{"id":837,"date":"2011-02-08T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=837"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T14:39:00","slug":"polarsirkelen-the-arctic-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/polarsirkelen-the-arctic-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Polarsirkelen-the Arctic Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"

My best friend and I stopped here on our road trip from his family’s hometown in southern Troms Fylke <\/strong>(county) all the way down to where we lived in Oslo. \u00a0It was an absolutely incredible road trip. \u00a0I have posted pictures on Facebook of the trip, so you can see more pictures there. \u00a0The coolest part of the trip was the fact that we felt like we went through all 4 seasons in the course of 48 hours. \u00a0It was certainly the dead of winter when we took off from Rossfjordstraumen, but when we crossed Polarsirkelen<\/strong> at 66\u00b0<\/strong>33\u2032<\/strong>42,<\/strong>5\u2033, <\/strong>it felt like we had suddenly entered the tundra.<\/p>\n

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Polarsirkelen<\/strong> lies on Saltfjellet<\/strong> (literally “Salt Mountain) and when you drive right over\u00a0sirkelen<\/strong>, it is fairly flat and at least that day, extremely snowy and windy. \u00a0This just so happened to be at a point when both my friend and I had to go to the bathroom. \u00a0For some unknown reason the Museum was closed and we had to relieve ourselves outside. \u00a0Where better than on<\/span> Polarsirkelen<\/strong>?! \u00a0It was pretty funny. \u00a0Every time I look at these pictures, that is what I am reminded of and laugh about.<\/p>\n

Polarsirkelen<\/strong> covers territory in norther Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Alaska. \u00a0About 25,000 people live in Mo i Rana<\/strong>, is the Norwegian town closest to Polarsirkelen<\/strong>. \u00a0I don’t mean to bash Mo i Rana<\/strong>, but I must say that when we drove through it on a Saturday and stopped to sleep in a hotel, there was nobody around. \u00a0For real it seemed like an abandoned town. \u00a0We ate at a restaurant with no other diners, peeked in an empty bowling alley, got kinda sketched out and ultimately just fell asleep in our hotel room. \u00a0We were happy to venture further south.<\/p>\n

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Some of the popular activities people indulge in around and north of Polarsirkelen<\/strong> include glacier walking, diving, island hopping, fishing, dog sledging, kayaking, and rafting, not to mention a variety of festivals:) \u00a0It’s hard to explain, but there is definitely something very unique and special about northern Norway. \u00a0Maybe it’s because I am from MN and so the cold and snowy climate is normal to me or maybe it’s because I lived in Troms\u00f8 briefly last year, but there is a charm that is, like I said, difficult to explain, but if you have ever visited, \u00a0you probably know what I mean.<\/p>\n

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My best friend and I stopped here on our road trip from his family’s hometown in southern Troms Fylke (county) all the way down to where we lived in Oslo. \u00a0It was an absolutely incredible road trip. \u00a0I have posted pictures on Facebook of the trip, so you can see more pictures there. \u00a0The coolest…<\/p>\n

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