The Lofoten Islands were on my travel bucket list for quite a while. In early summer 2025, I finally made it happen: I spent a week taking the train up north (with stops in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden). Then, I spent two weeks in the Lofoten Islands and Vesterålen.
In early autumn 2024, a (to me) previously unknown European mountain range was on my agenda: the Pyrenees. I explored both the French and the Spanish side, and I also spent some time in Andorra.
After quite a long time, I finally visited Switzerland again in early summer 2024. This time, I also explored the Swiss Alps in depth (or should I say: heights?).
Unbelievable, but true: From October 2023 to February 2024, I went on a round-the-world trip for the second (!) time. The main focus was New Zealand, but I also visited the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.
The idea of a visit to a musical in London finally grew into a three-weeks-long vacation in the United Kingdom (with the focus on Scotland). Due to a conference visit in London just before my vacation, I was even away a whole month (including a short workation in France).
In fall 2022, I tried out something new: I combined (a bit over) three weeks of vacations with (a bit under) three weeks of teleworking. In total, I spent six weeks on the Canary Islands – more precisely, on Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
After two years of Corona, it was finally time for a trip abroad again in early Summer 2022 – though still quite close to home: I spent three weeks exploring South Tyrol and Slovenia.
After touring the central region of Austria the year before, I focused on the West (i.e. Vorarlberg and Tyrol) during my trip in the second year of the pandemic. In the end, I (almost) crossed the whole country from West to East – including a day trip to Liechtenstein.
After spending most of my vacations further abroad in the past few years, the Corona crisis made me explore my home country Austria in more detail. Luckily, there are a lot of beautiful places to be found even that close to home.
Between autumn 2016 and autumn 2019, I was criss-crossing the globe on my travels: China, the United States, Ecuador, South Africa, Lesotho, and Vietnam were all on my itinerary.
In Winter 2016, I got to know the culture of the Mayas (in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador). I also had some relaxing days on the beach, and went hiking in the Guatemaltecan highlands.
In autumn 2013, I spent a relaxing holiday in Croatia. In the years 2014 and 2015, however, the focus was more on hiking: in Scandinavia, in the Caucasus, and in the Himalaya.
Thanks to two months of unpaid vacation, I could spend eight weeks in New Zealand in February/March 2013. Again, I really fell in love with this beautiful country and its friendly people.
After an initial trip through the United States in Spring 2010, I explored Europe on several trips between autumn 2010 and summer 2012: I have been to the Balkans and the Baltics, to Spain, and to Norway.
In just under eight months, I literally travelled around the globe. The main focus, however, was on New Zealand/South Pacific and Central America, respectively.
From Summer 2003 to Winter 2007/08, I was travelling overseas a lot: a term abroad in New York (including a trip through California before the start of the term), a month each in Australia and South America, and trips to both Western and Eastern Canada. But I also spent some time abroad in Europe.
The weather forecast for today has changed several times over the past few days. This morning, some low clouds where hanging in the sky, but the forecast was not all that bad: Even though the probability of rain was practically never zero throughout the day, it was still listed as very low. So, I chose a coastal hike to get a bit of fresh air – unfortunately, with little success. Continue reading “Rain? Which rain?”→
Today I said goodbye to the Lofoten Islands. My next destination are the Vesterålen Islands, an archipelago a little further to the north(east). Since it was supposed to rain on and off all day, I extended the drive from about three hours to a whole day. This also gave me the opportunity to visit the Hurtigruten Museum in Stockmarknes. Continue reading From Lofoten to Vesterålen without hurry→
I spent the last two days on the island of Vestvågøy, exploring several aspects of this island. Among those were the (wild) coast between Eggum and Unstad, and the history of the local (wild?) Vikings. Continue reading The wild sides of Vestvågøy→
Unfortunately, the weather today was worse than expected: low-hanging clouds and occasional showers. While this may lead to some atmospheric photos, it is not ideal for hiking. However, since I was changing accommodations, I had to get out. So, I tried to make the best of it. Continue reading Atmospheric Lofoten?→
I spent the last three days in the south of Lofoten, in (and around) Reine on the island of Moskenesøya. There, one can truly discover some of the most iconic Lofoten views. Continue reading Pure Beauty around Reine→
Third day, third fishing village: Today, Nusfjord was on my agenda. Since I did not know about any hikes up a local mountain this time, I opted for a coastal hike from the neighboring village of Nesland instead. Continue reading From Nesland to Nusfjord and back→
Today, I again combined a fishing village with its local mountain. This time, however, I did it the other way around: first the hike, then the village walk. Continue reading The fast way up: Festvågtinden→
After a long journey, I finally arrived in Lofoten yesterday. Today, I made my first explorations: a walk through the fishing village of Kabelvåg and a hike up its local mountain, Tjeldbergtinden. Continue reading A Kabelka in Kabelvåg→
In the last (just over) 20 hours, I have completed the longest leg of this trip: a train ride from Stockholm in Sweden to Narvik in (Northern) Norway – over 1,000 kilometers as the crow flies! Nevertheless, this journey is still not among my top three longest train journeys. Continue reading 20+ hours on the train→