According to the Norwegian public broadcasting company NRK, tourists defecating in the wrong places have become a problem in Northern Norway with the growth of tourism.
The tourism problems in Lapland that emerged this winter are still nothing compared to Northern Norway.
has previously reported on problems in Lapland, where eager tourists disturb people’s peace of mind while trying to capture the best pictures of the northern lights. In Norway, the problem has been, among other things, tourists defecating in the wrong places.
According to Norwegian broadcaster NRK, locals are also fed up with tourists camping wherever they can. as in cemeteries. In January NRK reported on tourists who pitched their tents on the side of a snowy road, and were driven over by a plow truck. Others too Norwegian media have made news about unauthorized campers.
Problems in Northern Norway
According to the Norwegian media, tourism heats up emotions in, for example, Tromssa and the favorite destination Lofoten. Unlike in Lapland, there are problems especially in summer, which is the hottest tourist season in Northern Norway.
However, problems have also appeared in winter. The matter has been reported by, among others, the Norwegian Broadcasting Company NRK.
– It’s not nice when you’re sitting drinking your morning coffee, and someone is sitting in the yard with their pants untied, a resident of Tromsø interviewed by NRK Margaret Larsen tells.
According to Larsen, the problems have increased in recent years. The garden of Larsen’s detached house has attracted not only poopers, but also Northern Lights travelers and mountain climbers.
When Larsen put up a private property sign in his yard, the next morning the sign was covered in yellow urine.
According to NRK, the municipality of Tromssa is also aware of the growing excrement problem.
– We have to work with good visitor management. It’s about informing. signs and toilets. It has to be done not only for the sake of tourists, but also for the local population, CEO of Northern Norway Tourism Trond Øverås says in an interview with NRK.
The public broadcasting company shared instructions on how to defecate in a bag
According to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, last summer, hundreds of poop bags were distributed in the Lofoten Islands for trial use by tourists in order to solve the excrement problem. Norwegian Public Radio also shared instructions on how to use people’s poop bags.
The problem has been that many visitors to the Lofotodden National Park, for example, defecate in nature near the streams from which other people fill their drinking water.
Tourists climbing the Norwegian mountains in pursuit of good Instagram photos have also increased the number of rescue missions, and there are even dead.
Because of the problems in Norway as in Finland, a tourist tax or something similar has been discussed from the visitor fee. has also reported on the matter.