Gudrun's photos

Northern lights over the Barents Sea off Varanger peninsula. There was some swell so especially the PiP isn't quite as sharp as I would have wished.

Sailing south from Hammerfest, the usual route leads through Sørøysund between the islands of Sørøya and Seiland. This time we took the much more sheltered route east of Seiland- the "UFO" clouds are an indication why we did;-) Nearly the whole island of Seiland is a National Park, the most remote in Norway: seilandnasjonalpark.no/en

Wilhelma Stuttgart www.wilhelma.de/entdecken/tiere/tierart/schneeleopard

SC 34: Rule of thirds (Another clickable one in the note) Wilhelma Stuttgart www.wilhelma.de/en/about-us/about-us/about-wilhelma

Wilhelma Stuttgart Because of bird flu the zoo's birds are all indoors or in specially protected volieres but visitors from outside still come and go.

A winter morning (10.30 a.m.) in the Vesterålen Islands

hFF and a good weekend, folks!

Tromsø Jernbanestasjon (Tromsø railway station) is not a station but a pub;-)

The odlly shaped mountains of Nordland are the stuff of legends. They are said to be trolls turned into stone when surprised by the rising sun. Hestmannen (the horseman) was the wild and unruly son of Vågakallen (the Old Man of Våga). He was caught by the sunrise when chasing after the beautiful Lekamøya and the Seven Sisters. Full story in the link: nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/nordlands-coast-is-a-fairytale-of-passion-love-and-rage

The globe on Vikingen island marks the polar circle. As with the North Cape which isn't really the northernmost point (that's Knivskjellodden nearby), Vikingen is not directly on the polar circle but was the most convenient place to place the globe.

hFF and a good weekend!

near the Arctic circle

The sun starting to go down at 2 p.m.

Tromsø's main shopping street is illuminated against the winter dark. Note how the pavements are free of snow, they have underfloor heating!

SC32: ton-sur-ton ( I thought I had dusted the glass spheres, not well enough it seems....;-) An alternative take:

All photos taken within one single minute!

SSC: flatlay The 4 last bits of Freia Melkerull - decorated with lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves. Freia was founded in 1889 and is Norway's largest chocolate producer which sadly was taken over in 1993 by Kraft/ Mondelez. Die letzten 4 Stückchen Freia Melkerull -plus Zitronengras und getrocknete Limettenblätter. Freia wurde 1889 gegründet und ist der größte Schokoladenhersteller Norwegens, leider 1993 von Kraft/ Mondelez geschluckt.