Norway is known to be a small country but when you are in the middle of nowhere it can seem very vast.  We often stop at this halfway point when driving to Alta.  The snow makes everything so quiet and still.  Sometimes I have a reality-check: Hey, I’m in Norway, above the Arctic Circle, on [...]

Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.

There is a lot of confusing and misleading information on the web-o-phere concerning financial benefits for non-citizens of Norway.  Here is just one from www.expatfocus.com:
Norway – Social Security
Norway has a very advanced social security system covering statutory sick pay, maternity pay, child benefit, pensions, unemployment, disability and other benefits.
Anyone who is working and paying tax [...]

Our family has been very busy with the festival and it has been very important to keep up our energy and health.  We have needed a quick meal to suit all the family and so we have enjoyed the old and faithful Norwegian dish Lapskaus – the quick version.  This meal has been great for [...]

The No Siesta, Fiesta! festival have two pre-opening exhibitions: “Connection” and “Samuel Casal”.
“Connection” – Michel de Carvalho Diniz, Kurant, 28.februar – 11.mars
The versatile Brazilian, Michel Diniz de Carvalho, is a resident in Harstad, Norway. He works as an artist, graphic designer and photographer. At the festival he has a new exhibition in the newly opened [...]