Sources we cite for safety, weather and access.
- Visit Norway / Innovation Norway — Norway's national tourism authority. We cite Visit Norway for destination information and follow their image-rights conventions (photographer named on every image).
- DNT (Den Norske Turistforening) — Norway's hiking association. The reference for hut status, summer staffing dates, the universal key, fjellvettreglene (the Norwegian mountain code).
- yr.no — the official Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK weather service. The reference for weather windows and seasonal claims.
- regobs.no — the Norwegian avalanche and natural-hazard observation database (NVE). The reference for winter and ski-touring safety claims.
- UDI (Norwegian Directorate of Immigration) — for visa and entry-requirement questions. British travellers can stay 90 days in Schengen without a visa; UDI is the reference for any longer-stay question.
- Statens vegvesen — the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Reference for road, tunnel and pass status (Trollstigen, mountain pass openings, ferry schedules).
- Norwegian operator partners — for trip-specific claims (price, dates, included services, accommodation) we verify directly with the operator before publishing.
- Norwegian municipal pages (kommune.no) — for region-specific rules like wild-camping closures on Lofoten, fire bans, and reindeer-calving access restrictions.
Where we cite a non-official source — a respected guidebook, a Norwegian newspaper, a published study — we name it. Where a claim comes from our own walking or cycling on the route, we say so.
How we review what we publish.
- Each piece starts with a brief — the angle, the audience, the source list, the trip pages it should link to.
- The draft is read line by line by a human editor. We check structure, factual claims, internal links, photo credits and tone.
- Trip claims are verified with the Norwegian operator. If we cannot verify a number — a price, a date, a distance — we either leave it out or qualify it.
- The piece sits on a preview deployment for at least 24 hours before going live, so we can read it on a real device the way a reader would.
- The byline names the editor responsible for what shipped.
How we use AI, and where we draw the line.
We use AI tools (large language models, primarily Anthropic's Claude) for first drafts and for structural research. We treat them as a quick junior writer, not as a final authority.
What AI does on our pieces: produces a structured first draft from a brief, lists candidate source citations, summarises official source documents for the editor to verify, and checks our own drafts for the floskler that mark AI-generic prose.
What AI does not do on our pieces: invent operator names, prices or routes; replace the editor's read-through; produce the final version that ships under our byline.
We disclose AI use because it is honest, and because in 2026 it is more useful to tell readers how we wrote than to pretend the workflow has not changed. Editorial responsibility for what appears under our name sits with the named editor.
When we revise.
- Seasonal facts (DNT hut opening dates, Trollstigen pass status, ferry timetables, fellesferie windows) — reviewed each spring before the Norwegian summer season.
- Trip prices and dates — re-checked with the operator at least once per booking season (Norwegian operators typically publish next-year pricing in October).
- Safety information (avalanche, walking, weather) — when official sources change. We watch DNT, regobs and yr.no advisories during the active season.
- Annual operator review — every November, after the Norwegian autumn season closes. See our curation.
- Material revisions move the Updated date on the article and are noted in a short "What changed" line at the foot of the piece.
When we get something wrong.
If we publish something inaccurate — a wrong distance, an out-of-date price, a mis-named place, a mis-quoted source — we correct it visibly. The correction is dated and noted at the end of the article. We do not silently rewrite the text and pretend the original version did not exist.
If you spot an error, write to hello@nordiccurator.com. We read everything that comes in and we reply.
For complaints about the editorial line itself — angle, tone, what we chose to include or leave out — we will read your letter and respond with our reasoning, but the editor's judgement on the piece stands unless the underlying facts are wrong.
Who writes here.
Editorial responsibility currently sits with Erik Thorsen, cofounder and editor. As the studio grows, contributing editors will be named on the pieces they edit.
Bylines name the editor responsible for the piece as it shipped, not necessarily the only person who wrote a sentence in it. When a Norwegian guide, operator or other contributor provided material we depended on, we name them in the text.