Sør-Varanger – Arctic Passion

Peak of the Week: Bugøynestoppen

Posted on 26/06/202026/06/2020 by Apollonia

Gàranasèohkka (497 m) is the Sami name of the highest peak in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in Norway. If you might wonder how to pronounce Gàranasèohkka, I cannot te... Read More

Peak of the Week: Øretoppen

Posted on 19/06/202019/06/2020 by Apollonia

This week I climbed an ear! The Øretoppen has a twin-peak that looks like two small ears of a mouse and it is this analogy that also gave the name to the mountain. Øre in Norwegian is the ear. With ... Read More

Kristofjellet

Posted on 11/11/2018 by Apollonia

Grey clouds are covering the sky while I feel the cold wind on my cheeks which brings a somehow spicy scent from the forest. I am standing with Taiga at the parking place of „Vierkantvann“ on this... Read More