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Olos-Pallas Mountain in Finland / Visit Finland

Grand Adventure in Finnish Wilderness

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 24, 2013

Especially in the wintertime I’m often torn between the decision whether to travel somewhere warm to soak in the sun, or to enjoy all the fun snow can offer. On beautifully sunny days I’m 100% happy to stay put in the winter wonderland we have here in Norway, but there […]

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Cross-country Skiing into the Wild. Kind of.

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 19, 2013

What are great Norwegian winter adventures made of? Snow, wilderness, mountains,  pair of skis, sledge, bit of hardship and in the end, a cozy cabin with a fireplace and candle lighting. Naturally no running water or electricity are needed. But here I have two confessions to make. I call myself […]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 20, 2012

After boasting about traveling home to winter and probably being quite annoying on Facebook sharing our local ski hill’s snowy photos, we got to Norway ready to get the skis and snowboards out of the storage and guess what happened? It started raining. We watched the snow slowly disappear of […]

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