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Easter Escape to the Mountains

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 1, 2013

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 […]

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Ode to Swimming Pools

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 25, 2013

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 […]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 20, 2012

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 […]

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Life in Norway: Living in the Happiest Country of the World

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 1, 2012

Just last week we were basking in the sunshine of the Portuguese beaches, with the only annoyance being little sand grains creeping everywhere. Of which some of them even made the journey back home. And now? Home sweet home. Foggy, rainy, autumnal Norway. Bills to be paid. Routines to be […]

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Adventure Park Fun Norwegian Style

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 28, 2012

It doesn’t matter where I have lived, at first I’ve always been excited to get to know the new city, town or village. I’ve seen some of the sights and taken some tours. And then I’ve settled down. Loved and lived the life in a new place until I’ve moved […]

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Capturing the Colours of Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 23, 2012

When I started this blog it was not going to be all about Norway. Yes, I wanted to write about life in Norway. But also about our travels around Europe and further afield. Outdoors. Food. All the little bits and pieces related to travel and experiencing new cultures. And here […]

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The Best of the Best in Norway. And Then Some.

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 17, 2012

Lonely Planet published recently their Top 17 Experiences in Norway and on starting to read the article I nervously began calculating how many of these things had I seen or done. Was I missing out on something BIG!? Maybe there was something I had never even heard of!? Yeah, ticking “must […]

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