I wonder why Svartnes is named after the colour black. There is not much black here to be seen in this little farming village in Troms. In the 1800s this place used to be one big farm housing a few families. Today it is off the beaten track and can be fenced off from civilization [...]
Oksfjordhamn is between Alta and Tromsø on the E6.
In Norway it is the chicken that is the symbol of Easter and the Easter egg the traditional treat. The eggs themselves, made of paper or cardboard, are a fairly new tradition and are specifically for wrapping Easter sweets. They are brightly decorated and come in many different sizes – normal to huge. Smågodt, [...]
Sometimes nature does all the work for you. This ready-made snowball is ready for throwing. The fun thing is that on the farm with all the fence-posts, you always have a snowball-fight waiting to happen.
At full-moon the blue light almost looks electric. Our favourite jetty really knows how to surprise us for Christmas – especially with this ‘elfs-eye-view’.
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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.
How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ‘stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.
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The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
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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