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 [...]
My Little Norway – Flower Show Series
Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
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 [...]
My Little Norway – Flower Show Series
Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
I know basil. I’ve grown it before in pots on my windowsill in Australia. I loved being able to snip off a bit of fresh basil for my salads and pasta. So this Spring, imagining all the lovely 24 hour sun we’d be having over Summer and all the lovely basil I could be eating, [...]
My Little Norway
2010 Calendar
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
Flower Show Series: Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
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 bunad is a traditional Norwegian costume worn by both men and women. It can either come from established rural traditions or have a more modern design inspired by historical patterns and cuts.
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.
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