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I'm in a Norsca commercial

Mon, 14 May 2007 | By crustyadventures | Views [2806] | 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 & Bonfires in Bergen

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Views [1318]

My ticket directed me to the "family car" of the train to Bergen where I was the only passenger. I was a bit worried that I'd caught the wrong train until the ticket collector came through and put my mind at rest! There had been a fire ... Read more >

Tags: bergen, fjord, glacier, hiking, mt floyden

Out and About in Oslo

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Views [1130]

I had to get up stupidly early to catch the 6 hour train to Oslo, where I walked the 15 minutes to Anker Hostel . Once again it is more of a “hotel” feel than a hostel, with a large waiting room, no kitchen but a hotplate in the dorm room, and very ... Read more >

Tags: akershus slott, bygdoy island, castle, fram museum, kontiki museum, maritime museum, nobel peace centre, opera house, oslo, vikings

Karlsøy Festivalen

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By utegute | Views [471]

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 >

Packing and getting ready to go

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [440]

At the moment all I seem to be doing is working like crazy and trying to get ready to go South. Today the(almost)last box of gear arrived and I'm now just making sure I have everything organised and then tomorrow evening I'll be battling with getting ... Read more >

Tags: snow cold wind tent

Art Nouveau, Ålesund

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [333]

A land of art nouveau! In the first ever guidebook I glanced at about Norway, I noticed a city perched on a peninsula surrounded by blue sky and about the most spectular setting ever. Ålesund is where I had to be. I would often gaze at that ... Read more >

The Snow

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 | By | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry

Travelling is one of the unusual experiences you encounter, especially when you travel to different continents and get to experience different cultures, believes and their way of living. I had an opportunity to travel to Europe to a beautiful country ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

All you need is courage and creativity

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 | By | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

It was a rainy day in the fall of 2011. It was that time between summer and christmas, that time when your days becomes a loop of the day before. Nothing new, school, work, sleep and repeat. We used to go out in the weekends but that too seemed like a ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Hunting the Lights

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By ozedot | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

My ears hurt and threatened to snap off. The tip of my nose shrieked with pain. Kirkenes was desolate and fiercely, colder than imagined. I spent a night here after disembarking from the Kong Harold. The focus of the trip was the Northern Lights. A solar ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

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

Gallery: Karlsøya

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By utegute | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Norway

Fri, 30 May 2014 | By extra_ordinaryadventures | Photo Gallery


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Nordic beauty

Wed, 5 Nov 2014 | By | Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Hi everyone! My name is Nadiya Trach, I am university teacher of Ukrainian Language and Terminology Science in Kyiv, Ukraine. I travel a bit because of my job, visiting conferences and seminars in Europe and the US. Travelling gives me a chance to meet ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By aurorahunt | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

My name is Esdras and I'm a 29 year old Italian, who was born in Brazil. I am currently living in Ireland. Travelling is in my blood and I have moved house 17 times. This alone explains why I would love to experience an adventure to many different ... Read more >
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012

Photos: Northern Lights Interlude

Thu, 5 Dec 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery


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