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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Our backyard is filled with yummy blue, black and red berries but our sky is a delicious orange and purple candy floss.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?
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 [...]
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 (- [...]
My Little Norway
2010 Calendar
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.
Flower Show Series: Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
Celebrate National Fårikål day with us. On the last Thursday of September every year Norway celebrates their national dish with, of course, all you can eat fårikål!
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