In the past when I've visited western Norway I've pretty much stayed around the fjords, so this time I wanted to head farther out and explore the coastline a bit. After staying at the Kråkenes Lighthouse, I had three more places I wanted to visit along Norway's west coast: the ...
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Spend A Stormy Night in Norway’s Kråkenes Lighthouse
Right before leaving on my road trip through southern Norway I was telling some friends how I didn't really have a plan for where to go and my friend's husband pulled out his phone and started showing me photos of waves crashing over a house on the coast. You should stay ...
Hiking in Norway : 17 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
On my recent trip to Finnmark I had to skip out on a couple of days of hiking because the weather was really bad. On one of those days I was sitting in a cosy café chatting to the owner and when I told him what my plans had been for the day before it started snowing (yes, in ...
12 Best Norwegian Novels + Authors to Read (in English)
I've always been a fan of reading before bed, but with all this extra time at home these days I've been reading a lot more than usual. Whenever I'm feeling anxious or stressed I'll put on some classical music, make myself a cup of tea, and curl up on the sofa with a book. ...
11 Ways Living in Norway Prepared Me for Social Distancing
Norwegians had winter break at the end of February, which now seems like very poor timing indeed to have been traveling around Europe. It's all very stressful and scary, but what's done is done, so what can we do now to prevent further spread of infection? Social ...