We had reached lake Vänern, in the south-west of Sweden. It is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia! We came here to explore a trace of the ice age which leads into the lake – Hindens rev. (Parking: 58.572910, 12.914454) Hindens rev is a long, …
Again we had used the parking where our hike started for the night. That turned out to be the best way to use the daylight. This way we manage to start “early” on our hikes and leave the driving for the afternoon, when it gets dark very early. (Parking: 58.72737, 11.72918) In the morning, we …
Tresticklan National Park lies at the border to Norway, North of the Swedish town of Ed. We arrived there in the afternoon and did a short test hike as there was not enough daylight left for the full tour. The next day we woke to a blue sky at the lake where we had parked …
We had read about this place on Atlas Obscura and were fascinated by the pictures we found on the Internet. A cemetery of old cars from the 40s to the 70s lies in a remote forest close to the border to Norway. We drove on a small gravel road to get there, when suddenly the …
Our last destination in Norway was Kongsvinger, but before we visited the fortress above the town, we stopped to finally pick up our snow chains. They produce all kinds of snow chains, we needed just simple ones, which will get us out of deep snow if necessary. There is this saying “better to have it …
We met Espen Håkonsen, when he was taking a great picture of the elk at night, with the lights of the passing cars giving it a special touch. We got talking and the next day we decided to explore his hometown Hamar together. This route is known for elks often crossing the road. The colourful …
Enjoying the first snow and sunny weather, we decided to cross the mountains North of Lillehammer called Venabygdsfjellet – a name you better copy and paste than type in. But first, we came past a lovely stave church in Ringebu. The stave church at Ringebu was built around the year 1220 and is one of fewer …
This year the first snow came late to Lillehammer, but finally it had arrived. We were parked at Nordsetter at 800 metres for the night, when first heavy rain and then hail knocked at the camper, but finally the temperature dropped, and it started to snow. We woke to blue skies, sun and snow! Nordsetter …
When we found out that due to Corona, all the museums in Oslo were closed, we decided to leave this town for another time with hopefully better conditions. Instead, we headed North to Lillehammer. Here the huge Maihaugen museum was open, and we could visit the open air area as well as the very interesting …
We were surprised when we drove over a pass and suddenly the sun appeared, a chance we couldn’t let pass. Luckily we immediately found a parking with a hiking map and stopped to jump into our hiking boots and off we went. For this kind of spontaneous hikes, I use a Norwegian app called UT, …
