{"id":8873,"date":"2022-02-23T14:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&p=8873"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:17:33","slug":"spring-in-the-north-is-two-steps-forward-and-one-back","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/spring-in-the-north-is-two-steps-forward-and-one-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring in the North is two steps forward and one back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tSpring in Northern Norway is an attitude thing. Leave every idea of spring flowers at home and pack all your warmest clothes. Don\u2019t forget your sunglasses. You\u2019ll have a whale of a time in the best weather of the year.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

Spring in Northern Norway can be glorious; I was once on the island of Vega <\/a>in early April. The countless little lakes froze over at night, but in the bright midday sunshine, the tiny purple saxifrages were blossoming. A few days later, I went to the North Cape<\/a> behind a snowplough. Again, the sun was glorious, and we drove in a snow corridor to a totally snowed-in North Cape. Then, in Troms\u00f8<\/a>, I saw people shovel snow from their roofs after an extra solid snow shower. Nah, for Troms\u00f8 an average one. In the north, we often say there is no spring. It\u2019s winter, then the snow melts, and that\u2019s the start of summer. A slight exaggeration, there is some truth to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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