Nordlandsruta
Shirley and I hiked 310 kms of the Nordlandsruta from Katterat to Sulitjelma. The route is located in the far North of Norway, just above the Arctic Circle and along the border between Norway and Sweden. We started in the…
Norway
Saga
Spent 12 wet days walking the Saga Route in Norway with two dear friends. Last year I completed the MassIV Route as a solo walker, and so nice to return to this amazing part of the world and sharing it…
MassIV Ruta
The MassIV Ruta was an epic walking journey through four spectacular mountain areas and four National Parks in southern Norway. The journey was 372 kms (231 miles) long and took 22 days to complete. The photos below are all taken…
Bjørnøya (Bear Island)
Monday, August 6th, 2018 Located half way between the northern tip of Norway and the southern tip of Svalbard, Bjørnøya is home to thousands and thousands of birds. We spent a pleasant morning zodiac cruising along the southwest coastline doing…
Tromsø (again)
Stopped in sleepy Tromsø before our flight to Amsterdam. Said goodbye to friends and family on The World and watched her sail out of town. And thus ends our expedition to the The White Sea.
Honningsvåg
Sunday, June 16, 2013 Honningsvåg is a sleepy town with one main tourist attraction, the North Cape. Instead of driving out to most northerly point of mainland Europe, which is not part of mainland Europe, we went for a lovely…
Heading to the White Sea
Sunday to Tuesday, June 2-4, 2013 We left Kirkenes, Norway, at 6:30pm on June 2nd and arrived in Arkhangelsk, some 38 hours later on June 4th. Since this was The World’s first port-of-call in Russia on this trip, it took…
Kirkenes
Sunday, June 2, 2013 We docked for the day in the quiet town of Kirkenes. Since there was not much going on here, being Sunday didn’t help either, we decided to do a 15km / 10m bike trip to the…
Northern most point in Europe
Saturday, June 1, 2013 Today we sailed past Hammerfest which claims to be the northern most city in the world. This claim is in dispute with Honningsvåg which is further North but maybe is not a city. Barrow in Alaska which…
Tromsø
Thursday, May 30, 2013 Caroline and I reunited in Oslo just as we boarded the 90 minute flight to Tromsø. Caroline was coming from Belgium and I from Los Angeles. After 1 month apart it was certainly good to see…