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 caravan, 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, …
At the moment it was hard to find something fun to do. The weather was just grey skies with a permanent drizzle changing to more serious rain now and then. We used that time to work and to cook, to read and to surf. We had found the most spectacular spot somewhere in the middle …
46 days ago we visited the North Cape, now we are at the southernmost point of Norway at the Lindesnes Fyr. What a great time we had exploring Norway from North to South. Hopefully we get to enjoy some more of this beautiful country. People are cycling and even hiking from here to the North, …
The weather forecast was good and we wanted to hike to a very special place at the coast, but on the way there were some more places we wanted to see and we managed to pack it all into one day. Our first stop was at Sogndalsstrand, a little fishing village with old houses where …
South of Stavanger lies an area with such a unique geology that it has been recognised by UNESCO. 900 million years ago, this entire area was a huge magma chamber deep inside the earth. Here you can walk on the same rock as on the moon: Anorthosite. The work of the glaciers turned it into …
