Travel Reads > Norway
• Darkest North [Sidetracked]
“All I have to do is one final gear check, close up my saddlebags, and I’m ready to start this adventure. From now on the plan is simple: pedal from the end of the Lofoten Islands to Vardø, easternmost point of Norway – 1,400km through the forests of northern Scandinavia. But simple doesn’t mean easy. Yesterday, December 13th, was the start of the polar night, and 25 days of Arctic darkness and deep cold lie ahead.”
• A 65km hike into Norway’s vanishing rural past (archive) [BBC Travel]
“The Stølstruta offers hikers a responsible, respectful way to witness a pastoral tradition that has disappeared almost everywhere else in Europe.”
• In Norway, skiing through a winter wonderland (archive) [NY Times Travel]
“A 100-mile journey along the country’s Troll Trail includes stunning vistas, snowbound mountain hotels and waffles.”
• The island without time (archive) [The Atlantic]
“I traveled above the Arctic Circle to find out whether a town really can live free from the clock.”
[Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle.]
• A pilgrim route in Norway: Berries, bogs and a Viking king (archive) [NY Times Travel]
“Following one of the nine St. Olav Ways, a photographer trudged with soggy feet through tundras, forests and wetlands. Here’s what she saw.”
• I went on a cold vacation and I didn’t hate it [Get Lost with Lonely Planet]
“Maybe the beach isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…”
• The ‘cool Camino’: Why hikers are heading north [BBC Travel]
“Every summer, Spain’s iconic Camino bakes under extreme heat, but Norway’s St Olav Ways offer pilgrims a quieter, cooler path to redemption.”
