At 11:30 am, high-noon, we watched from our favourite jetty as the sun tried to peak over the horizon one last time… it didn’t quite make it. Today we entered the realm of the polar night.

Sledding is a favourite past time for kids, big and small. All you need is a bit of plastic so you can slip and slide down any snowy hill. Nowadays you can get groovy ‘air dynamic’ sleds complete with steering and breaks – some even have bike seats and are propped up on plastic skis. [...]

Norwegians live close to the wilderness. Even in Oslo you do not have to go far before you’re in ‘bush’. There are walking tracks everywhere – on mountain tops, beside the fjords and in the woods. In the summer it is very easy to get around on foot and on bike. But what happens to [...]

The sun shines blue light on the earth. As it is lower in the Nordic sky during winter the blue intensifies. The light is naturally diffused but stays for longer as it gets trapped between the snow and clouds. These pictures were taken half an hour after sunset as the light was still bouncing between [...]