Entries Tagged ‘Fjord’

Southern Sunset: Row Boat

This cute wooden row boat has become a feature of the landscape.  It is always sitting in the same place.  I know it gets used in the fjord but I have never seen it floating on the water, only sitting on the beach.  Soon the ice will come and freeze itself onto the boat.  It [...]

Kayaking Tromsø

kayaking-tromsoA popular Summer activity in Norway is kayaking. The coast of Norway is dotted with thousands of little islands making the perfect conditions for a smooth paddle.

Sandnessund Bridge

Textures of Tromsø.  When you live in whiteness for six months all of a sudden colours are so amazing.

The Morning of the Midnight Sun

I wish you were there, then you wouldn’t have to rely on my measly words or pictures to tell of this moment.
These are the days of the midnight sun.  The mountains are so high that sunrise is mimicked each morning.  The city lays dark but the sky is bright.  The sun makes it’s climb over [...]

Chasing Last Fall

The winter is long in Norway, especially in the North up in Alta.  The beaches are still covered in ice during April.  Around the north beach of Alta Fjord it is very shallow with a thin layer of ice.  I love to walk on the ice and listen to it crackle under my feet (- [...]

Scenes from Aursfjord

Aursfjord is a branch of Malangen Fjord in Balsfjord. It is a beautiful little drive just 40 minutes south-west of Tennes. Autumn was an amazing time to visit, the trees were definitely giving us their best and the water was a gorgeous blue.

The main attraction is the old saw mill, Aursfjordsaga, which was officially opened [...]

Forgettable Fountains

(I must admit, it does make you feel like a kid again, skating around in circles for an hour or so.)

…The least impressive is the gusher – it pushes out all the water it can in the least amount of time, sounding more like a lavatory than a fountain.

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