Interview and great food

We are now camping just a few hundred meters from the border to Sweden. On this soon to be crowning achievement, two journalists are joining us for two days. These are not the local newspaper journalists, but they are from the most renowned newspaper in Norway; Dagens Næringsliv. They are making a story for their … Continue reading Interview and great food

UFO’s and great friends

In a remote valley in Norway there is a world leading science project going on. For many decades there have been sightings of unexplained lights throughout the valley of Hessdalen. In 1983 a science project was established to look in to these strange phenomenon’s and since then there have been hundreds of documented sightings (both … Continue reading UFO’s and great friends

Forolhogna national park

Norway still has surprises for us and this time it’s a national park that we did not know about. Not as mystical and special as Knutshø, but still it’s an amazing place with many of the same features as Knutshø. We have not seen any wild reindeer for the last weeks that we have been … Continue reading Forolhogna national park

Unknown mystical land

As Norwegians, Jan and Anders have seen or knows how different the Norwegian landscape can be. But even they were surprised by the landscape we now were entering. Knutshø conservation area is a mystical highland with seters (summer mountain pastures) situated throughout the area. The landscape is covered in turquoise reindeer moss and almost no … Continue reading Unknown mystical land

Kongsvold

We have now finished crossing Dovrefjell and have arrived at a mountain hotel called Kongsvold. This place has a lot of history and many of the buildings are from the 17th 18th century. We stayed here for a night, before we continued our journey. Marike, a mutual friend of ours, joined us and is going … Continue reading Kongsvold

Snøhetta mountain peak

After walking for almost a week with over 35 kg in our backpacks, we decided to take a day of and stay at Åmotdalshytta (a self-serviced DNT cabin). This cabin is situated at the base of Snøhetta, Norway’s highest peak outside the area of Jutunheimen. The weather was good so we decided to hike up … Continue reading Snøhetta mountain peak

Dovrefjell

After several days of walking, we have reached Dovrefjell national park. This is a marvelous place, with wide and flat valleys everywhere. The paths here are well used and the terrain makes it a very easy place to hike around in. Dovrefjell is also home to a large group of muskoxen and if you are … Continue reading Dovrefjell

Part 3 of our amazing journey

We have had a fantastic week in Eikesdalen, pizza, cake and friends is always a good recipe for a good time. Our time here is now over and we have started on our third part of our amazing and wonderful journey through Norway. From Eikesdalen we will walk by foot, until the winter comes along. … Continue reading Part 3 of our amazing journey