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.

Kvænangen is the highest point on the E6 between Alta and Tromsø.

At this time of year it is hard to be at home when outside is filled with lovely sunshine, Easter blues and thick, fluffy snow.

Sometimes we prefer to take the bus back home to Tromsø rather than fly.  The bus ride is about six hours but it means we get to look at the scenery, have a snooze, eat, ride on the ferries and spend some time playing with the kids.
The seasons are very dramatic in Norway and different [...]

Somewhere between Nordreisa and Burfjord, Troms.

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 [...]

A red barn in the middle of a yellow field on a sunny afternoon.

There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.

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 [...]