In the quiet after Christmas Eve, neighbours gathering (shh, it was my birthday and although unannounced most knew it) and sending off the full of adventures old 2025 year, Alex managed to finish another video from our Scandinavian trip.
Chasing The Scream in Oslo
Storyline: Scandinavia
Wed, Jun 25
Oslo is our last stop in Norway. Our home is an Airbnb apartment with a bedroom, a living room and kitchenette located a historic working-class district named Grünerløkka or Løkka as the local call it. Continue reading “Chasing The Scream in Oslo”
From Bergen to Oslo via Flåm
Storyline: Scandinavia
Tue, Jun 24
After a big delay here is the next post from our Scandinavian trip – Flåm.
Bergen saw us off with its usual gloom, rain and cold. Continue reading “From Bergen to Oslo via Flåm”
Stockholm June 2025
After a 6 months delay, here is Alex’s first video from our June trip to Scandinavia. If no other major issues with his or our house health, he may be able to pull one more of the hat before our winter 2026 travels. Fingers crossed.
Bergen
Storyline: Scandinavia
Fry, Jun 20
Bergen, with about 294 000 people, the second most populous city in Norway after Oslo, is also the wettest Norwegian city. It also is the rainiest city in Europe. Continue reading “Bergen”
Trondheim
Storyline: Scandinavia
Wed, Jun 18
We love Trondheim. Trondheim, the Viking capital along the river.
Arrived late last night after about 10 hours of spectacular train ride from Bodø. The train pulled into the station at 22:13. The area around the train station is in construction so although the hotel was 5 minutes away it took us some time to get through the mud and find our bearings. Continue reading “Trondheim”
From Bodø to Trondheim by train
Storyline: Scandinavia
Tue, Jun 17
The-Norland-Railway (Norlandsbanen) runs from the town of Bodø about 100-kilometers above the Arctic Circle to the historic city of Trondheim about 350-kilometers to the south. Usually referenced as Trondheim to Bodø this 729-kilometer-long railway is one of the most spectacular in Norway. Continue reading “From Bodø to Trondheim by train”
Bodø
Storyline: Scandinavia
Mon, Jun 16
From our most northern point we now turn south. Since we don’t have unlimited time to roam in Norway, I’ve booked a flight with SAS to Bodø. First of two. After breakfast and packing we take a cab to Tromsø airport. Continue reading “Bodø”
Tromsø
Storyline: Scandinavia
We are in Tromsø. Still Sat, Jun 14. At 69.65° it is about 660km longitudinal north of Iqaluit, Canada, and 340km north of the Arctic Circle. Its centre is located on the island of Tromsøya (Tromsø island) and is connected to the mainland Tromsøbrua, by a kilometre-long bridge Continue reading “Tromsø”
Narvik to Tromsø on bus 100
Storyline: Scandinavia
Sat, Jun 14
Moving further north day. Not that we are not north, but today we’ll take a bus all the way to Tromsø. The farthest north I’ll likely ever be. There was a time we dreamt to ship our van (now long time gone) and drive all the way to the North Cape, Europe’s most northern point at about 71° and some 470km north of the Arctic Circle. Continue reading “Narvik to Tromsø on bus 100”
Narvik, Norway
Storyline: Scandinavia
Fri, Jun 13
And so late last night we checked in Scandic hotel, Narvik. As the previous two posts covered, we had to part with my dream to cross the arctic circle by train. As far as we understood from various conversations, due to a mud slide the tracks were damaged somewhere after Gällivare. Continue reading “Narvik, Norway”
Will we cross the border toady?
Storyline: Scandinavia
And so, after all the confusion and scramble to understand what was going on, as the previous post says, our arctic circle train was replaced by a bus. To Gällivare (pronounced something like Yēllivarey. I could never quite get it right – A) so far. Continue reading “Will we cross the border toady?”
Off to Norway
Storyline: Scandinavia
Thus, Jun 12
It is about seven hours from Boden, Sweden to Narvik, Norway by train. The longest seven hours we had travelling, as we’d soon find out. Although we may have not travelled as extensively as many, our trips, except two short ones in the past, are self organised. Thus, we are on our own if something goes wrong. Continue reading “Off to Norway”
Boden, Sweden
Storyline: Scandinavia
Wed, Jun 11
Shortly after we left Stockholm we were already north of 60°. Boden (around 66°), (“a drab little place”, the train attendant told us), is a former military town located in northern Sweden, some 80 kilometres south of the arctic circle and about 220km latitudinal north of Iqaluit, Canada. Continue reading “Boden, Sweden”
Heading North
Storyline: Scandinavia
Tuesday, June 10 is our last day in Stockholm. We are heading north towards the Arctic circle. Our next stop will be Boden. I have already mentioned this a few times in previous posts but we had a wonderful stay at Continue reading “Heading North”
