This trip was really a tale of two environments. Scandinavian capitals – Helsinki, Stockholm, and Oslo. All fun cities to visit with what you’d expect of cities – good restaurants, museums, theater, music, super streets for walking, urban culture – though in smaller settings than elsewhere I’ve been. Stockholm was just a wonderful spot, aContinue reading “Finnish & Swedish Lapland, and Norway – Final Thoughts”
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Oslo – My Last Day of this Journey
My overnight train from my day-trip to the Flam Railway, the fjords, and Bergen, arrived back in Oslo at about 6:30 in the morning of my last day in Norway. I’d planned to spend the day visiting a few more of the sights in Oslo, and darn if I wasn’t going to try to goContinue reading “Oslo – My Last Day of this Journey”
A Day Trip from Oslo – the Flam Railway and Western Fjords – Day Twelve
How could I visit Norway without going to see the fjords? I mean, it’s almost as if the country is more well-known for these deep, narrow, glacier-carved, sea inlets overlooked by towering cliffs than it’s being known for anything else! So I sought a day trip I could take from Oslo to see what IContinue reading “A Day Trip from Oslo – the Flam Railway and Western Fjords – Day Twelve”
Oslo – Days Ten and Eleven
I had to start my last morning in Stockholm with some cinnamon buns (kanelbullar!) but after that, I was off to Oslo. When I’d booked the trip to Lapland, Helsinki, and Stockholm, I wanted to see if I also could fit in a trip to Norway; looking at the map, it didn’t make sense toContinue reading “Oslo – Days Ten and Eleven”
Stockholm – Days Eight and Nine
If I was ever surprised by a city and how much it had to offer – by its city-scape and architecture and atmosphere and museums and food – it was Stockholm. Who knows what I was expecting – perhaps something that felt old and a bit dusty and cold – but I certainly wasn’t expectingContinue reading “Stockholm – Days Eight and Nine”
Swedish Lapland – Days Six and Seven
We made the drive from Finnish Lapland into Swedish Lapland on the morning of day six. There’s no immigration nor customs as you cross the border, so no passport stamp either, just a sign with the European Union symbol on it, easily missed if your guide hadn’t pointed out that it was coming-up on theContinue reading “Swedish Lapland – Days Six and Seven”
Finnish Lapland – Days Four and Five
We had about a 2 1/2 hour drive on the morning of day four from our hotel in Levi, Finland, down to the town of Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland which sits just below the Arctic Circle (which apparently moves a little continuously). We stopped along the way for coffee and donuts, but theContinue reading “Finnish Lapland – Days Four and Five”
Finnish Lapland – Days Two and Three
On the morning of day two we flew from the airport in Helsinki to the town of Kittila in Finnish Lapland, the town with a population of about 7,000. The temperature was “feels like 19” when we landed. At the airport, we were met by a crew from “Lapland Safaris,” who took us into aContinue reading “Finnish Lapland – Days Two and Three”
Finnish and Swedish Lapland, and Norway – March 2025 – Intro & Day One in Helsinki
I’ll have to admit that these countries weren’t even really on my radar as places to visit. But whenever you travel you meet folks who also have traveled and you swap travel stories as well as the obligatory “what’s one of your favorite destinations?” In the answer to this question, not one but two ofContinue reading “Finnish and Swedish Lapland, and Norway – March 2025 – Intro & Day One in Helsinki”
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