July 2021, one month time. Do what? Long distance travel is not possible due to COVID. In Southern Europe it is rather too hot for us in July. What else? Scandinavia? As late as the beginning of June, Sweden, probably the most relaxed country in the EU in terms of COVID, still has open borders. … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021
Sweden out of a picture book: moose, reindeer. Wonderful lakes, marshlands and nasty biting flies. And finally, one last adventure on the ferry. The next days we spent mostly in the car and drove lengthwise through Sweden back towards Germany. This had several advantages: We could also see a bit of Sweden, the route is … Continue reading Travelogue Scandinavia 2021 – Way back through Sweden
Luck despite mistake with ferry. Arrival at Lofoten in the fog. Unusual place names. Island tour and swimming trip in the North Atlantic. The next day we hit the road in the middle of the night. If this sentence with day and night makes any sense at all, especially since the term night is very … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Lofoten Islands
Tour to and over the Engabreen glacier tongue, part of the Svartisen glacier. We spend the night in Glomfjord. We booked our tour to the glacier tongue Engabreen through Meløy Adventure. The weather is not ideal (overcast, light drizzle from time to time) but still the best day of the week when we were in … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Svartisen Glacier (Engabreen)
Short visit to Trondheim. Continuing to Sandnessjøen. Kystriksveien Coastal Route with little views due to the weather, lots of waiting for ferries and crossing the Arctic Circle. After three hours including breakfast we have seen enough and we continue our journey. We plan to do some distance and get further north. Our next destination is … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Trondheim, Kystriksveien Coastal Route
Serpentines of the Troll Ladder Trollstigen. Evening hike over the Romsdalstrappa to the Rampestreken viewing platform. Disappointment on the Atlantic Ocean Road. Enthusiasm about clipfish. Next overnight stay in Åndalsnes. Here we actually want to do the Romsdalseggen ridge walk the next day, where you first take the bus to the starting point and then … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Trollstigen, Rampestreken, Atlantic Ocean Road
Visit to the Norwegian Glacier Museum and the two glacier tongues Bøyabreen and Briksdalsbreen. Loen Skylift. In general, Malina and I have a clear division of tasks: I plan the trip segments and drive. Malina takes the pictures. So we almost passed the Norsk BreMuseum, the Norwegian Glacier Museum, because it was not on my … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Jostedalsbreen Glacier
Hardangerfjord: Bathing stop and delicious strawberries. Short visit to Bergen. Nærøyfjord, Aurlandsfjord and drive over the pass road Aurlandsfjellet. The next few days we cover quite a few kilometres with a stopover in Bergen. In Bergen we spend two nights. There’s lots to see, delicious food. But we are longing to get back to nature. … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – From Odda via Bergen to Aurlandsfjellet
Driving towards Odda. Hike to the troll tongue Trolltunga, a spectacular rock tongue hanging 700 meters above a lake. Info about parking and the hike itself. We spend the next day driving to Odda. The hike to the troll tongue Trolltunga is already organizationally a challenge. The information on the official Trolltunga homepage is as … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Trolltunga
Hike to Kjeragbolten, a boulder hanging freely between two vertical rock faces. Lots of adrenaline and great photos. The next morning we go to the next classic, the Kjeragbolten. I would classify this hike as difficult. Our route had 10.6 kilometers and 720 meters of altitude. Here it goes steeply upwards over quite slippery rocks. … Continue reading Travelogue Norway 2021 – Kjeragbolten