There are two ways to get a spectacular view over the town of Svolvaer…hike to the top of Svolvaer Fløya or climb Svolvaergeita. We did both on the same afternoon, making this one of our most memorable days in the Lofoten Islands. Svolvaer is one of the largest towns in the Lofoten Islands. Fløya is […]
Sommarøy doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Most visitors drive straight past it on their way to Tromsø or the Lofoten Islands, never realizing what they’re missing. We visited it as part of a road trip through northern Norway, and it immediately became one of the highlights of that trip. The hike up Ørnfløya is […]
Svolvaergeita, also called “The Goat,” is a pinnacle of rock that is a popular rock climbing spot in the Lofoten Islands. It is named The Goat because of the two horns of rock that sit atop the rock. Those with a sense of adventure can climb to the top of Svolvaergeita and those who are […]
Svalbard offers a wide range of adventure activites. Ride on a rib boat and search for walrus, kayak in front of an active glacier, or cruise out to an abandoned mining town. For a really cool one day adventure, how about kayaking across Adventfjord and then hiking to the summit of Hiorthfjellet, one of the […]
Does the idea of kayaking in icy waters to get up close to a glacier sound like fun to you? If so, put the Icebreaker excursion with Better Moments on your list of things to do in Svalbard. We had a lot of awesome experiences in Svalbard, and this just may be the best one. […]
Trolltunga is a 10 to 12 hour hike. The last thing you want at the end of that day is a long drive back to Bergen. Trust us on this one: stay nearby, give yourself a proper night’s rest before the hike, and you’ll have a much better experience. The good news is you have […]
Norway in a Nutshell is one of the most popular ways to see Norway’s fjords, and you don’t need to book the official package to do it. When we were planning our first trip to Norway, Tim did the legwork on how to see the fjords without the packaged tour eating into our budget. Norway […]
The Kjeragbolten hike is one of the most spectacular hikes in the world. We have hiked on some amazing trails around the globe, in countries like Australia, South Africa, China, and Nepal. The four of us agree that the Kjeragbolten hike is still our favorite in the world. To read about our 20 favorite hikes in the […]
This 10-day itinerary through Norway’s fjord region features Stavanger, Bergen, Geirangerfjord, and Ålesund, with four bucket-list hikes — Pulpit Rock, Kjeragbolten, Trolltunga, and Romsdalseggen Ridge — plus hotel recommendations and practical planning advice based on our own road trip through Norway. This was the first road trip we ever did in Europe, but this is […]
The Romsdalseggen hike is a point to point hike that traverses the Romsdalseggen Ridge, with views over the fjords, the town of Åndalsnes, and even out to the western coastline of Norway to the Atlantic Ocean. On our first trip to Norway, this was the hike that I was looking forward to the most. The […]
Trolltunga was the third hike on our first Norway trip, and by then we had a pretty good read on what Tyler and Kara could handle. They’d already done Pulpit Rock and Kjeragbolten, two hikes that would have been on most adults’ bucket lists, and they hadn’t complained once. Tyler was 10. Kara was 8. […]
Kjeragbolten is one of Norway’s most iconic and nerve-wracking hikes: a boulder wedged 1,000 meters above Lysefjord, reached by a strenuous 12 km trail from the Stavanger area. When Tim and I first researched Norway as a travel destination, we repeatedly saw photos of what looked to be crazy people standing on a boulder with […]