The Helgeland coast is magical in the summertime, especially when the weather cooperates. The coastline is dotted with thousands of islands with turquoise beaches perfect to explore by kayak or bicycle and mountains just begging to be hiked. Just ask any local, and they'll tell ...
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Have You Heard of Bolga?
My friend Alicia came to visit over Thanksgiving, and while mostly we just wanted to hang out in Mosjøen and binge Christmas movies on Netflix, I also wanted to show Alicia a bit more of Norway. I mean this was her third time visiting me in Norway, but her first time coming up ...
My One Week Midnight Sun/ Northern Lights Itinerary for Norway, Finland & Sweden
I'm always telling people who are planning to visit Norway in the summer to book their accommodation way in advance because it's high season, especially if they're visiting in July when most of Norway has vacation as well. But this year I didn't take my own advice at all and ...
Senja, Norway: Huskies, Northern Lights & Everything Winter
This time last year Catriona and I were in Krakow and she was telling me how much fun she and our friend Viv had just had at the Christmas market in Prague and I was like, you know where else has great Christmas markets, NORTHERN NORWAY! Fast forward eleven months and Catriona ...
A Day Trip Driving from Narvik to Lofoten to Bodø
During our two week road trip through Northern Norway, Dan and I tried to map out our route so that we wouldn't drive down the same road twice. This was a little tricky since we needed to pick up and drop off our rental car in the same location, but luckily for us Northern Norway ...