About — Nordlys Editorial Media, Bergen

Why we exist

Norway is over-photographed and under-explained

There is no shortage of images of this country. What is missing, consistently, is the connective tissue: which ferry leaves at what time, which side of the train has the light, whether the pass is open in the week you land, and what a realistic day actually contains once you subtract the driving.

We started in 2019 as a shared document between four people who kept answering the same questions for visiting friends. It grew into this. The format has not changed much: a destination is a file, a theme is a guide, a route is an itinerary, and anything written on the road is a dispatch.

Editorial standards

We go. Nothing is published about a route, trail or crossing that a contributor has not travelled. Where a detail is second-hand, we say so in the text.
We pay. Fares, beds, tolls and meals are paid for out of the publication's budget. We do not accept hosted trips in exchange for coverage.
We date our facts. Prices and timetables are marked as typical rather than guaranteed, because Norwegian fares change seasonally and we would rather be useful than falsely precise.
We name operators only when we used them, and we receive no commission for doing so.
We correct in public. Substantive corrections are noted at the foot of the page concerned rather than quietly edited away.
No AI-generated travel advice. Every recommendation on this site has a person behind it who can be asked about it.

Narrow fjord with steep green slopes and a small shoreline settlement — The Sognefjord system, two hours from the desk. Most of our fieldwork starts within a day of Bergen.

Who writes this

Contributor	Based	Covers
Ingrid Halvorsen — Editor	Bergen	Vestland, Sognefjord, rail and ferry logistics
Jonas Berge — Roads & routes	Åndalsnes	Sunnmøre, Romsdal, National Scenic Routes
Marit Lie — Arctic desk	Tromsø	Troms, Finnmark, Lofoten, aurora and polar seasons
Tom Aasen — Outdoors	Stavanger	Rogaland, Jotunheimen, trail grading and safety

How the work is funded

Three sources, in order of size: a small number of clearly labelled display placements; licensing of our route research to travel agencies and tour operators who want accurate logistics; and occasional commissioned writing for print. We do not run affiliate booking widgets, and no page on this site has been paid for by a destination, hotel or tour company.

If a recommendation here ever costs you money we would not have spent ourselves, we have failed at the only thing this publication is for.

Images

Photography on this site is a mix of contributor work and openly licensed stock used to illustrate landscape type and conditions. Where an image is illustrative rather than of the exact location named in the text, that is noted in the caption. We do not composite skies or transplant aurora into photographs.

Corrections and contact

If something here is wrong, out of date, or has simply been overtaken by a timetable change, tell us. We read everything and we reply to most of it. Write to [email protected] or use the contact form.

Questions we get asked

Do you sell tours or book travel?

No. We are a publication, not an agency. We will happily tell you which operator we used and what it cost, but the booking is yours to make.

Can I republish your content?

Not without written permission. Short quotations with a link are fine and welcome. See the terms of service.

Do you accept contributions?

Occasionally, from writers who live in Norway and know a region properly. Pitch through the contact form with a paragraph on what you would cover and why you are the person to do it.

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