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  • The exact layers I wore for chilly winter hiking all through January in Lofoten ☃️

see the complete list at 🔗 brookebeyond.com/lofoten-winter-packing-list

——
#norway #lofoten #winterhiking #layering #winterstyle
  • Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
  • Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
  • Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
  • *me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
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The exact layers I wore for chilly winter hiking all through January in Lofoten ☃️ see the complete list at 🔗 brookebeyond.com/lofoten-winter-packing-list —— #norway #lofoten #winterhiking #layering #winterstyle
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Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026:

**this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!!

$6,388 ACCOMMODATION
🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388

$2,785 TRANSPORTATION
✈️ airfare = $647
🚘 car hire = $1,807
⛽️ fuel + parking = $113
🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111
🚃 public transport (train) = $107

$1,699 FOOD & DRINKS
🧁 bakery treats = $103
🍹 drinks = $152
🌮 eating out = $611
🧀 groceries = $833

$1,155 ACTIVITIES
🔥 sauna entry = $302
🐋 tours = $853

$27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS
📲 eSIM = $27

TOTAL…
—> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days
—> an average of $172/day per person

Is this more or less than you expected??

———
#norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
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Everything we spent for 2 people travelling around Norway for 5 weeks in January 2026: **this is not meant to represent the cheapest way to explore Norway in winter, it’s just what we personally spent for one of the best trips of our whole lives!! $6,388 ACCOMMODATION 🏡35 nights in apartments/cabins = $6,388 $2,785 TRANSPORTATION ✈️ airfare = $647 🚘 car hire = $1,807 ⛽️ fuel + parking = $113 🚕 private transport (Uber) = $111 🚃 public transport (train) = $107 $1,699 FOOD & DRINKS 🧁 bakery treats = $103 🍹 drinks = $152 🌮 eating out = $611 🧀 groceries = $833 $1,155 ACTIVITIES 🔥 sauna entry = $302 🐋 tours = $853 $27 TRAVEL LOGISTICS 📲 eSIM = $27 TOTAL… —> $12,054 USD for 2 people over 35 days —> an average of $172/day per person Is this more or less than you expected?? ——— #norway #norwaytravel #lofoten #tromsø #travelbudget
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Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with).

In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍

a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway:
📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 
📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 
📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 
📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 
📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel 

———
#sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
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Although sauna culture is shared across much of the Nordic region, Norway has put its own spin on the tradition with thousands of floating, fjord-side saunas (that I am truly obsessed with). In many coastal towns, these wood-fired saunas are moored right in the harbour, with a hatch or ladder that drops straight into the icy fjord for a cold plunge. The result is a distinctly Norwegian winter ritual: alternating intense heat and 3C seawater while surrounded by dramatic mountain and fjord scenery 😍 a few of our favourite floating saunas in Norway: 📍 Fjordsauna, Flåm @fjordsauna 📍 Vulkana Arctic Spa Boat, Tromsø @vulkana.adventure 📍 Pust Lavvo Sauna, Tromsø @pust.lifestyle 📍 KOK Langkaia, Oslo @kokoslo.no 📍 Soria Moria Sauna, Dalen @dalenhotel ——— #sauna #floatingsauna #norway #scandinavia #winterescape
7 days ago
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Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

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#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten!

In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push.

But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain.

I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands!

——
#lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
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Nearly 2,000 stone steps (installed by a Nepalese Sherpa team in 2021) have transformed Reinebringen from a notoriously dangerous ascent into a straightforward hike to the most iconic viewpoint in all of Lofoten! In good winter conditions, it’s a steep but spectacular ~45min push. But in POOR winter conditions? Or with no experience + insufficient winter gear?? It’s a drain on the Norwegian search & rescue teams who keep having to haul tourists off the mountain. I’m expecting some criticism for even posting about hiking Reinebringen in winter, but I believe strongly in personal accountability + responsibility in the outdoors, so I hope this empowers you to make an informed decision, whether that means tackling routes like Reinebringen or finding equally beautiful but easier + safer hikes around the islands! —— #lofoten #norway #reinebringen #reine #winterhiking
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*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of*

We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination.

Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN.

We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days.

It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever.

——
#lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
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*me frantically sending Lofoten photos to every group chat I’m part of* We spent the last 3 weeks exploring this dramatic archipelago off the northwestern coast of Norway, high above the Arctic Circle & almost never considered a winter destination. Yet we turned to each other no less than 10 times a day to announce that THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE’VE EVER TAKEN. We hiked to empty summits without seeing another person, snapped photos on windy ridges, watched the aurora on 20 different nights, ate soup in the hot tub at 5am while it snowed around us, baked cardamom buns with our favourite friends, ran out of the sauna in towels to witness the strongest solar storm in 20 years, and had a lifetime worth of wow-moments in the span of just 22 days. It was the kind of trip where everything just feels ✨special✨, like you already know you’re going to remember it forever. —— #lofoten #norway #aurora #northernlights #arcticcircle
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