Science students at the Tromsø University have a very unique proximity to the things they are studying. The Institute of Arctic Biology is like a miniature zoo on campus. The students and researchers can study , reindeer, snow grouse, fish, and even seals. The seals have their own indoor pool with fresh Arctic sea water [...]
Have you ever wondered why some mountains are spiky and others are flat? I haven’t, not until I came to Norway. I used to think flat mountains were dull and boring. They slowly rose in the distance making a boring outline and most often I would think they were a hill, not a mountain. However, [...]
It takes about six hours to drive to Alta, more if you stop and eat, miss the car-barge or take pics. On a straight highway it would only take about two hours to drive from Tromsø to Alta, but because Norway is built by fjords and mountains, the road winds in and out, up and [...]
We were meeting friends in the city but were unusually early. So to pass some time we thought to drive to the south tip of the island to watch the 2:30pm sunset. It was beautiful. Throughout Autumn the sunsets move from the West to the South, to the East and eventually disappear. The more the [...]
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.
The Norwegian smålens goose, or smålsensgås, is a heritage breed of Norway. Our smålensgjess arrived on the farm in September 2011.
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.
Confirmations were important for entrance into adult life. One had to have their confirmation to be able to work or get married.
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Traditional Norwegian cuisine is based on natural resources.