Category: Norway
Old Stavanger
The old town in Stavanger is most often referred to as Gamle Stavanger (Old Stavanger). Before heading out, I asked…
Street Art Abundance
If street art is your drug, then Stavanger might be the place for you. With, at one point, 150+ works…
Books & Booze
Considering the place is called Bøker & Børst (Books & Booze), I assume it offers two in one, cafe by…
The Street of Colors
That’s what the locals call it, Fargegata. It’s official name is Øvre Holmegate. It’s just a couple of blocks (of…
A Viking Battlefield
Not so much a field, but still apparently the place where viking clans fought it out over the rule of…
The World’s Northernmost Church
Svalbard Church is a red, wooden church built in 1957, after Longyearbyen‘s first church, dated 1921, burnt down during the…
Dana Bakeri
This place I was introduced to by a colleague of mine. Talking she got to know I have a sweet…
Wong’s Restaurant
This Chinese restaurant was the Finnsnes area’s first meeting with foreign cuisine, if you disregard hamburgers, pizza and the likes…
How to Travel Norway by Bus
With COVID affecting my vacation plans, last year was the year for trying new things, among those, traveling long-distance by…
How to Travel Norway by Train
Most of the time when I travel domestically, I go by plane. Norway is so stretched out that distances are…
A (Short) Hurtigruten Voyage: From Port to Port
For us/those living on the coast of Norway, Hurtigruten has always been an alternative way of getting from A to…