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RE: Getting to Nordkapp

by iviehoff 10 April 2012

What exactly were you quoted for - connecting flights to Hammerfest and then a bus? Connecting flights will often be expensive, it will…
RE: Finnmarken in the summer

by eskils 08 February 2012

The towns in Finnmark are always empty. This has nothing to do with Sami migration, which is only relevant for a tiny fraction of the…
Re: Activities in Alta, Norway

by hanajon 05 February 2012

Did you ever get any good answer? Did you go to Alta? Can you tell us anything? We're hoping to be there later this month. Thanks!…
Re: Activities in Alta, Norway

by hanajon 05 February 2012

Did you ever get any good answer? Did you go to Alta? Can you tell us anything? We're hoping to be there later this month. Thanks!…
Re: Northern Norway Buses: Tromso to Alta

by Nordreisa0461 13 January 2012

Hi, Although I find it a bit strange you writing you questions here instead of asking your friend, I'll try to answer you. The timetable…
RE: Northern Lights

by iviehoff 18 August 2011

Let me take Bjoern's logic a little further. Basically if you do that analysis and restrict yourself to Western Europe, you find yourself…
Re: I need to know if you like Rock Carvings!

by janetb 05 August 2011

Do try to see them! I first saw them in the 1980s , when you could walk right up to them, and have been back over the years. There are…
RE: tromso to kirkenes

by hurricanebertha 19 April 2011

The hurtigruten takes a day and 15 hours from Tromso to Kirkenes one way. There are some sales on the tickets right now. The buses...…
Activities in Alta, Norway

by steffilein 22 March 2011

Hi, am heading up to Alta soon, primarily for Northern Lights, but also keen to try a bit of husky stuff and possibly reindeer stuff,…
RE: Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis

by iviehoff 26 October 2010

You don't need to post the same message twice. Direct flights from where? The national capital? Or some foreign place? There are plenty…
Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in Alta

by sarah_2010 24 May 2010

Hi everyone. I just started working recently with Visit Norway and I have been doing some research on Norway. Anyway, I found this amazin…
RE: Experiencing Traditional Sami Life in Norway Finmarkland in January

by Trine DB 14 December 2009

Well, I think I would have visited Finnmark whatever everybody else says, with no ligth, really cold weather and maybe the best chanse…
RE: When and where to see the Northern Lights? Finland or Norway is the best??

by iviehoff 20 August 2009

To be clear, Finnmark is in Norway. It includes some of the driest areas of Fennoscandia, notably Alta, and inland areas of the county.…
Trip to Nordkapp

by martinbosboom 03 July 2009

Hello everyone, This is the first time I do this, so i don´t know if i´m doing it right. In august, my girlfriend (20 yrs) and I (26…
RE: Mosquito Hell in Finland

by mylittlenorway 12 May 2009

Well, in Alta the squitos are unbelievable. My Norwegian hubbie used to say that the mosquito was the national bird of Norway - I never…
RE: Accommodation in Scandinavia

by OsloViking 02 March 2009

I think they make ice-hotels in Finnmark county in Norway, in Alta and Kirkenes perhaps. Note also that in january there is still winter…
RE: Dog /reindeer sledge treeking ...

by mylittlenorway 11 December 2008

A great place to go is the world reindeer racing championships in Kautokeino in Northern Norway. Heres a link the first time I went:…
RE: Finland - weather - Saami - costs - help!

by mylittlenorway 07 November 2008

Kautokeino is a great Sami town. It is in Finnmark (Northern Norway) however, it is used to tourists as they have the World Reindeer…
RE: Help with itinerary please

by shihiro 13 September 2008

Hi fiamma11! If you want to go above the artic circle, I would recommend going to Alta. It's a Sami or Lapp small town, and you could…
RE: Coastal or in-land for Northern Lights?

by OsloViking 23 August 2008

Kautokeino and Karasjok are merely small villages. Even Alta is a very small town.
RE: Coastal or in-land for Northern Lights?

by OsloViking 22 August 2008

In Tromsø there is actually an observatory for northern light (one on Svalbard too). You are right, you need a clear sky and coastal areas…
RE: From Lofoten- North or South? / Sami?

by OsloViking 18 August 2008

North Cape is not worth the effort, in my opinion. It's just a foggy cliff. Alta and neighbooring villages are the centres of sami cultur…
RE: how feasible would a trip to norway or iceland be in late december?

by iviehoff 05 August 2008

There are low-cost flights within Norway, and other low-cost airlines flying to/from Norway. Check out http://www.norwegian.no/sw7127.asp…
the far north in winter

by 30something 08 October 2007

There is a bus running daily from Karasjok to Rovaniemi, so you have to go through there. From Tromsø you could take a bus in the afternoon,…
North of Norway....

by blazius 29 August 2007

I'd recommend flying to Alta and taking the bus (possibly supplemented by Hurtigruten) to Tromsø. In Tromsø I'm usually staying at Ami…