LIFE IN NORWAY

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Where the Sun Never Sets

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth June 29, 2012

I feel wee bit of nostalgia hitting me this morning. Outside it’s pissing rain, cold and miserable, and even though I often chirpily remark how “kayaking is fun even in the rain as you get wet anyway” I’m not going out today. Nope. In fact I think it’s time for […]

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Heading to the Top. To Ten of Them to be Precise.

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth June 26, 2012

The Norwegians are great in encouraging you to go outside and explore. Not that Norwegians need any encouragement, really. The word outdoors has probably been imprinted in them already in the womb, and on any given mountain or hike you will find families with their dogs, toddlers and babies, even. However, […]

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Sunny Midsummer

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth June 22, 2012

This is the only time of the year I kind of miss Finland. Midsummer. Even though the cultures of the nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland) are full of similarities, here in Norway midsummer is an almost forgotten affair. And how could you not celebrate midsummer up here north, […]

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