Month: November 2020

Walking into Lake Vänern

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, …

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Walk @ Kynnefjäll

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 …

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Goodbye Norway

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 …

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Sunday walk @ Hamar

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 …

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Crossing the Venabygdsfjellet

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 …

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On the way to Oslo

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, …

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