Arto's Blog

Sandra and I spent the Christmas and New Year on the small 8 square km island of Karlsøy, Norway, 400 km north from the polar circle. That's north enough that in the winter sun remains under the horizon for two months, and in the summer… more »

Sandra and I are traveling to Northern Norway for the last two weeksof the year to join a gathering of other likeminded people. It willsurely be a different Christmas than we've ever had before -non-commercial and without rush. We will celebrate th… more »

In the picture you can see me and Sandra on the way to Mt. Roan in Norway. She is my new companion on my travels — and in life. We met in Helsinki in March 2009 at a Hospitality Club sauna party and ended up cooking together in the middle… more »

My second trip this summer brought me again to latitudes above the arctic circle, actually several hundred kilometers further north than the midsummer camp at Tuntsa. At Kinnarodden, the northernmost point of mainland Europe, the sun never sets for mo… more »