Island Hopping to Kågen
14/09/2025 We drove on via the E6 to do some shopping at Storslet. With cupboards re-filled we set off for our next destination. Island Journey Because this is Norway, a… Read more »
Category: Norway
Around Kvænangen fjord
13/09/2025 It felt very strange to be heading south now after such an intensive amount of effort to get north. From our glacier stopover we tracked back to the E6… Read more »
Glacier Spotting in Jøkelfjord
12/09/2025 A short way west of Alta I could see some enticing white patches on google maps. As we’re suckers for a glacier we immediately started to look for options… Read more »
Rock Art and Mountain Biking in Alta
11/09/2025 And so we found ourselves back in Alta, just 10 days after passing through on our blast across Finland. This time we were due to stay over. We had… Read more »
A quick stop in Hammerfest
08/09/2025 Onwards we travelled, westwards towards Hammerfest. It claims to be the northernmost city in Norway, but that seems to be disputed. Mostly because there is no official distinction between… Read more »
All the way to Nordkapp
07/09/2025 I apologise in advance for the rant below. Feel free to skip the first section if pedantry is not for you. There is some more positive content further down… Read more »
Crossing the 71st Parallel
06/09/2025 The north coast of Norway is made up of a number of peninsulas jutting into the Barents sea. We had been on the Varanger peninsular and were about to… Read more »
The abandoned village of Hamningberg
04/09/2025 Just a few kms north of Vardø, along a 40km stretch of road, lies a small nodule of land facing out into the Barents Sea. This tiny peninsula is… Read more »
Witches and Work in Vardø
03/09/2025 After leaving Grense Jacobselv we needed to find somewhere with signal for me to work. It also needed to be somewhere that Paul could entertain himself for the day… Read more »
Border Lands in Kirkenes
01/09/2025 The north east is where Norway has land borders with Finland and Russia. It’s not the land of high mountains and deep fjords, but is interesting in it’s own… Read more »
An unplanned stop in Finland
31/08/2025 The last day of August was the day we decided to slightly change our plans. Which route to Kirkenes? When we finished our visit to Polar Park we sat… Read more »
The Animals of Polar Park
30/08/2025 I had promised Paul a day off after our big hike. A chance to rest the legs. I’m not sure our next stop really fitted the bill. But it… Read more »
Our First Mountain Walk in Norway
29/08/2025 After finishing my work meeting in Narvik we moved just a few kilometres, with a quick interlude at a supermarket, to a parking spot on the E6. It was… Read more »
Fjord Scenery on the way to Narvik
28/08/2025 The drive north from our campsite in Rognan was spectacular. This was the point when we really got hit in the eyes with the fjord scenery that Norway is… Read more »
Fjordside at Rognan
26/08/2025 It was time to do some more work, so I looked for somewhere we could stop for a couple of days. Somewhere with a nice view and maybe some… Read more »
A Riverside Stopover
24/08/2025 After leaving our glacier camping we were wanting to push on a little before stopping for the night. The road took us up through the bleak high moorland of… Read more »
A lot of Rock and a little Ice
23/08/2025 After leaving Mosjøen we were heading to somewhere that’s been on our wish list since we started planning this trip. Svartisen Glacier. We love glaciers and we’ll take any… Read more »
Heading into Nordland
23/08/2025 The next few days were forecast to continue to be drizzly, but we had a destination in mind for Sunday when the weather was due to improve, so we… Read more »
A Wet Day in Trondheim
21/08/2025 Trondheim currently holds the trophy for the most expensive stopover in Norway. I’m not complaining (much), it was completely our choice to park as close to the centre as… Read more »
Driving North to Orkanger
20/08/2025 We set off from our campsite heading a few kms on to Oppdal. We’d read that there is good mountain biking in the area. On the way I’d earmarked… Read more »