Norway

European Snow Trip to the Arctic (part 5) When things got terribly wrong and we ended up in heaven

Posted by: Maria in January 2025 (1 year, 8 months ago)

After the aurora borealis magic, we headed again north. Our goal was Nordkapp in NORWAY (aka the Land of the … read more

Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula with a population of 5.5 million as of 2024. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 … read more

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