Winter

  • Moeder en dochter op bed van ijs in Tromsø Ice Domes
    Accommodations,  Winter

    Tromsø Ice Domes: A magical night in an icehotel

    Update: In winter season 2024/2025 the Ice Domes will not be doing overnight stays anymore. You can consider spending a night at Snowhotel Kirkenes instead. I created Lost in Norvana as a combination of ‘Norway’ and ‘nirvana’. Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. In Buddhism it’s the highest state that one can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person’s individual desires and suffering will go away. It’s a feeling I’ve been desperately chasing since I first discovered the magical powers of Norway. And it’s the place I found myself in when we visited the Tromsø Ice Domes. That feeling of being completely whole and satisfied, having nothing…

  • Reindeer sledding Lyngsfjord Adventure camp Tamok Norway
    Excursions,  Uncategorized,  Winter

    Magical reindeer sleigh ride through the frozen valley of Camp Tamok

    Warning! This article contains pictures of reindeer butts and a blonde woman with an insanely big smile on her face. I have been super passionate about reindeer for some time now. That’s not a secret. So when Bart-Jan and I decided to take a trip to Tromsø, I knew one thing for sure: I had to go on a sleigh ride with Santa’s helpers! I was super excited to go see the breathtaking Northern Lights, go whale watching in the fjords, but I had one main priority: to cuddle with REINDEER! Soon we discovered Lyngsfjord Adventure. An organization that’s specialized in dog sledding, reindeer sledding, snowmobile safari and sleeping under the Northern Lights.…