Hello darkness my old friend…
2025年11月26日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Bergen. 60° N. November 26. I landed at around 16:20. It was already dark.
I never understood people who get depressed during the winter due to the lack of light. If you ask me direct sunlight isもっと詳しく
Bacon & Fish
2025年11月26日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
One of the many negative impacts the Serbian Orthodox Church left on Serbian culture happened when it turned the pious into fish-eating vegans for long stretches of time during lent. By doing so, theyもっと詳しく
Håkon’s Hall & Bergen Fortress
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Håkon’s Hall was built in the mid 13th century as a royal residence and banquet hall. It was an impressive structure at the time, and along the fortress was strategically placed at the entrance ofもっと詳しく
Bryggen
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Bryggen is the iconic wharf people usually associate with Bergen. It was the center of trade since at least the 12th century, although today’s buildings were all built at the very beginning of theもっと詳しく
Reindeer Hot Dogs
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Cinnamon rolls and reindeer hot dogs. That’s what the tour guide recommended I try. The rolls are OK but IMHO nothing to write home about. But these legendary Bergen reindeer hot dogs served withもっと詳しく
Fløyen
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Fløyen is one of seven mountains that surround Bergen. It provides a nice view of the city, and is quite easy to get to via a downtown funicular that runs every 15 minutes.
Unfortunately, when I gotもっと詳しく
Who?
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
In Bergen they turned their old phone booths into one of those pick-a-book/leave-a-book stands. I love the concept but my call failed: there was no dial tone; and so I didn’t travel through space,もっと詳しく
Nordnes Sjøbad
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
I loved this heated saltwater pool. You can jump into the North Sea, which was at 12°C, and then warm up in the 33°C pool. To make it even more interesting it was raining, and the temperatureもっと詳しく
Dinner at the Penguins
2025年11月27日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
The receptionist at my hotel recommended a restaurant called Penguins, and it seemed like a sign. Boy was it a good choice!
Following the earlier theme I ordered reindeer steak served with creamyもっと詳しく
Five Minutes of Sunshine
2025年11月28日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Bergen gets a lot of rain, and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. London and Vancouver are said to be very rainy. On average, they get 164 and 171 rainy days respectively, where a rainy day is one withもっと詳しく
Find Penguins? Hold My Beer.
2025年11月28日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Bergen’s aquarium is small, making it feel very private. I don’t think there were more than 50 visitors in there, if that. I was so close to the penguins, I could practically reach out and touchもっと詳しく
Goodbye Bergen!
2025年11月28日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
After two wonderful days here, it’s time to say goodbye to Bergen and go further north.
The ship is fully decorated for Xmas, my cabin super comfortable, the staff incredibly friendly, and the foodもっと詳しく
Arriving in Ålesund
2025年11月29日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
After a night’s worth of sailing from Bergen we arrived in Ålesund (62° N) where there was already plenty of snow to see, much to my delight.
The sailing was more than I expected, but bearable.もっと詳しく
Geirangerfjord
2025年11月29日, ノルウェー ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
Fjords are formed during ice ages. Glaciers act like sandpaper, carving the terrain as they move. Out of Norway’s 1700, Geirangerfjord is the most famous. Its walls rise 1400m above sea level, andもっと詳しく
Trondheim
2025年11月30日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Trondheim (63° N) is Norway’s third largest city with a population of around 200,000 people. The sun here was already behind the horizon at 2:20pm.
Crossing the Arctic Circle
2025年12月1日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
We crossed the Arctic Circle at around 8am. I went out an hour later, and stayed on deck for about two hours. During that time I took 229 photos. Because the boat was moving, by the time I was doneもっと詳しく
Ørnes
2025年12月1日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☀️ -6 °C
Our main tour guide on this voyage is Oscar. He holds daily meetings where he presents interesting things coming up, mixed with a bit of Norwegian art, music, and a bit humor as well. I quicklyもっと詳しく
Bodø
2025年12月1日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌙 -4 °C
We arrived at Bodø (67° N) at the golden hour, just as it was starting to go dark; at about 1pm. This is the first time it occurred to me that I didn’t see the sun at all, nor will I, until weもっと詳しく
旅行者The long hours of darkness are atmospheric. I was in Finland for the opposite, 23 hours of light and civil twilight. I'd like to see the extreme north during the winter months.
旅行者How long does it take to unfreeze smile over there? Is this smile from day before or a fresh one? :)
Nikola MilekicAll I can tell you is that it thawed soon after I landed in Munich. It's an utter shit show.
Svolvær and the Northern Lights
2025年12月1日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
The day started with crossing the Arctic Circle, continued with Ørnes and Bodø, and ended with this lovely little town called Svolvær in the Lofoten Islands, which are known for dramatic sceneryもっと詳しく
Finnsnes
2025年12月2日, ノルウェー ⋅ ⛅ -13 °C
On our way to Tromsø (69° N), we passed by this picturesque town of Finnsnes, the administrative center of the local province (population circa 5000), that for some reason left a great impression.
Sami and The Reindeer
2025年12月2日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌙 -10 °C
The Sami are Norway’s indigenous nomadic people. Traditionally, they were reindeer herders, and still today many keep reindeer. In fact, all free-roaming reindeer in Norway are owned by Samiもっと詳しく
The North Cape
2025年12月3日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
The North Cape (71° N) is the northern most point of continental Europe that is easily accessible. There is a small peninsula next door that extends further 1.5km north, but getting there from landもっと詳しく
Dog Sledding in Kirkenes
2025年12月4日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ -7 °C
Allow me to introduce you to Toffin, Ellim, Money, Basil, Yukon, Ostia, and of course the wonderful musher Aneshka who took us on this wild ride. It was all that it seems, and more!
旅行者Nikola that doesn't surprise me 😀
Chritsmas songs... yeah!!!!.
Oh je....