LIFE IN NORWAY

Easter Escape to the Mountains

April 1, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Mountain views from Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Bored of wintery mountain pictures with blue skies and lots of white snow yet? I thought I was. I mean I thought I was 100% over and done with winter too. It’s the start of April and the temperatures still drop to −10C (14F) in the mornings. Something is not quite right as calendar clearly indicates it should [...]

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Taste of an Adventure

March 4, 2013 LIFE IN NORWAY
Skiing with sledge in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

This past weekend we got a little taste of adventure. Not in the same way as when we tried to ski from mountain hut to mountain hut with our toddler and ended up returning home, tail in between our legs although even then happy of our adventure. But just a little bite, a taste of [...]

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Ode to Swimming Pools

February 25, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Ilsetra Mountain Hotel in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

This is not for you, public swimming pools with fluorescent lighting and suspicious particles floating in the turquoise water with way too much chlorine. This is an ode to swimming pools that make you go “aah”, as you slowly sink in, with warm water wrapping itself around you and carrying your weight so effortlessly you [...]

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Cross-country Skiing into the Wild. Kind of.

January 19, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Skitouring in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

What are great Norwegian winter adventures made of? Snow, wilderness, mountains,  pair of skis, sledge, bit of hardship and in the end, a cozy cabin with a fireplace and candle lighting. Naturally no running water or electricity are needed. But here I have two confessions to make. I call myself an “outdoorsy” person and here [...]

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

December 23, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
White Christmas in Norway

I was planning to do a “Merry Christmas” posting earlier this week with the pretence that supermarkets start Christmas celebrations months in advance, so I could easily get away with a one week’s head start. But then the holidays began and I fell into a beautiful holiday bliss with outdoor activities by day, watching films [...]

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Life in Norway: Christmas Market the Norwegian Way

December 5, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Christmas Market in Maihaugen, Lillehammer in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

If you came for a visit in our apartment you might forget all about the approaching Christmas. It is possible to spot the odd Christmas card here and there but that’s about it. We continue to get those cards from our loved ones even though I’m the worst person to send any. I mean we [...]

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Life in Norway: Come Dine with Me

November 27, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Strawberry cake in the Strawberry Cafe in Valldal, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Lot has been said publicly and internationally about my native Finland’s food. Just ask France’s ex-president Jacques Chirac or the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi what they think of it. Their answers might be along the lines of “practically inedible” or having to “endure” Finnish food. Oh wait. They actually already said those things! [...]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

November 20, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Winter in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

After boasting about traveling home to winter and probably being quite annoying on Facebook sharing our local ski hill’s snowy photos, we got to Norway ready to get the skis and snowboards out of the storage and guess what happened? It started raining. We watched the snow slowly disappear of the fields and the remains [...]

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