20
Feb
Day 14: Oslo (Norway) –> Kiel (Germany)
Today is a very simple one ... make our boat to Germany that leaves Oslo at 14:00. As it is
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Damien Glancy
Damien is a software engineer, photographer, and road-trip enthusiast from Dublin. With his wife Rose, he documents long journeys across Europe and the Arctic. Targa Trips is their travel diary and photo journal of the moments found along the road.
19
Feb
Day 13: Trondheim (Norway) –> Oslo (Norway)
We head down for a good breakfast in our hotel – the Radisson in Trondheim for what will be our last
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18
Feb
Day 12: Mosjøen (Norway) –> Trondheim (Norway)
We start today by clearing the snow off the car from the snowfall overnight.
Its a glorious sunny winters morning
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17
Feb
Day 11: Narvik (Norway) -> Mosjøen (Norway)
Today, we start the long 2,500+ km return journey back to Ireland. Outside, the car park is much busier
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16
Feb
Day 10: Ice Hotel (Sweden) –> Narvik (Norway)
Today we head west crossing over into Norway to Narvik. Unfortunately, we didn't see the northern lights last
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15
Feb
Day 9: Ice Hotel
Today is all about staying at the Ice Hotel in nearby Jukkasjärvi – a short 17 km drive from our hotel
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14
Feb
Day 8: Chasing the Aurora Lights (Sweden)
Today is totally focused on trying to see and capture the Northern Lights. As it will be a late night,
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13
Feb
Day 7: Rest day around Kiruna (Sweden)
After a long 3,800 km drive to reach Kiruna, we took today "off" to rest, not drive
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12
Feb
Day 6: Arvidsjaur (Sweden) –> Kiruna (Sweden)
🫣During the trip you probably noticed that we "fell behind" on our daily reports, mostly because the days
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11
Feb
Day 5: Östersund (Sweden) -> Arvidsjaur (Sweden)
We head down to the heated garage at the hotel. The last two garages seem to keep the air temperature
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