When the Midnight Sun is on the other side of Summer unexpected colours fill the sky.
Now are the last days of the Midnight Sun here in Tromsø. Soon the sun will duck behind the mountains. Then it will touch the horizon again. When this happens we will have normal days and normal nights for the Autumn. But soon after that the sun won’t reach over the horizon and we will live in darkness for a season.
My Little Norway
2010 Calendar
At full-moon the blue light almost looks electric. Our favourite jetty really knows how to surprise us for Christmas – especially with this ‘elfs-eye-view’.
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Reindeer herding is more than just an occupation, it is a way of life and an integral part of the Sami culture and identity.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
Many English words actually come from old Norse language – brought by Vikings to England in medieval times. Here are some words you have probably uttered without realising you are speaking Norwegian!
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
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