Category Archives: Norway

11 Tasty Longyearbyen Restaurants and Cafes (2024 Guide)

Inside Gruvelageret for dinner

Are you traveling to Svalbard and are curious about where to eat in Longyearbyen? This guide contains the best Longyearbyen restaurants (and a few tasty cafes)! Svalbard has extremely good food. I am still blown away by the fact that I can name at least ten delicious places to eat in a town that has […]

8 Best Coffee Shops and Cafes in Bergen, Norway (+ Map!)

Best cafes in Bergen, Norway

Bergen, like many other Norwegian cities, has a really cozy and tasty cafe scene. In this guide, I highlight some of my favorite cafes in Bergen, Norway (including one that is in a UNESCO World Heritage Site!).  You’ll find many coffee shops in Bergen, including a handful in the downtown area that are easy to […]

6 Reasons to LOVE Hattvika Lodge in the Lofoten Islands

My office for the afternoon

I take pride in knowing about some of the coolest accommodation options in Norway, so when I was scrolling through social media and came across a short video from the Hattvika Lodge in Ballstad in the Lofoten Islands, I was in shock that I hadn’t heard about the place. Upon further investigation (my way of […]

Horseback Riding in the Lofoten Islands with Hov Gård (Gimsøy)

horseback riding lofoten islands in norway

There are not many activities as cool as horseback riding in the Lofoten Islands that you can partake in when in this otherworldly part of Northern Norway.  We have gone riding on Icelandic horses twice with Hov Gård in two different seasons and had two different experiences (but both were good!). This post details our […]