Nr 26. Shetland Islands exploring
After crossing the North Sea, and sailing into the Port of Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, we were excited to explore the area!The landscape is so much different compared to Norway: no colorful wooden houses, but sandstone cottages. No long streets, but allies and little lanes. We saw tea salons, pubs and lots of traditional […]
nr 25. Night Sailing North Sea to Shetland islands
Our next adventure was to make the crossing from Norway to the UK! Because we plan to sail coming months through Scotland and England, that required 2 days non-stop sailing including 2 nights from Norway over the North Sea. To prepare this trip we took the following 5 steps: Pick the shortest crossingdistance from Norway […]
Nr. 24 Enjoy 5 minute movie Sailing Scandinavia
We have been sailing for half a year now and it has already been one of the best choices we have ever made! We started sailing on the 1st of May, after preparing for years for Our Great Voyage: sailing around the world. We bought a new Lagoon42 in 2019 and spend 1,5 year getting […]
Nr 23. Friluftsliv: outdoorlife in Norway
‘There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing’. I start laughing when a happy Norwegian tells me this in the middle of October where the change to autumn is noticeable. Still the Norwegians keep enjoying the outdoors. It’s called Friluvstlilv and applies to 365 days of the year. This way of living really […]
Nr 22. Visiting Lofoten
After we arrived at the most northern point in Norway, the Northcape (read about our trip with Hurtigruten in blog 21), we rented a car and drove from the North east city of Kirkenes to Lofoten islands on the west coast of Norway. Why did we wanted to go to Lofoten? It’s one of the […]
Nr 21. Crossing the Artic Circle and standing on the North Cape
We are enjoying Norway so much: the spectacular nature, beautiful villages and the relaxed people! So we wanted to experience more of the country. But it’s also a big country: it took us 10 weeks to sail from the southeast of Norway (start in Halden) to the middle of Norway (now Molde) which is 1500 […]
Nr 20. Visiting Ålesund and Molde
When we got out of the Geirangerfjord, we were back again to the westcoast of Norway, ready to visit more of the islands there and enjoying the view on the North Sea. We sailed into the charming city of Ålesund which is know for it’s many Art Nouveau houses. Nowadays it is a very elegant […]
Nr 19. Dutch Bakery in Norway and Geirangerfjord
We were going to visit the last fjord in West Norway, which is on the UNESCO world heritage list: the Geirangerfjord. The S-shape form of this fjord makes it so special: you have the feeling to be surrounded by the steep mountain walls all the time. Like a 360 degrees pot. And Geiranger fjord is […]
Nr 18. Sailing the Sognefjord: from Ægir to Zipline
After spending a long weekend at the city of Bergen and visited islands like Fedje, it was time to discover the next fjord: Sogneford. In the brochure it said: ‘This is the King of the Norwegian Fjords, it is the oldest, deepest (up to 1300 meters), longest (204 km), steepest (up to 1700 meters)’. So […]
Nr 17. Cheers! Visiting ‘Ocean Distillery Feddie’
After sailing a number of fjords, we decided to go visit the city of Bergen. And the island of Fedje. Because we were advised a month ago by a fellow-sailor to ‘absolutely visit the gin distillery in Fedje! It’s a 100% female owned company. Aks for their guided tour with tastings!’. Being a big fan […]