Norway Travel Blogs - Page 5

In my head I always remember a commercial from Norwegian television that was built around one sentence “It’s good to be Norwegian " in Denmark” and now I know why! I have never in my life been in a place where things have been so expensive, it was ludicrous. I guess it starts when you come …

O piatej hodine ráno colník prebúdza posádku a víta ju v dlhoočakávanom NORWAYovi. Zároveň oslavujeme jubilanta NORA II. a jeho úspešných 1000 km.Na pumpe sa menia šoféri... Drobec strieda Bacila, krátka pišpauza a pokračujeme naháňať časový sklz.Z domu máme za sebou 2265 km …

    Trondheim is dressed in autumn colours, and I`m soon leaving the town.   Spring an autumn is my favourite seasons.  Now it is autumn in Trondheim and the colours are beautiful.  The trees have leafs in all colours from green to yellow, orange, red and brown.  …

Roadtrip crossing Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. A total of 11.000 km mostly trough Norway, shot about 2500 pictures.

The frosty mornings has arrived and how wonderful it is to see the grass, plants and trees freeze. It gives them a wonderful magical look and makes for some great photos as well. I should really get myself a  macro lense to get some great up close photos of the frost. This is just the beginnin…

When it's this kind of weather, I really don't mind it being winter. It's just so beautiful when the trees are covered in frost and the sun shines from a clear blue sky. Yes, it was cold, but I couldn't care less... :o) I only wish I had taken a bit more time, and shot some more pics.  My bad…

Norway has a population of about 4.8 million and covers an area of 385,155 square kilometres. There is a population drift from country to town and from north to south. The Norwegian authorities are reducing this trend with measures designed to make living in the depopulated areas more attractive.…

I left home to get my massage and to visit a friend around noon, and I didn't see any snow figures on my way there. However, on my way home a few hours later I saw these funny snow figures. And the artist(s) must have paid much attention to the umm... details. LMOAThey sit smack in the middle …

Went to fill gas on the car and went down to the beach to catch some photos of the sky that was on fire;)

        Oh those summer nights.......         I usually don’t leave Norway in summertime.  Why?  I love the Scandinavian summers and the beautiful summer nights.     The one of you who has been visiting my blogs from Norway …

In the wintertime, around Christmas 1985 a little girl was born in a small town in the south east part of Norway.  That little girl was me.  This is the place where I'm born and raised, and the place I'll always call home. Elverum is the home to 18 000 people, and known for the rive…

        Christmas has had a long and varied history. It was been celebrated for centuries by different people, at different times, in different places, and in many different ways.     Christmas is celebrated throughout the Christian population, but is also cel…

Since moving more towards were I grew up, I've come in contact with some old friends of mine. Most of them I haven' t seen in like 20 years... :o/But one girl has become a great friend and I asked her if she wanted to come along on a concert on a pub way out in the country side with me and also mee…

When we were out in the woods today with Fenris the dog we knew there would be a lot more people then us with a dog there. Fenris is quite a big dog as you can tell from the photo's and isn't always an easy guy to go for a walk with when you meet other dogs. Today that happened AGAIN lol.... While…

We think about visiting some friends who live in Norway. We both plan one week of in July and after a phone call to Ingrid and Edgar we are set to go! We rented a car at the airport and drove to Steinsetbygda. There we stay at Ingrid and Edgar for 3 nights. We were very lucky with the weathe…