A Viking Battlefield
Not so much a field, but still apparently the place where viking clans fought it out over the rule of…
Category: Norway
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…
Walk the Pier
It was a quiet Sunday in Bodø. At the pier bay area I suddenly noticed a lot of people walking…
Street Art Treasure Hunt
It didn’t start out this way, but with extra time on my hands in Bodø, I decided to add more…
Wow, Bodø, You Surprise Me!
Rewind to fall 2018. A friend is planning to take Hurtigruten from Bodø to Tromsø, and wonders what there is…
Perfect Location, For Me
This hotel I chose due to where it’s at, in Bodø. Arriving on the night train, and departing on Hurtigruten,…
The Berbusmel Brothers
While I was hunting for street art pieces in Bodø, I happened upon this place as I turned around. Perfect…