Midnight Sun, Fire, Eagles and Fish. Steinsvik, Finnmark
Zagan the motorhome’s in heaven. We’re wild camping alongside a white sand beach just outside the tiny hamlet of Steinsvik in Finnmark (N69.87888, E21.16952). Richard and Jenny joined us yesterday afternoon, and so did the sunshine. Being way inside the Arctic, the sun’s never setting, and we’ve been treated to seeing it bounce before hitting the Arctic Ocean the past couple of nights. The first night we were a little further around the coast (N69.81151, E21.12914) but we moved here yesterday after spotting a German camper enjoying the beach.
Perfect wild-camping spot for a couple of nights in Arctic Norway
This is going to be a short blog post folks as, being honest, I’d rather be sat outside in the sun in this magical place. Richard and Jenny are staying here with us again tonight, and they’re fab company. We’ve fished, watched the birds, swam in the Arctic, I’ve snorkelled, we’ve cooked over a couple of open fires fuelled with tinder-dry driftwood, and sunk a glass of wine or two. All of this with a surreal and beautiful backdrop of snow-flecked mountains, distant waterfalls and glaciers. Holy cow man, Norway is proving a pure joy to be in.
Photos from the past couple of wonderful days:
Midnight Sun, Norway
Ju in the Arctic Ocean
Locals out in force on the beach today
Only I like these crisps!
More midnight sun!
Steinsvik, Norway
Fire pit on the beach, mountains in background, heaven.
Baked this fella on the fire about 100m from where I caught him.
Richard’s been whipping fish out too
A local chap told us the snow’s hip-deep in winter
Fish eagle?
Plenty of slate around here – there’s a quarry up the road – these tiles probably travelled about 50 metres!
Cheers, Jay
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All sounds wonderful! Thought it was only the Swedes that put liquorish in everything, obviously not!
Just identified our destination for next summer! Amazing views. Thanks. A boring question though: are there mosquitoes there as well as in Finland?
We’re by the coast here in Norway so less mozzies. Suspect if you go into the national parks for a hike you’ll find them.
Yes, paradise! Already looking forward to motorhoming to Norway!
Looks fantastic, my turn next year when the boss hangs up her pencils!! Heron and Oystercatcher rooting about. Enjoy