Tag Archives: Abisko

Summer solstice

Posted on June 23, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

This weekend brought the longest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and we even got blessed with fantastic summer weather. In the far north, these are the days of the splendid midnight sun, a stunning sun that stays in the sky … Continue reading →

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A hare’s tail

Posted on January 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It is one of my all-time favorite plants from the high north: cottongrass (called Eriophorum vaginatum on its passport). It should be obvious why it is often named the ‘hare’s tail cottongrass’. But this fluffy appearance only hides one of the … Continue reading →

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The lake of the trolls

Posted on January 4, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

A serious candidate for ‘most impressive place of the world’: At the far end of the valley of the trolls lies a lake. It is the clearest lake of Sweden and surrounded on all sides by steep mountains. It barely … Continue reading →

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Trolls (!)

Posted on January 1, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I start the year with a nostalgic post about my visit to Sweden in July to cheer up those brave Scandinavians in the far north that don’t have much daylight at the moment. There is this one valley in Lapland where … Continue reading →

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