Sometimes the cold makes you do crazy things.  Can you guess what I’m doing?  Listen to the sound. Still can’t pick it?  Have a look at the video. Who knew you could do that on a soccer field?

Berg is just outside of Tromsø on the mainland.  It is a farming area and every year the community gets together and puts on an event for us city-goers.  The Nissehelg (Elf Weekend) is now a tradition and every year we go out and brave the cold (and darkness) to visit the fjøsnisser (barn elves). [...]

The lighting of the Christmas tree is a social tradition in every city in Norway on the first Sunday of Advent.  Today was extra special for us as we got to share in Lilu’s delight.  Half way through the celebration I found myself alone in the middle of the crowd and realised how strange everything [...]

It takes about six hours to drive to Alta, more if you stop and eat, miss the car-barge or take pics.  On a straight highway it would only take about two hours to drive from Tromsø to Alta, but because Norway is built by fjords and mountains, the road winds in and out, up and [...]