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Norsk Folkemuseum

In the Land of the Midnight Sun , Part II: Big Day in Bygdøy

I woke up to a beautiful sunrise.  Then again, it had been there all night.  When they say Norway is the land of the midnight sun, they ain’t kidding.  All night long, I kept staring outside my hotel room window just waiting for the sun to set; it seemed darkness would never come.  Geographically, Oslo is roughly located on the same line of latitude as...

velkommen du oslo

In the Land of the Midnight Sun, Part I: Off to Oslo

Norway.  The Land of the Midnight Sun.  The heart of Scandinavia.  Sweden’s next door neighbor.  With it’s never-ending mountains, idyllic fjords, snow-capped peaks, picturesque harbors, its maritime history and its arctic-circle towns, it is without a doubt one of the most beautiful countries in all of Europe if not the world.  Recently, I had the...