Finnmark is the northernmost part of Norway, bordering Finland and Russia. It's also one of my favorite regions - the landscape here is extreme and it does feel like you're on the top of the world! I recently spent a week driving around Finnmark, including stops in Hammerfest, ...
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Troms
Troms is of course most famous for being home to the city of Tromsø, which is most people's go-to for watching the Northern Lights in Norway. If you come to Tromsø in the summer you should be sure to also visit the island of Sommarøy, which has the most beautiful beaches in all ...
If You Visit Alta in the Summer You Can Play With Husky Puppies
When we were putting our two week Northern Norway itinerary together, I insisted that we start as far south as the Helgeland coast, while Dan insisted that we travel as far north as Alta. And I'm glad we are both so stubborn, because both places end up being highlights of the ...
5 Things I Loved About Tromsø (and 2 Things I Didn’t)
The last time I visited Tromsø I was, I don't know, like six years old? My only two memories are of listening to builders working outside my family's hotel room at 4 am in the bright sunlight and watching the midnight sun not quite set over a beach. Come to think of it, I'm ...
2017 in 20 Wins and 17 Fails
It just occurred to me that if I keep writing this same annual round-up post into the 2020s I'll start recording more fails than wins each year, and aren't we supposed to get better at life with age? Or is it that we learn not to worry so much about achieving those wins and ...