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Mystery of the Scream

You remember that version of The Scream that was stolen from the Munch Museum last year, right? Well, it's still AWOL, but at least now you can play a board game version inspired by the theft. Would you rather be a careful detective or a tricksy art thief. The game, "The Mystery of the Scream," is available in the museum gift shop (although not, evidently, online). Not everyone's amused; as one gallery owner told the BBC, "In principle I find it a bit in bad taste to make a game out of the theft of The Scream. My initial reaction is to disapprove of an initiative that helps trivialize a national and international drama while the painting is still missing."

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Golfing After Midnight

The Sunday travel section in the NY Times has a great piece on golfing after midnight in Northern Norway.

I was 95 miles above the Arctic Circle and exhausted. But the midnight sun was out, the temperature was a soothing 60 degrees, and a lush golf course was at my disposal, so why sleep?

Sure it is just a nine-hole hack course of just 2,172 yards--a par 31, with four par-4's and five par-3's.

However, if midnight golf is what you are after, you do have choices.  

Lofoten is the nine hole course, while Trondheim Golfklubb is a more traditional eighteen hole course, which holds a yearly tournament.

Grab your sticks and a couple Red Bulls and enjoy the phenomenon.

[Photo Credit NY Times]