This week’s show opened with the competitors zooming down a fjord, Nærøyfjorden, in a speed boat. Their destination – Gudvangen! The folk enthusiast twinkled her fingers in the water and popped them in her mouth. ’I taste my ancestry’, she said. Gudvangen is where her Norwegian family come from. She had always seen pictures and [...]
High Summer and low tide in Alta. A sleepy Summer’s day. When the tide is out you can walk into the middle of the fjord or you can sunbath on the beach and watch other people do it.
The back of the Lyngen Alps at Djupvik on the E6 between Alta and Tromsø.
Kvænangen is the highest point on the E6 between Alta and Tromsø.
To visit the mountain during the Midnight Sun is a real treat.
Reindeer herding is more than just an occupation, it is a way of life and an integral part of the Sami culture and identity.
On any celebration table in Norway you can always find a Norwegian layer cake (bløtkake). What better way to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day than with fresh cream, wild berries and a little bit of sponge in between.
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Norway enters the Christmas season early.
In the winter we rest.
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.