Mo i Rana is a town in the district of Helgeland in Nordland County in Northern Norway. It is an industrial hub in the area with a focus on the iron and steel industry. The around 19.000 inhabitants are also joined by Havmannen, the man of the sea. It is […]
Färjestaden is with its around 6.000 inhabitants the largest locality on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It was formally the main port of the island, with connections to Kalmar on the Swedish mainland. Today it is still the main entry point to Öland, but a […]
Right next to the Skjerstad Fjord is the town of Fauske. This small town with around 6.300 inhabitants is a part of the Salten district in the region of Nordland. Fauske can almost be considered a gateway to northern Norway. It is located at the intersection between road E6 which […]
Borg is a small settlement in the central part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The settlement might be small, but it has in its vicinity both the ruins of the large ring fort Gråborg as well as the ruins of a Middle Age chapel. For anyone who […]
Å is a fishing village in the Lofoten Archipelago in northern Norway. This is as far as you can drive before literally ending up in the Atlantic Ocean. This village, with a very short name, is probably home to more seagulls than humans. The birds have built nests next to […]
Oulu, also known by its Swedish name Uleåborg, is a city in northern Finland. It is the capital of the region of North Ostrobothnia. It is with its around 185.000 inhabitants the largest town in Northern Finland and it is the center of the fourth largest urban area in Finland. […]
Nastola is a small village in the region of Päijänne Tavastia in southern Finland. It was for a long time the seat of its own municipality but is since 2016 a part of Lahti Municipality. The urban area in the village has approximately 12.000 inhabitants, . These figures include a […]
Högby is a small settlement around the former parish church in the northern parts of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The settlement has today grown together with the nearby expanding locality of Löttorp. A Short History Högby Parish has its origins in the Middle Ages and the first […]
Löttorp is a locality in the northern part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It is one of the commercial centers of the island and the one that covers the needs of its northern part. This was originally a settlement that developed around the railway but has now […]
Lerkaka is a small settlement in what was once Runsten Parish on the island of Öland. It is famous for its well-preserved rows of windmills, which is one of the area’s main tourist attractions. The settlement does in addition to the five windmills house about 50 permanent inhabitants. It is […]
Runsten is a small village on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The village, with the white stone church, was once the center of the local parish. Literally, the name translates to Runestone in English. However, it is a bit more complicated than that. Two of […]
Himmelsberga is a small settlement within the former Långlöt Parish on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. This is a traditional small village for this part of the country and about half of the village has been turned into a regional open-air museum. The settlement is […]