A Nordic country in northern Europe, Norway occupies the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula as well as the arctic archipelago of Bouvet and Svalbard. It is the second least populous country in Europe. The weather in the lowlands around Oslo enjoy warm, sunny summers and cold, snowy winters. From late May to late July the sun never descends below the horizon in the Arctic north while the rest of the country has up to twenty hours of daylight. The country enjoys a diverse range of flora and fauna including Europe’s largest land mammal, the common moose.