It goes without saying that Northern Norway doesn’t get flooded with tourists during the dark winter. But there is one group that never fails us during the winter months: The Japanese. Japanese love the Northern Lights and will gladly defy the dark and cold Arctic to catch a glimpse of the dancing lights in the [...]

The last couple of days the sun has been returning but I haven’t been able to see it.  If you can’t see it, is it really happening?  So Moose took this picture for me of today.  I must admit, I did feel a little relieved.  This Norwegian Winter has been a little long for me, [...]

In Tromsø the sun officially returns from the long winter on the 19th of January.  However, we still can’t see it.  This is because the 19th is the first day the sun peeks back over the horizon.  However, because Tromsø is surrounded by mountains, the traditional ‘day of the sun’ is when you can see [...]

A midday memory from the darkness.