{"id":6349,"date":"2017-08-26T19:16:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atomic-temporary-64974688.wpcomstaging.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2022-11-21T22:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:16:17","slug":"looking-for-greenlights-in-tromso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.com\/?p=6349","title":{"rendered":"Looking for greenlights in Tromso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-278559757.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">Looking for green lights in Tromso: That was our goal, to watch the aurora borealis and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">\u00a0make this dream\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">come true.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-178416060.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">We rented a car, checked the weathercast and went to the place with the clearest sky.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-330 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1516166511.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">List of locations you can&#8217;t miss :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">The cable car (sjelheisen) , up to mount Storsteipen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-345 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1670558785.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-325 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1971992455.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">The Artic Cathedral.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-319 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1362656066.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Sturgata:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">A stroll at Sturgata enjoying the warmed sidewalks looking for places like the Venfensteatret Cinema (the older one in Europe), the brasserie Mack to taste the Artic Beer, the Protestant Church, museums, theaters, restaurants&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-324 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-519800423.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-335 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-785778117.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-339 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1842821125.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-342 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1085483444.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-348 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1699546577.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-354 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1992484054.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-338 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1546333353.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-308 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-851799941.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-413 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-412082141.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-330 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1516166511.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-654 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1683511547.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">We ate at Fiskecompaniet restaurant, a great place to taste local dishes like the royal crab or the farikal (mouton and cabbage)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-475050415.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1782016545.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1328112585.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-547015745.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">We also chose to make a jump to the Lyngenalpen, so booked one night at the Lyngen Lodge. This is\u00a0 another great place to expect to see the northern lights. This little road trip offers you wonderful landscapes, the town is idyllic and the owners of the lodge are great. They cook local dishes and organise going outs to watch the northern lights, and if you bring your own car they give you great advices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-334 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-495418362.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1047245505.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-328 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-579340792.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-317 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-341054497.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-310 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-2094254172.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">The <\/span><b>northern lights road<\/b><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\"> takes you to Finland, in a great way to discover the &#8220;green ladies&#8221; and two of the Scandinavian countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1645857547.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-309 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-417703536.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-322 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-1843005485.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Myths and legends\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">There are a lot of legends around the northern lights\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaurorazone.com\/about-the-aurora\/aurora-legends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theaurorazone.com\/about-the-aurora\/aurora-legends<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">I love the Japanese belief that a child conceived underneath the northern lights will be blessed with good looks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">Another belief from S\u00e1mi people was that the lights were created from the spume of water ejected from whales.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">In Sweden, the Aurora was seen as a portent of good news.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\">Our own experience :<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">The weather wasn&#8217;t the best to watch them and we only stayed five nights, but we finally found some green ladies, and admired the show of their dancing, and these were absolutely magical moments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\">One of these green ladies brought us good news indeed. That was the way that my husband choose to propose and that&#8217;s the way we started the adventure of marriage, another great journey to discover. If you&#8217;re ant to follow, you&#8217;ll know more about us in the coming posts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #000000;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-323 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wp-image-407317301.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss our next adventures! 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