Fun in the land of midnight sun

Locals relaxing on the beach on a Sunday.

When most people think of Oslo, the capital of Norway, their minds are switched on to the annual Nobel Peace Prize or that part of the world where it is very chilly.

This is also the kind of soundtrack one hears when planning a holiday in Norway — that it has cold winters and gloomy days when temperatures plummet to as low as minus 24 Celsius. That is very frightening.