Destination: Norway
There are [85] stories and [1518] photos from Norway
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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 | By worker | Views [954] | Comments [6]
So the plan after Pamps was to try and put a hold on the spending, slow it down a notch, after all there is still 6 months to go. I know I'll head to Scandi, take it easy and camp saving money ... WRONG! If you ever plan on owning your own home do ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By kipnomad | Views [2469] | Comments [2]
OK, So it's not a rocking city. More like visiting Canberra ( Australia's capital city) but adding culture and multiplying the cost of everything by 4. We're here for the Global Ecotourism Conference and my colleague at World Nomads, Christy ... Read more >
Tags: culture, oslo, norway, ecotourism, conference, footprints, vigelands, sculpture, world nomads
Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By crustyadventures | Views [917] | Comments [2]
Huh... who'd have thunk it? I'd find myself in Oslo presenting to a global eco-tourism conference, drawing on work experience but also travel tales near and far, to piece together an angle on a complex world. I met some great people and wonder if ... Read more >
Tags: weird and crazy, conference, responsible tourism
Sun, 20 May 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [561] | Comments [1]
Arriving in Oslo from from Shanghai the jet-lag and dubious British Airways sandwich on the leg from London left me wanting to vomit. Probably not the best start to a new country and one that perhaps colours my time there. The taxi from the airport ... Read more >
Tags: politics, footprints network, csr, responsible travel
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By george | Views [822]
Hei! from Norway... Getting off the overnight ferry from Newcastle and arriving in pouring rain in Bergen (this is a city where it rains for 275 days per year), I found my hostel, dumped my stuff and hit the mean streets. My first task was to ... Read more >
Tags: norway, bergen
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [453]
'But you've been to 21 different countries!' I know, I know. It doesn't even make sense to me. I'm just a victim of circumstance. A pawn in the game of life. A hapless innocent wanderer in the jungle of life... yes yes.. okokokok, I'll get on with ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [405]
What a magical place! We were lucky enough to book a trip during the summer solstice and sat out on deck of our ferry, in the sun, at midnight. Hilarious. Of course, time does not indicate light hours in northern Norway. ... Read more >
Tags: highlights, hiking, boats
Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [317]
I've lived in Norway, off and on for 10 years. Is been a place of peace and rejuvenation for me. My first impressions, coming from Australia, was that it was picture perfect. The houses were charming and well kept. One hardly ever sees a house in ... Read more >
Tags: thanks, relationships
Sat, 8 Dec 2007 | By kendra_havok | Views [263]
Our second weekend after arriving in Norway the Woldsnes seniors took us to Copenhagen via cruise ship. We left at about 4:30 in the afternoon and would arrive the following day at 9am. After embarking we went to our cabins and got settled then we ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By kendra_havok | Views [220]
Tuesday the 29th we disembarked on a trip to Kiel, Germany. we would be there only for 4 hours, it was actually the ship that was the main attraction here. The boat was awesome, elt like the titanic, very stylish, and different from the Copanhagen ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 | By whereiskai | Views [206]
We stayed at a lake that is the property of Jorund Valebjorg. He lives in Valebjorg. He owns a lot of the seas in the Holmvatn-area and is a very very firm and gentle farmer and fisher.. Settlers came only 200 years ago to that region, and his ancestors ... Read more >
Tags: people, nature
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By whereiskai | Views [191]
"Go to that place, it's wonderful! It is my uncle's place", she said. Her uncle spoke "You can come and guide the people, and sell fish - not too much! Earn good money, and enjoy your time." We were so excited. We took ... Read more >
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By whereiskai | Views [188]
On a rock close to the sea you place your tent. You feel so free. (and could not have done otherwise for all the swamp around you!) The dragonflies swirl and mate chasing food, observing you. The look and ask "Who are you?" The ... Read more >
Tags: nature, poem, insight
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By whereiskai | Views [179]
As you return from a lake where every now and then - like every month - a man comes and says "I like this nature here, please let me stay for some time in harmony, lightly touching the ground, humming "Don't be afraid, all is grace.... Read more >
Tags: philosophy, nature, poem
Tue, 9 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [148]
Ann Kirsti and I have been trying to track down one last piece of equipment and it has been almost impossible to find. But wahey! We've finally found it! And its going to wing its merry way over to my rucksack if I'm lucky :) Then its just to pile in ... Read more >
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By george | Views [635] | Comments [2]
Oslo
For some
reason, Oslo is
very busy at the moment, and I was struggling to find accommodation, until I
tried the MS Innvik B&B which had a last minute cancellation, so could fit
me in.
The B&B
is on ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [175] | Comments [2]
My
second day in Trondheim and i found myself hanging out at the
cathedral again (they have nice, free toilets there and i happened to
be in the neighbourhood). On my way out of the Ladies (after
fighting my way ... Read more >
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By george | Views [1468] | Comments [1]
Day five, and I stayed one night in the tiny Fjord town of Flam (pronounced 'Flom' as it's got dots above the 'a'), having taken the train from Bergen to Voss, the bus from Voss to Gudvangen - down the steepest road in Norway apparently, and then two ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 14 May 2007 | By crustyadventures | Views [935] | Comments [1]
Oslo; first impressions. Green, calm and clean. It's so nice to have arrived at the Oslo airport which smelled of popcorn and looked like a stylish entrance to a sauna, all glass and wood and light. This was a contrast after the awful mayhem of ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors, oslo, conference
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [231] | Comments [1]
Firstly,
to bask in my clever title i should explain - Å
is pronounced 'aw”. I think “awestruck” is more or less the
best world to describe how you feel in Lofoten ... Read more >
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By kendra_havok | Views [222] | Comments [1]
Tonight was the 23rd of December and we had Geir's relatives over to celebrate the beginning of Christmas with a night of glug and grot ('gloug' and 'grurt'). Grot is a porrige that we had for dinner with a square of butter sprinkled with sugar and ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [171] | Comments [1]
travel
to & accommodation
The
train ride from Oslo-Bergen had great views, especially from Geilo to
Bergen. It travels past cute little stations like Finse (at
1220masl). Up high it is like a plateau of snowy ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [504]
First
i should say - there are not enough superlatives in the world to
adequately describe the Lofoten Islands' beauty. Even the word
“beauty” seems so deficient.
Suffice
it to say – the bus trip from Narvik ... Read more >
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By kendra_havok | Views [345]
Australia Day night we spent with Hayley from the Norwegian course and her fiance and his brother. We went over to their apartment which is not far from Frydenbergveien 19 and had a nice time playing Aussie music and chatting before heading out to ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By kendra_havok | Views [268]
Sunday 2rd December we drove about 45 mins north to a festive lunch at Geir's grandma's sisters house. We went to a 'Christmas Market' which was held in someone's house. They had cleared out a few rooms to transform it into a gallery displaying knitted ... Read more >
Tags: Snow
