Last Midnight Sun Alta 2010
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Posted 02.08.2010 Leave a Comment
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Midsummer Fishing in Alta
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Midsummer’s Eve is a big deal in Norway. The day is to celebrate the brightest day of the year. People go camping or have BBQs at the beach. Midsummer’s Eve is about enjoying the endless sunshine. However, in Alta, shops close early, people leave work before time and the city becomes like a ghost town [...]
Posted 23.06.2010 5 Comments
2am on the Balcony
It is hard to go to sleep when there is such a wonderful sun outside.
Posted 28.05.2010 4 Comments
First Midnight Sun of 2010
Officially the first night of the Midnight Sun in Tromsø is 20th of May. However, the residents since, at least, the Iron Age have counted it from when the sun can still be seen over the mountains to the north, which is about the 23rd of May. However, if the sky is cloudy and the [...]
Posted 25.05.2010 2 Comments
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Norwegians love their mountainous nature so much they spend whatever time they can in it – for recreation, fitness, hunting or just family time.
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!
Aursfjord is a branch of Malangen Fjord in Balsfjord.
21st January is soldagen (the sun day) when the sun officially returns to Tromsø.
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.