“Oh man, here we go again”, I thought as the rain poured mercilessly down into the city. We had just arrived after a 5-hour bus ride from Stavanger – which also happens to be the stopping off point for the worst travel experience of my life, my horrid hike up to Pulpit Rock. The hike […]
Norway – The Streets are Talking
Street art, murals, graffiti – whatever you wish to call them, they represent society’s thoughts – often as political satire or just plain creative expression. I was pleasantly surprised to see the walls of Norway bedecked with colourful, intense and quirky artwork, especially in the streets of Stavanger. Read any travel guide about Stavanger and […]
The Magical Lofoten Islands, Norway
Once upon a time, I took a plane and a boat to a far off land in the Arctic. It’s a magical place of red fishermen’s cabins on stilts surrounded by mountain ranges with jagged shark teeth edges. Sights and smells of dead cod fish hung out to dry compete with rows of the prettiest […]