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I'm in a Norsca commercial

Mon, 14 May 2007 | By crustyadventures | Views [2791] | 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: conference, oslo, the great outdoors

Fjords Galore!

Sun, 16 May 2010 | By neil_loewen | Views [971]

I left Copenhagen after two days there, and set my sights on Sweden. It was kind of a big deal to cross the bridge from Denmark to Sweden (longest in the world?), because I had seen it on Discovery Channel many times! We left Copenhagen, on our way ... Read more >

Tags: beautiful, bergen, fjords, gothenburg, neil loewen, norway, sweden

Reisaa ner...

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By hildegunn-moyfrid | Views [733]

Turen vaar ner te Tanzania va bare utruligt masse lenger enn an hadde trengt aa vaer, men de e jo kjekt paa tur, aa me fekk masse reis for pengen.. Eg aa Hildegunn tog fysst nattog fra stavanger te oslo, saa fyssta reisenaatt va paa tog. Itte 12-... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Oslo

Tue, 8 May 2012 | By peterlee54 | Views [661]

I arrived in Oslo to find it shut or rather the camp sites do not open till 1 st June so I had to go about 8 miles out to find somewhere decent to stay. Bogstad Camping turns out to be one of the largest campsites in Norway and is situated just below ... Read more >

Karlsøy Festivalen

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By utegute | Views [456]

The Karlsøy festival is a special occasion where we gather together to resist and oppose a society with values based on profit, competition and greed. The festival is a protest against razing of the rural communities, environmental destruction and ... Read more >

Plutselig hjemme...

Sun, 4 May 2008 | By rune_thorsen | Views [418]

Tok bare 28 timer ifra jeg gikk inn på første flyplassen til jeg kom ut av den siste... Er en smule sliten. Men slapp å dra på bagen min da, vet ikke helt hvor den er... Etter å ha mista overgangen i New York, så ble jeg sendt til Paris hvor jeg også ... Read more >

3 uker før avreise

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 | By jegreiseralene | Views [341]

Kamera er kjøpt. Reiseforsikring undersøkes. Pakkelisten skal handles. Siste runde vaksiner blir unnagjort. Avreise nærmer seg. Fort.

Tags: preparations

Catching a Moment - A Dangerous Point of View

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry

I’m running. Fast as I can. My feet are barely glimpsing the edges of rocks before I push off, propelling through the air towards the next stone. Rock. Ledge. JUMP. Nice! Left. Right. Faster, he’s catching on you. This is dangerous, careless; this is ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Flam, town with all thieves on vacation

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

We were told at the tourist information that our hostel was about 20 minutes away. Considering the size of the town, I was surprised Flam had a tourist information office at all: a railway station, a shop, a pub and a few houses scattered around – that ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Norway's Fjords

Tue, 19 May 2015 | By | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry

When you think of Norway, what comes to mind first? The most common association are fjords. They are the symbol of the country and one of many reasons people consider Norway the most naturally beautiful country in Europe, specifically in Scandinavia.... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship