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Frozen Norway and come have a look at my new home!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 29, 2013

If you are reading this post through your email, RSS or any other medium rather than the actual site, come, come quickly to take a look, my site has gone through an extreme makeover!! I couldn’t be happier, this has been in the slow burner for a long time and […]

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Welcoming White Winter to Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 24, 2013

I woke up early in the morning to see a glimpse of something bright and white through the shades, little unexpected in this early hour of darkness. The previous evening had been autumnal in its grayness, mixed with the bright shades of yellow and red of the leaves, still decorating […]

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The Beauty of Traveling Slow along the National Tourist Routes of Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 24, 2013

There’s only one way to travel in Norway, and that is slow. S – L – O – W E6, the main road running through the country is still largely just one lane, forcing the speed to drop down to 40 or 50 km/h (yes, kilometers, not miles!), when passing […]

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Road Tripping through Norway via Instagram: What Not to Miss

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 25, 2013

I know the previous weeks have been “slightly” Norway heavy here at Destination Unknown, to an extent that even the title of the blog doesn’t seem quite right. The destination, after all, has been Norway after Norway, each week. But want to bear with me for a moment and join […]

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Discovering Norway – Instagram Travel Thursday

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 18, 2013

Okay. I admit it. I was wrong. My previous post this week wasn’t long enough for a hot cup of tea, nor a cold beer, as one of my friends kindly pointed out. Hence this time I won’t make such promises, but I would like to introduce you to few […]

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Chasing Sheep and Other Fun Activities in the Norwegian Mountains

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 8, 2013

The kind of activities I would like to be participating in and writing about this summer are quite far from what I’m actually tackling. White water kayaking, hiking the ten tops of our mountain region, finding new single tracks in the forest with my bike and scaring myself, and most […]

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Falling in Love with Lofoten

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 17, 2013

For a moment I thought about moving up north past the Arctic Circle and becoming a fisherman. Or woman. That’s what Lofoten does to you. After stirring from a restless sleep at 5am for a sip of water and taking a quick, tired glance outside through the curtains, I was […]

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