Tromsø
Tromsø is a small city in Northern Norway in the Arctic Circle. It has a beautiful, cosy, quaint, quiet atmosphere with plenty to visit and do for those wanting to relax, explore, and for adventures. I visited Tromsø in the last week of March and was expecting it to be cold…it was! Most days the sun shone in the morning and it clouded over in the afternoon. The temperature was between 0 and -10, and I wore 3-4 layers to keep me warm.


Sauna in the Arctic Sea
Northern Lights


Fjellheisen Cable Car and Hiking Storsteinen Mountain
Reindeer Sledding and Feeding

We packed a lot into Tromsø including a visit to the Troll museum, fantastic for discovering Norse folklore and legends as well as a snowshoeing tour and visit to the Arctic cathedral.
Skiing in Kvitfjell, Norway

Winter Walking in Norway Ski Resorts
Kvitfjell or Hafjell don’t have any steep peaks but rolling hills. Because it is much further North, it doesn’t need as much height as the rest of Europe and this gives a beautiful panarma as well as an opportunty for walking. Norway specialises in cross-country skiing. Although I don’t participate in cross country skiing, I love winter walking and you can use the cross-country paths for this too – ensuring you don’t tread in the ski grooves! The paths are easy to follow and you can access them by road, or by using a ski-pass to go up or down the ski lifts to the start. They often pass closeby a restaurant – perfect for meeting up with skiers for lunch. The snow wasn’t thick enough for snow shows, but we did purchase walking snow grips which stretch over your boots. These were fantastic and I wouldn’t want to walk without them.
Cabin Apartments and Mountain Restaurants


What I found in Norway was magic, I honestly can’t wait to visit again. It was a beautiful experience with swimming in the Arctic sea, walking mountains, seeing the lights, feeding reindeer, and skiing. It’s not somewhere I ever thought I’d visit, or knew what to expect. It would be a perfect weekend away, a place to explore and surprisingly fantastic skiing.