I can say Tromsø is my favorite place to be. The normal touristic season is during winter, but my dream was to run the Midnight Sun Marathon. No better timing for a long holiday in June, in the undisputed Arctic capital. In our previous two trips, during January, we did a lot of activities, about…
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Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø & the Viking row
The Midnight Sun Marathon is not only a race, but a dream. At least for me. It all happen in 2017, or 2018. Can’t remember exactly when I found details about the race in a running magazine, before a Bucharest Marathon. I do know it was at least seven years and a half ago. Loving…
Why is alcohol in Norway so expensive? Easy…
How expensive is alcohol in Norway? Maybe this is one of the best things in Norway, and I will explain why. It is not any secret that Norway is my favorite country, and you can find enough proof on my website to testify that. But expensive alcohol is a nemesis for many, and if I…
Is Norway an expensive country?
Funny enough, I saw recently a map of the European countries with the word Japanese people are associating each. There, for Norway the word was expensive. It is true also, that Norway is usually perceived in general as a very, if not at least, expensive country. Is that true? I will tell you what my…
Bodø / Glimt – successful story of Norway: first European semifinalist, in 2025!
We begun 2025 stuck in Bodø, because of a snowstorm, and heavy snow. Even though our favorite place remains Tromsø, this town was pleasant from our point of view. Three months and a bit later, the same story: a snow storm arrived in Northern Norway, so Bodø was covered in white. Just before the first…
PHOTO | Bodø, the magic given by the fresh snow
Spending five nights in Bodø was not in plan. Actually, only one was scheduled. The main course was Lofoten, and just a layover, for one night, in the “bridge” town, which offered us the link from Oslo to Svolvær. The impression of this frugal stay is not great. Bodø looks moist, sad, deserted. It is…
Some more activities in Tromsø: Polaria, Mack beer & visiting the famous Arctic Cathedral
When we travelled first time in Tromsø, in January 2023, at the beginning of the year, we covered a lot of things, and activities, but we actually miss some as well. This is why when we decided to spend our New Year’s Eve in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, we jointed four more nights in the Paris of…
Tromsø’s tunnels – how many are there and when all started
Visited Tromsø for the second time in 2023, and spent some of 2024 as well there, since our New Year’s Eve was celebrated in Svalbard, but what consolidate my astonishment regarding this city, Paris of the North, as they call it, is mainly the underground network of tunnels. Experience it in January 2023, but also…
Tromsø, how to live a dream – chapter 2
My curiosity about Tromsø was born from a… magazine. I saw the Midnight Sun Marathon advertised, so I have decided from that moment I needed to attend it. Now, it is not so easy to go to the northernmost city of Norway and, I think, the biggest northernmost city in the world actually, so for…
Tromsø, the flavor of the North: coffee, northern lights, snow and reindeer!
Since I have seen the advertisement for the Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon, somewhere in 2017, I knew that I need to see the wonderful Nordic city. Truth being said, it is not an easy path from Bucharest, considering from our airports it is hard to reach too many destinations. Thinking about all the time, I…