Dance Day (or Dansens Dag in Norwegian) is celebrated all over Norway.  Every year Norway joins with the rest of the world to promote dance on International Dance Day, 29th April.  However, Norwegians love dancing so much that the closest weekend is also included and so we get to have a whole week of dancing [...]

I’ve always had that fear of frozen lakes – you know the one that you see on TV where people fall through the ice and can’t get out again.  My ‘fear’ was odd to Moose as I had never been on a frozen lake before (nor even seen one in real life, for that matter) [...]

The ‘Huske’ (or Swings) are very popular in children’s playgrounds.  In nearly every one I’ve been to they have this fantastic bowl-swing that is low to the ground and usually big enough to fit the whole family in.  It’s great to be able to sit in with the kids and have a ride.  I had [...]

We have kids from sunny Australia with us this Easter holidays in Norway and so have an explosion of Norwegian activities on our calendar.  One of the activities that is a must-do when you come to Norway is dog sledding.  Last year we went dog sledding in Alta, Finnmark (you can read more about it [...]