During my travel through south Iceland in May of 2025, I visited the plane wreck of a crashed DC-3. The parking lot is next to the ring road, but it’s about an hour hike to the plane, through nothing than black sand beach. Since there was quite a wind, we decided to get on the shuttle bus that drives every 30 min.
During my last visit to the city of Bodø, me and my travel companion Michel witnessed the true beauty of the northern lights. We knew the odds were in favor that weekend, but could never have guessed that we would witness a geometric outburst of level 7/8. It was around 7PM and I think we were just about an hour in the hotel, when we checked the forecast and decided to give it a go and drive with the rental…
Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, popped up on my radar via a Brussels Airlines promo. Of course I had already seen hundreds of photos from Lake Bled and it’s famous Church Island on social media, but rarely photos of the Slovenian capital. In the IT world they often say “Google is your best friend”, so I went looking for more information about this, at least for me, fairly unknown city. What turned out? It seemed like an interesting weekend destination…
An overview shot from the city of Ålesund in Norway, as seen from the Aksla viewing point. Pity about the bad weather though.
With the speed of a steam train, the Christmas season is approaching again … or to get into the atmosphere “at the speed of a reindeer”. In the weeks before Christmas, Christmas markets pop up like mushrooms everywhere. However, if you really want to get into the Christmas mood, there are rarely better places on this globe than the village of Røros in Norway. I visited this idyllic place 2 years ago and would like to tell you more about…
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