Every time we visit Alta I make sure to visit all the farm animals. In the Winter the sheep are kept in the barn which means you can get up close and personal. I always take Moose with me. Being a city girl I get as skittish as the sheep do sometimes (I think the [...]
Moose grew up with ducks. On the farm in Alta, Farfar and Farmor have a duck pond and every year a family of ducks spend the Summer with us. It’s wonderful to see each new generation return and have their own ducklings. Quite often there are so many new ducklings swimming in the pond that [...]
There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
The walking-street takes you from Central Station to the Royal Palace.
Many Norwegians know what they are doing when they pick wild mushrooms. This knowledge is passed down the family during mushroom hunting trips. The hard-core mushroom hunters go into the mountain wilderness for days to get the best finds.
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Norwegian fjordings are from the draft horse family.
There is always something beautiful waiting for us around the corner.
Even in the peak of summer our mountains have touches of snow.