An Arctic Sanctuary: In Need of a Nordic Detox?
Escape to Manshausen in northern Norway for white beaches, sea kayaking, mountain walks and a peaceful four-day Arctic retreat surrounded by nature.
Our guide to floating saunas and cold plunges in the Nordics
Discover how saunas, cold plunges, nature and time outdoors come together in the Nordic approach to wellness, from floating city saunas to frozen lakes and Arctic wilderness.
The Oslo to Bergen train: what to expect on one of Europe's great rail journeys
The Bergen Railway crosses the roof of Norway in around seven hours, connecting Oslo and Bergen across a landscape that shifts from forested valley to high Arctic plateau to fjord country. Here is what to know before you travel, and how this journey fits into a longer experience of western Norway.
Meeting the Sámi, the indigenous people of the Nordic region
The Sámi are the only indigenous people of the European Union, with communities across northern Norway, Sweden and Finland. Meeting them, and learning about a culture that is contemporary rather than frozen in the past, offers a way of understanding the north that landscape alone cannot. Here are some suggestions for where and how to do that, on terms that respect it.