{"id":2680,"date":"2026-06-25T08:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:08:39","slug":"world-cup-norway-scores-city-of-bergen-trembles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2680","title":{"rendered":"Every Time Norway Scores at the World Cup the City of Bergen Trembles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">The city of<\/span> Bergen, Norway, <em>shook<\/em> on the night of June 22\u201323, not because there was an earthquake or an unknown geological phenomenon. But because the Norwegian national team scored a goal during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/world-cup-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">2026 World Cup<\/a>. This curious phenomenon was reported by a team of researchers from the University of Bergen, who found that fan celebrations produce vibrations in the ground so intense they can be detected even by highly sensitive scientific instruments like seismometers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Generally, geophysicists use seismometers to measure movements and ground vibrations like the seismic waves generated by earthquakes. But during this year\u2019s World Cup, researchers at the University of Bergen have <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-norway-scores-city-bergen.html\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-norway-scores-city-bergen.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-norway-scores-city-bergen.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noticed<\/a> that the seismometer they have in a basement on the campus record anomalous signals during Norway\u2019s matches. The instrument, they note, is capable of detecting ground vibrations with an accuracy of one-millionth of a millimeter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The activity, professors Mathilde S\u00f8rensen and Lars Ottem\u00f6ller said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/multimedia\/1137460\" class=\"text link\">a statement<\/a> accompanying their findings, \u201cshows that Bergen is a vibrant city with a lot of energy.\u201d They concluded the statement with \u201cgo Bergen, and go Norway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The University of Bergen team first noticed the anomalies during the Norwegian national team\u2019s match against Iraq on June 17, which the team won 4-1. The signal during that match became especially evident when striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.it\/article\/erling-haaland-protagonista-del-nuovo-numero-di-gq-italia-dedicato-allo-sport\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Erling Haaland<\/a> scored one of his two goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A few days later, on the night of June 22\u201323, during Norway\u2019s 3\u20132 victory over Senegal, the phenomenon repeated itself: every Norwegian goal produced recognizable vibrations in the data collected by the seismometer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">As the researchers explain, when thousands of people cheer, jump, and shout simultaneously, they generate a significant amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.it\/article\/il-segreto-perche-piramide-cheope-immune-terremoti-anche-forti-finalmente-svelato\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">energy<\/a> that can travel through buildings and into the ground. In other words, collective enthusiasm has become scientifically measurable in Bergen during this year\u2019s World Cup, and although this isn\u2019t the first time that sporting events\u2014as well as concerts or other large gatherings\u2014have been detected, the case of the city of Bergen represents yet another example of how human activity can be recorded even by instruments designed to study the Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>This story originally appeared on<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.it\/article\/ogni-volta-che-la-norvegia-segna-ai-mondiali-di-calcio-la-citta-di-bergen-trema\/\" class=\"text link\">WIRED <em>Italia<\/em><\/a> <em>and has been translated from Italian.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/world-cup-norway-scores-city-of-bergen-trembles\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Bergen, Norway, shook on the night of June 22\u201323, not because there was an earthquake or an unknown geological phenomenon. 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