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Contents Norway Tallinn Helsinki Stockholm Copenhagen Reviews Norway After my trip to Svalbard, I flew south to Bergen, Norway. There I met Lauren and much of her family: her parents, sister, aunt, and grandparents. Our group of eight would travel together over the next two weeks, through five countries and seven cities. Upon our arrival in Bergen, we took a taxi to our lodgings at the Klosterhagen Hotell. After checking in, we walked around the area near our hotel.

“The bleakest barest most inhospitable godforsaken dead end of nowhere.” —Philip Pullman Arrival Horseback Riding Svalbard Museum Dog Sledding Hiortfjellet Barentsburg Reviews Arrival So the character Lee Scoresby describes Svalbard, an archipelago in the far north, in Philip Pullman’s excellent novel The Golden Compass. Nonetheless, visiting Svalbard has been a dream of mine since childhood, a dream that was partly inspired by that book. Apart from the literary basis, Svalbard is beautiful, has a fascinating history, and is one of the most accessible parts of the high arctic.