Entries Tagged ‘North’

Juletid in March?

Coming in on the barge to Lyngen I had to double-take – is that Nisse?  He looks quite at home in the Arctic snow.  I would have thought it was the juletid season if I didn’t know it was three months after Christmas.  The difference between Christmas and Spring is that the sun has returned [...]

A Norwegian Christmas

A Norwegian Christmas is filled with many celebrations and traditions, old and new. As the snow falls, the white landscape is the first sign of Christmas and Norway starts to prepare for their long season of juletid.
November
As the snow comes, Norway enters the Christmas season early with a series of Christmas parties. Work, clubs, schools [...]

Southern Sunset

We were meeting friends in the city but were unusually early.  So to pass some time we thought to drive to the south tip of the island to watch the 2:30pm sunset.  It was beautiful.  Throughout Autumn the sunsets move from the West to the South, to the East and eventually disappear.  The more the [...]

Metallic Mountains

There is something in the mountains in Norway that make them turn a metallic blue.  There doesn’t even have to be sunlight on them to have this mystic colour.  These mountains can be seen especially in the North.  There metallic is sometimes so strong they look like silvery oil paintings.  I wonder what element makes [...]

Orange and Purple Go Together

Our backyard is filled with yummy blue, black and red berries but our sky is a delicious orange and purple candy floss.

What Financial Crisis?

While the whole world is trying to get on its feet from the ongoing financial crisis, there is one place that seems completely unaffected by the whole thing: Tromsø!
Norway, as a whole, has experienced a 50% increase in bankrupcies and foreclosures over the last year. The area around Oslo has been hit extra hard with [...]

Komsa Mountain – Alta’s Highpoint

Alta’s highpoint is Komsa Mountain.  It may not compete in height or size with Bergen’s Seven Mountains or Tromsø’s Mount Storsteinen – well, in fact, in the post There is a Hill in Alta I thought Komsa was… you guessed it – a hill!  but apparently standing 203 metres above sea level still classifies it [...]

Last Winter on the Farm

We have beautiful sunshine every day now.  In the evening the sky turns purple and orange – the Midnight Sun is definitely coming.  You know what, to my surprise, I miss Winter already.  Does this mean that Norway is now in my bones?

Reindeer Racing and the Sami Easter Festival

The Sami Easter festival has something for everyone.  Not only can you get up close and personal with the reindeer but there is a whole array of activities that showcase Sami life and culture.  The festival also includes the Reindeer Racing World Cup, the Sami Film Festival (which is held in an ice-cinema), the Sami [...]

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 (- [...]

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