Entries Tagged ‘Tromsø’
Riding the Bus in Winter
It’s much easier to get around in Winter in Norway when you have a car, however, it can also be dangerous too. The roads become slippery and many accidents can happen. It is very easy to just slide off the road into a ditch. The plough trucks try to come by regularly but sometimes there [...]
Shoe Size, Don’t Bother Me!
Norwegian feet are short and wide. Australian feet are long and skinny. So you can imagine the place I’m in when I’m looking for new shoes! Another peculiar difference is that the arch of a Norwegian foot is further back than an Australians – or it just might mean an Australians heal is bigger. Which [...]


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Norway enters the Christmas season early.
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.
Decorating Easter eggs is a big tradition in Norway.
Lathari beach is the only beach in Alta.
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.
Norwegian dogs were born with a purpose. They were bred to be hunting dogs, herding dogs and farm dogs.