Like everyone, I’ve always wanted to learn another language but no one told me I would have to learn how to learn language first. Reading and writing Norwegian is fine (it just seems like English spelt badly) but trying to learn how to listen and speak Norwegian is a whole different language – literally! You [...]

Sometimes, when we wake up, we are surrounded by mist. It seems that nature enjoys being touched by the clouds – everything moves slower, the sound is damp and the colours are softened. We always head to the lake to be part of the morning mist. We love being in nature’s atmosphere.

The white Balsfjord Church in Tennes was at the end of town right next to the fjord. It was so quiet, you could almost hear the sun. Across the road is a memorial cemetery with 11 graves of notable church members and a monument to the townsfolk who lost their lives in the war. It [...]

The Balsfjord Church still stands proud today and remains a gathering place for the locals, however, travellers use it as a marker to make a journey back in time. … In 1799 Professor Martin Vahl from the Copenhagen University, and the first botanist to travel to Northern Norway, found a stag-like figure carved in rock on a farm in Balsfjord.