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 »
Category: Norway
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 »
Spotting Musk Ox at Snøhetta Viewpoint
19/08/2025 Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately – we do have to pay the bills) I am still having to work as we travel. I took a week off initially to allow… Read more »
A drive across the Rondane
18/08/2025 We had a bit of backtracking to do now. Our via ferrata experience had taken us slightly off course. It felt odd to be heading back south, and a… Read more »
Via Ferrata Sjoa
17/08/2025 The next point of interest on my map was a via ferrata near Sjoa. We agreed that after two days of mountain biking we would see how our legs… Read more »
Mountain Bikes at Hafjell
16/08/2025 Refreshed by the outdoors, we were ready for another longish drive. It was going to be over 500km up past Oslo and the famous Olympic town of Lillehammer to… Read more »
Walking the Tømmerrena
14/08/2025 Three days travelling and three hours on the ferry. We were completely done with travelling. We needed a bit of the great outdoors to revive us. Luckily several people… Read more »
Hirtshals and the Ferry to Norway
13/08/2025 We decided to get the Ferry to Norway and opted for the Hirtshals to Kristiansand crossing. There were many options but we were driven by cost on this leg… Read more »
Our Long Drive North
10/08/2025 We are finally just days away from embarking on the trip to Norway that we’ve been promising ourselves for some time. Twice it’s been postponed, van issues stopped us… Read more »