Month January 2019
Our swing through Scandi capitals ended in Copenhagen. Our home in the Danish capital was right in the middle of the red-light district, just down the road from a couple of safe injecting rooms and around the corner from the… Continue Reading →
A trip on Stockholm’s tunnelbana, the city’s underground rail system, is no ordinary journey. Most of the network’s stations – more than 90 – have been transformed from purely functional spaces into galleries of art. In a project that began… Continue Reading →
Oslo is 2019’s ‘European Green Capital’ and it’s little wonder. In the Norwegian capital they’re serious about tackling climate change. Here every aspect of life is measured against its impact on the environment, and budget decisions are tied to climate… Continue Reading →
Gazing up at the towering cliff of a Norwegian fjord is to be reminded of the unstoppable power of nature. Fjords were formed during the Ice Age as glaciers ground their way through the landscape to the coast. When the ice… Continue Reading →
In our travels we’ve come across only two or three places we could imagine ourselves living in; Bergen, on Norway’s west coast, is one of them. It’s a relatively small city, located beside a fjord, totally charming and filled with… Continue Reading →
Rather than fly out of Hammerfest, we decided to leave by boat. But not just any boat – we’d travel south to Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city, on the famed Hurtigruten line. Hurtigruten ships are working vessels. For 125 years they’ve… Continue Reading →
After almost eighteen months in Italy, Greg and I decided to spread our wings and fly off to other parts of Europe for a while. Our first stop was Hammerfest in Norway’s remote far north in time for New Year’s… Continue Reading →
It should have been simple, the first stage of our trip. Ortisei to Innsbruck. Local bus, familiar train, half-day to kill in a city we knew. On the scale of tricky transportation and admin logistics, this one would be a… Continue Reading →
To celebrate our second Italian Christmas we headed once again to the small town of Ortisei in the Dolomites in the country’s north. Getting to Ortisei requires a bit of commitment – it’s an hour-long winding drive from almost anywhere… Continue Reading →