Senja, Norway is one of the most dramatic places to experience the Northern Lights, with rugged cliffs, wild coastal scenery, ...

Sandwiched between Tromsø to the east and the Lofoten and Vesterålen archipelagos to the west, Senja is often overlooked by international travelers yet it’s an enduring favourite of Norwegian tourists ...

The thin skin of ice sounds like chandeliers tinkling as we slide through it, heads tucked down in the howling wind. We’re on the rim of a peak called Keipen, one of the tallest mountains on Senja, an ...

With nothing but the wind, the waves, and the rugged beauty of Norway’s northern coast, this solo journey to Senja is a true escape into nature. Remote, breathtaking, and wild, Senja offers towering ...

There was no one here at all. Even the reindeer had gone, leaving behind ribbons of Kool-Aid-orange piss in the hard-pack. From the ridge where we stripped our skins, we could see salmon pens at the ...

They used to call it “a very large Hell.” Back when nickel was found in these hills and the mining outfit moved in and built a blast furnace and hydroelectric dam, boated in the help, changed the ...

Peaceful pedalling, majestic peaks and fjords are the order of the day on a four-day trip around an area as picturesque as the Lofoten Islands … but less busy It was like the reverse of winter sun.

On Norway's Senja island Ines Papert has made the first ascent of Finnmannen (M9+ WI7, 400m) together with Bent Vidar Eilertsen. A trip to Norway is a must for any self-respecting ice climber and ...

In February 2014 Ines Papert, Rudi Hauser Thomas Senf made three first ascents in Norway: Finnmonster (A2+, WI6 400m) on Senja Island, Eagles Paradise (8/IIIV WI5 500m) up Roalden and Crazy Maze ...

Senja likes to call itself “Norway in miniature” since the country’s second-biggest island (1,600 sq km, with a population of 7,864) contains pretty much every landscape you’re likely to encounter ...

OVER THE course of the morning, we had nearly forgotten that color existed. Three friends and I were climbing up a narrow gorge, carved into a snow-packed peak on Norway’s Senja island, our skis ...