Travel &#038; Photography

Jul 30

Thanks to my @americanexpress #Platinum card, I don’t have to sit around @osloairport for six hours and pay for lunch in one of the restaurants. The #Amex gets me access here to the #OSL #Lounge. The lounge is also used by a myriad of airlines and I’ve been here before some flight to London on BA. But now, thanks to Corona, it was quite empty in this lounge which usually tends to be very busy.
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There were was a good variety of food and drinks available and the lounge has lots of comfy seats. I had some hot goulash soup, baguette, cookies and @cokezero . Overall quite a good place to spend some time between flights…
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Jul 30

Second to last flight on this trip, with @flynorwegian from #Bodø #Airport to @osloairport on one of their @boeing #737-800 aircraft.
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Seat pitch was absolutely horrible, there were tons of crying and shouting kids on this nearly sold out flight, yet I somehow managed to sleep for 30 minutes while in cruise. The departure from #BOO and the arrival into #OSL offered some fantastic views of the Norwegian landscape again. #Norway is really always a country worth visiting and you’ll soon get more photos from it on @carst_on_the_road …
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Jul 30

My holiday is slowly coming to an end and so yesterday afternoon I was back at #Andenes #Airport in the far North of the #Vesteralen #Islands, flying on @flywideroe back to #Bodø on the Norwegian mainland.
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Flying this route down south would also mean, that we very likely would fly along the #coast towards Bodø and so I did choose a seat on the left side, where I didn’t have to face the sun and could enjoy the amazing landscape. It always amazes me that here so far up North, in this rather cold to mild climate, the water can look like in the #Carribean.
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The aircraft was another @bombardier_jets #Dash8 #Q100. The fourth Q100 in four #Widerøe flights on this trip. But this one was in their new livery and also has gotten an interior upgrade with bright grey to light blue leather seats and modern overhead passenger service unit panels. Sadly most windows were still very dirty. @palmjet told me it’s their only aircraft in the new livery so far. If that’s true then this made the flight a little bit more special!
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Jul 28

SkyLagoon, Reykjavik, Iceland. @skylagooniceland is the new hottest trend in #Reykjavik and #Iceland. Everyone has been to the Blue Lagoon (which is way larger and quite a different experience), but now there is the #SkyLagoon, right on the #coast in Reykjavik!
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This means you get a hot thermal-energy heated #lagoon experience doubling as an #InfinityPool overlooking the wild #Atlantic #Ocean! Heck yeah, that is cool!
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The whole thing is made to look very classy, with modern checkin, changing and shower facilities. Everything feels way more serene and private compared to the Blue competitor. The lagoon of course has a #poolbar and a #waterfall. All drinks will be booked from your credit card, if you have registered it to your RFID-wristband.
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On top, if you have booked their premium package you get to experience their 7-step ritual, which is a really cool experience. First you bath in the lagoon, then take a dip in an ice-cold “cooltub”, before you get to relax for 10-15 minutes in a #sauna, which has a glass-wall towards the Atlantic Ocean! Afterwards you go under a cold #rainshower for a few minutes, before rubbing a salt-lotion onto your body, making the skin super smooth and then heading into the second sauna for 10-15 minutes; a super hot steam-sauna this time. You will be sweating like the Pope in a brothel! After the steam-sauna, you take a shower and go back into the lagoon to relax.
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Jul 27

Last week, after returning from my hike to the volcano in #Iceland, I played a round of Golf at @golfklubburreykjavikur on their #Grafarholtsvöllur #course, together with local member @sv1thor , what helped me tremendously to master the course. In addition he helped me get my draw back which I had somehow lost over the seven months pause from Golf over the past winter. 🙌
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The course is an absolute masterpiece and amazing to play. It’s mostly up and down the hills giving you many great views over the course when you play downhill. But then you also have tons of blind shots, long rough areas after the tees and unforgiving areas behind the greens. It’s tough to play, but still highly enjoyable.
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I was very pleased playing a +18 on this new course for me, with rental clubs and not loosing one ball. #BogeyGolf 😊 That being said, @sv1thor played his usual few shots over par and probably couldn’t understand why I was so happy over a +18. 😂
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A more detailed review of the course will be found on the @carst_on_the_road Facebook Page.
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Jul 26

#Black #Lava as far as you can see! If I would have come to #Iceland a month or two earlier, I would sure have seen more action here at the site of this active #volcano, but time wasn’t on my side. I got shots of red flowing lava with the drone, but it’s not possible anymore to reach these remaining lava-rivers by foot, because the lava-fields have gotten so large, that they blocked off most paths one could have taken before.
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So where is this? This is #Fagradalsfjall Volcano or also known as #Geldingadalur (or #Geldingadalir) Volcano. It’s a currently active volcano in the Southwest of Iceland on the #Reykjanes Peninsula, 25 minutes southeast of #Keflavík and about 50 minutes southwest of #Reykjavik.
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When you reach the parking spots, it’s about an 2 hour #hike up mountains to reach the area where the lava field started, so close to the active craters. Overall you probably need around 4 hours minimum to go all the way and back, if you include time to take photos or fly your drone. It’s quite busy, at least the first 60-90 minutes of the path. The remaining part only a handful of people go, because from the major mountaintop you reach after more or less 90 minutes, it’s again downhill and then uphill again. But it’s rewarding if you go all the way.
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As the volcano is now in an unpredictable state and less active than before, you can be lucky and see Lava outbreaks, but you could also have to deal with only seeing these lava fields. But that’s quite cool, too, because you see how new landscape is formed. And you can walk on the cooled down parts of the lava fields.
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Jul 26

Six days ago in #Iceland, directly opposite of the famous #hotspring #Geysir and it’s little Brother #Strokkur which explodes every 5-15 minutes, lies the #Haukadalsvöllur Geysir Golf Course. As far as I know, it belongs to @hotel_geysir and Hotel @litligeysir , where you also book your #teetime and where you can get rental #clubs.
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More about my stay at @hotel_geysir can be found at @carst_in_hotels !
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The golf course is absolutely amazing! It’s „only“ a 9-hole course, but like me you can play it twice for the 18-hole experience. The course is definitely worth to be played more than once.
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The first two holes run from Hotel @litligeysir towards a #river in a valley east of Geysir. Then you play 3 holes along that river to the South and 2 more holes back along the river to the North, from where the last two holes go back towards Geysir. As soon as you reach the later part of the 8th/16th fairway, you will be able to see Strokkur exploding in the distance. Especially on the last stretch into the 9th/18th green you get the full Geysir treatment. See my last picture.
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Overall the course has many blind shots, risky overwater shots and teeshots over rough terrain. The fairways are narrow and the greens fairly quick. It’s challenging to play, but a real joy!
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Jul 25

Today my next three flights were due, I was leaving the #Alesund-#Geiranger-#Fjord Region from #Alesund #Airport towards the #Lofoten and #Vesterålen #Islands. I would fly on @flywideroe from Alesund #AES to #Andenes #ANX via #Harstad-#Narvik #EVE and #Bodo #BOO.
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The first flight was operated by a @bombardier_jets #Dash8-#Q400, the other two flights were operated by two nearly 30 year old Dash8-#Q100 #turboprop #aircraft!
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This is the third flight from Bodo to Andenes-Andoya. Again a small Q100, last row on the bus-bench-seats, lots of legroom, cabin less than half full, a separate seat for my big photo-bag, except for the weather a perfect flight.
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Jul 25

Today my next three flights were due, I was leaving the #Alesund-#Geiranger-#Fjord Region from #Alesund #Airport towards the #Lofoten and #Vesterålen #Islands. I would fly on @flywideroe from Alesund #AES to #Andenes #ANX via #Harstad-#Narvik #EVE and #Bodo #BOO.
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The first flight was operated by a @bombardier_jets #Dash8-#Q400, the other two flights were operated by two nearly 30 year old Dash8-#Q100 #turboprop #aircraft!
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This is the second flight from Harstad-Narvik to Bodo. Smaller Q100, second to last row, completely full cabin, again not much wiggle room with my photo-bag under my seat.
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Jul 25

Today my next three flights were due, I was leaving the #Alesund-#Geiranger-#Fjord Region from #Alesund #Airport towards the #Lofoten and #Vesterålen #Islands. I would fly on @flywideroe from Alesund #AES to #Andenes #ANX via #Harstad-#Narvik #EVE and #Bodo #BOO.
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The first flight was operated by a @bombardier_jets #Dash8-#Q400, the other two flights were operated by two nearly 30 year old Dash8-#Q100 #turboprop #aircraft!
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This is the first flight from Andenes to Harstad-Narvik. Last row, completely full cabin, not much wiggle room as I had to shove my photo-bag under my seat, because it wouldn’t fit into the overhead bins of the Dash 8 series.
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Jul 24

#Geysir, #Iceland: Here we see #hotspring #Strokkur exploding. This is a regular occurrence, this hot spring explodes every five to fifteen minutes and usually reaches heights of around 25 meters (so more or less 75-80 feet). It’s impressive to see and one of Iceland’a major attractions. The last two photos show a smaller explosion, which probably only reached 7-8 meters in height. From time to time, this happens, too.
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These shots were taken around #midnight plus/minus 30 minutes. As you can see, due to the #Nordic #Summer and being so far up north on this planet, it never gets really dark from late June to early August. Thus I had about 2 hours of this amazing #sunset-#sunrise light, which I used to capture multiple #explosions of Strokkur; first with my camera, the @sonyalpha #a7rIV, then with my drone the @djiglobal Mini2. The film footage will follow at a later point.
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Jul 24

A “few” shots from #Gullfoss #Waterfalls, #Iceland, which I took five days ago after arriving from Finland and driving up to my hotel at Geysir, about 10 minutes away from Gullfoss.
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I’ve been at Gullfoss now quite a few times, but I’ve never had such great weather. At least not in the summer. The #rainbow which formed in the #mist between the first and second level of this waterfall was very #picturesque, too.
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The last two photos were taken at #Thingvellir #NationalPark on the way to Geysir and Gullfoss.
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Jul 23

Second flight of the day: this is a @flysas flight from #Oslo #OSL to #Alesund #AES on one of their @boeing #737-800 aircraft in #EconomyClass. This one is a bit special as you can see, it doesn’t have #winglets and has the @staralliance #livery.
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I had a #exitrow seat, so there was enough space available. There was a drink service on this domestic flight, where water, coffee and tea were free of charge.
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Jul 23

Back in the @flysas #lounge at @oslolufthavn #OSL. Nice looking place, seating is horrible though. Very uncomfy. It’s either hard benches, chairs without seat-backs or couches so deep, that you can’t properly seat and just lie down in a very uncomfy position. The lounge is good for a short stay, but not if you have to hang out a few hours there, like me today. What we learn from it? Don’t let interior designers make decisions alone on looks, but let actual people test-sit your furniture for a few hours.
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Food offerings are mostly cold, except for the two soups on offer. But this is a domestic lounge, as the international lounge is still closed. So that’s kinda acceptable. Quality is good and staff is very attentive.
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Jul 23

And back to mainland Europe with @icelandair in #BusinessClass (they call it #SagaClass) from @kef_airport #KEF to @oslolufthavn #OSL. The scheduled @boeing #757 was swapped to a new #737max. I’m not complaining, as flying the Max is still kinda special.
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Lots of space onboard, complete new seat obviously, can just repeat all praise and the few downsides from my inbound flight to #Iceland. Yet I was very unhappy with the #food this time. Who would eat this „sandwich“. Perhaps it’s just me, but I found that a very strange meal for breakfast. Some bread underneath, lots of different sauces on top, salad, tomatoes and roast beef. They should at least serve it in separate portions or so, then everyone could put together their own meal. This all mixed together was a weird mass which you definitely could not eat as a sandwich (and their menu advertised it as a sandwich).
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Jul 23

This morning at @kef_airport #KEF in the @icelandair #Saga #Lounge before flying back to Oslo…
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Very #stylish lounge, good #breakfast options, crowded, but large enough and still plenty of comfortable seating possibilities.
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Jul 22

When you’re finished walking around the #IsoLinnamäki #Castle #mountain, you can walk back down towards #Porvoo, #Finland and walk from the cathedral back downhill through the lower-lying parts of the #picturesque #OldTown with its #market #square, more #colourful #wooden #houses and some nice little #parks.
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From Helsinki there are multiple busses going to Porvoo per hour. The ride takes about 50 minutes and it can either be done as a daytrip from Helsinki or you can stay for a night or two, for example if you want to visit some of the museums or go hiking in the nature.
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The last photo (no. 10) is a bonus shot from the #sunrise on the next morning seen from my hotel room in Helsinki. More about this hotel at @carst_in_hotels !
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This is post 3 of 3 on Porvoo.
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Jul 22

Additionally to taking a stroll through the #oldtown of #Porvoo, #Finland, you can of course also go down to the #Porvoonjoki #River and enjoy the #colourful #wooden #houses from over the water. And if your feeling you’re ready for a little mini-#hike you can climb up to #IsoLinnamäki, a little mountain West of the old town, which in the 13th century was home to a #wooden #Swedish #castle overlooking the river and village now known as Porvoo. From some spots up there you have a great view of Porvoo. But they could cut back the trees a little bit to improve on that view and make it again, like it was in the past.
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This is post 2 of 3 on Porvoo.
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Jul 22

Four days ago I visited #Porvoo, #Finland. And I can confirm now that it’s rightfully called Finland‘s most #picturesque city. The #OldTown lies on top of the town’s highest point and stretches down towards the #Porvoonjoki #River. It’s #colourful #wooden #houses are a pleasure to see and such a contrast to modern cities. Due to the high costs associated with keeping these houses well maintained, the area is quite affluent these days. In the middle of this old town lies the Porvoo #Cathedral which is a magnificent old building from 1740.
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This is post 1 of 3 on Porvoo.
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Jul 19

@icelandair flight from @oslolufthavn #OSL to #Keflavik #Airport #KEF on one of their still rather new (and now flying again) @boeing 737-MAX8 #aircraft in #BusinessClass.
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Great, modern aircraft, lots of space, excellent crew, nice meal, overall a very good experience. #Icelandair should just invest in non-reflective #AVOD-#PTV-screens, because if there is enough light coming in, I see as much of myself in the screen, as I see from the movie I’m watching.
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Jul 19

At #Oslo #Airport I had to go through the Corona-Checkpoint, where I could just pass through without hassle, because I’m vaccinated, but all people without full vaccination were send to the tests and also have a mandatory quarantine ahead of them. Then I picked up my bag, headed for the @icelandair #checkin, which strangely is only a self-service bagdrop station and went back through security. Airside I went straight for the @flysas lounge.
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Quite a nice place, just a bit crowded and service is a bit limited due to this being the domestic lounge. The international lounge is still closed, again due to Corona.
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Jul 19

@feelfinnair flight from @helsinkiairport #HEL to @oslolufthavn #OSL operated by @flynorra on one of their @atraircraft #ATR72.
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As these ATRs are configured fully in #EconomyClass and the main door is in the back, I did choose a seat in the last row for quick boarding and deplaning. Very convenient!
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Service on Norra flights consists of a single drink run, where you only can get coffee, water or their signature blueberry juice. But I didn’t have anything and slept most of the time of this two hour flight.
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Jul 19