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To the left, Oslo Central Railway
station. Martin stopped over on route to the airport. Picturesque house outside Oslo. |
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On route to the airport. Sunset next to the airport. |
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Berit, the lovely bubbling receptionist at Martin's work. Oslo Gardemoen Airport. The main airport of Norway. |
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The plane with which we landed in Alta after almost two hours in the
air. The parking next to Alta airport. |
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A snowy picture of the surroundings of the airport. Mountain view from the bus. |
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Nice afternoon skies over Alta. The sun returned just a month ago.
The North is the land of the Mid-Night sun, but also the land of the
Mid-Day dark. Our hotel, Alta Rica hotel. Very good with a nice swimming pool across the street. |
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Another corner view of the hotel. Streets of Alta. |
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The sun has set. The next morning, March 9th, was the first and only full day. The hallway of the hotel shown here. |
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Rooftop of the hotel. Mountains in the background. |
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Hege from work during a panel debate. She is good. Signs telling the distances to various cities around the world. |
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Shale stone products. |
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Shale worker showing how to do it. Stone done. Watch the video. |
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Icy room outside the shale workshop. An at tentative audience listening to the man explaining the workings of shale stone. |
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Picture of Aurora Borealis, have a look as well. An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae) is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth's magnetic field. An aurora is usually observed at night and typically occurs in the ionosphere. It is also referred to as a polar aurora or, collectively, as polar lights. These phenomena are commonly visible between 60 and 72 degrees north and south latitudes, which place them in a ring just within the Arctic and Antarctic polar circles.[citation needed] Auroras do occur deeper inside the polar regions, but these are infrequent and often invisible to the naked eye. Hege hard at work cutting shale stone. |
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Outdoor, they are building a show house. Inside the coffee hut, it was very cramped. |
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Then it was off to the Ice Hotel. Outside the hotel, icy lamp posts. |
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Instead of the ice hotel, you can sleep in a tent. The entrance to the Ice Hotel and its name, Sorrisniva. |
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Icy swan. Chapel without a flash. |
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Chapel with a flash. You can get married here and sleep in an icy
suite. Blue drinks, served in glasses of ice. To keep it cool. |
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Icy hallway. A fake fireplace. Not real. |
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The rooms, all 60 of them and the hotel is 6000 m2
big. The wedding suite without flash. |
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The wedding suit with a flash. Martin is well dressed for the environment. |
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The fake fireplace again. Then we went to the real hotel for a warm dinner. This fireplace is real. |
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Happy Martin. Martin and Berit, a co-worker at Martin's workplace. |
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Nice eyes of the waitress. Hege in the bus on the way back to our hotel. |
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The next morning, March 10th, it was time for Martin's 2000 meters
swim. The mountains behind Alta in the morning sun. |
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An outdoor Jacuzzi, heated of course. Otherwise it would freeze
over. The diving pool. |
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The lanes in the main swimming pool. Thank you sign. |
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The Rica Hotel where Martin stayed. A very pleasant stay.
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