Month: May 2023

Post by Grubb. I always get a kick out of the absurdities of travel, especially the misunderstandings.  While we were boating up the coast of Norway (a few days ago), we took a quick bus jaunt over the Lofoten archipelago.   Our guide, speaking first in Norwegian, then in English, was a middle-aged man who directed our…

Got on a plane in Tromso Flew to Oslo Changed planes Flew to Stockholm Then, to get from the airport to Stockholm, the best option is to take the Arlanda express train. But it had a derailment a few days ago and was still out of action. We stopped by the info desk at the…

The entrance to the hidden mall? Inside the mall on the 3rd floor, a large cafe with a reading nook.

Post by Grubb. And it’s inside the Nordnorsk Museum painted by Gunvor Bull-Teilman in 1974. It’s the only aurora borealis we saw today.

Post by Grubb. In the middle of Tromsø, made entirely out of wood, is a 19th century Lutheran cathedral painted yellow.   The uncushioned pews are more like I remember enduring.   Per Vigeland’s stained glass told a more compelling story than the vague figures looming in the Arctic Cathedral.  That’s Moses lifting up a snake in the…

Post by Grubb. The Northern Light Planetarium on the campus of UiT Arctic University of Norway sits on a ridge above Tromsø.  Since it wasn’t raining, we decided to walk up to the planetarium and take in a show they have about those otherworldly lights.  It was a beautiful trek, like taking a walk in the hills…

We hoofed it up to the planetarium because they had a presentation on the Northern lights Bus back down to the Nordnorsk KundstMuseum for some Nordic art Walk over to Tromsø Cathedral (northern most Lutheran Cathedral) Stroll in and out of shops just because Discovered another hidden mall

Post by Grubb. The #33 bus got us to the rainy forest leading up to the Arctic University Museum.  Outside the museum was an example of a hut the indigenous Sami peoples of northern Norway lived in.  If we had the construction students at CNM build something like this we would call it a Hobbitat for Humanity.  …

Post by Ella. After a day outside in the 44° feels-like 39° weather (rain in the morning, a little sunshine breaking through in the afternoon), I think a gal needs her shot of aquavit. That’s how I started the meal at Arctandria Restaurant. Loitin Akevitt. Great caraway taste. For starters, we shared a plank of…

Post by Grubb. The accordion ripple of white concrete give this church the look of a collapsing iceberg that can be seen from miles around. My father’s church in Los Alamos was an A-frame like the Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø.  Similar to the Arctic Cathedral, it also had stained glass windows above the altar that let…