city's main football team is SK Brann and the city's unique tradition is the buekorps. Natives speak a distinct dialect, known as 'Bergensk'. The city features Bergen Airport, Flesland, Bergen Light Rail, and is the terminus of the Bergen Line. Four large bridges connect Bergen to its suburban municipalities.
Bergen has a mild winter climate, though with a lot of precipitation. During December - March, the temperature difference between Bergen and Oslo can be up to 30 degrees Celsius, despite the fact that both cities are at approximately 60 degrees North. The Gulf Stream keeps the sea relatively warm, considering the latitude, and the mountains protect the city from cold winds from the north, north-east and east.
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00:04:23 1 Government goals and incentives
00:04:34 1.1 Existing incentives
00:13:15 1.1.1 Phase out of incentives
00:18:20 1.2 Goals for 2018-2029
00:20:53 1.3 Criticism of the incentives
00:22:04 1.3.1 Excessive subsidies
00:25:10 1.3.2 Bus lane congestion
00:29:49 1.3.3 Burden on ferry operators
00:32:13 1.3.4 Unfairness of free parking
00:33:37 1.4 Charging infrastructure
00:34:27 2 Usage patterns and attitudes
00:34:38 2.1 2013 survey
00:38:15 2.2 2016 survey
00:43:57 2.3 2018 survey
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00:58:49 3.1 2011-12
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01:16:28 3.4 2015
01:21:47 3.5 2016
01:30:21 3.6 2017
01:37:33 3.7 2018
01:40:53 3.8 Latest trends
01:41:03 3.8.1 Plug-in segment is replacing diesel cars
01:46:15 3.8.2 Plug-in hybrid segment growth to the expense of pure electrics
01:49:55 3.8.3 Customers in waiting lists
01:52:38 3.9 Registrations by model
01:53:37 4 Effects on oil consumption
01:55:14 5 Effects on average fleet COsub2/sub emissions
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01:58:55 6.1 Piggyback on French subsidies
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The fleet of plug-in electric vehicles in Norway is the largest per capita in the world. In March 2014, Norway became the first country where one in every 100 passenger cars on the road was a plug-in electric; the market penetration passed 5% in December 2016, and attained 10% in October 2018. The Norwegian plug-in car segment market share has been the highest in the world for several years, achieving 39.2% in 2017, up from 29.1% in 2016, and around 50% for the first eleven months of 2018.The stock of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in Norway totaled almost 275,000 units at the end of September 2018, consisting of 183,637 all-electric passenger cars and vans, and 89,922 plug-in hybrids, including a significant number of used imports from neighboring countries. As of September 2018, the country has the largest European stock of light-duty plug-in vehicles, and the fourth largest in the world after China, the U.S. and Japan. The fleet of electric cars is one of the cleanest in the world since 98% of the electricity generated in the country comes from hydropower. In 2017, and as a result of its fast growing EV adoption, Norway was able to achieve its climate target for average fleet CO2 emissions (85 g/km) for new passenger cars three years earlier than pledged.The adoption and deployment of zero emission vehicles in Norway has been driven by policy, and actively supported by the government since the 1990s. Among the existing public incentives, all-electric cars and vans are exempt from all non-recurring vehicle fees, including purchase taxes, and 25% VAT on purchase, making electric car purchase price competitive with conventional cars. Also, a tax reduction for plug-in hybrids went into effect starting in July 2013. In April 2015, after achieving the initial goal of 50,000 pure electric vehicles on the road, a decision was made to keep the existing incentives through 2017, and Parliament agreed to reduced and phase out some of the incentives beginning in 2018. Also local authorities were granted the right to decide whether electric cars can park for free and use public transport lanes. In 2016, through its National Transport Plan 2018-2029 (NTP), a goal was set for all sales of new cars, urban buses and light commercial vehicles by 2025 to be zero emission vehicles.As a result of the successful policies implemented to promote EV adoption, the stock of electric vehicles in Norway has increased rapidly, resulting in several unintended consequences, and raising several complaints and criticism. These include: high public subsidies as compared to the value of the reduced carbon f ...