Review : The Spör1, Narvik

 Last July while I was staying in Kiruna, we thought a visit to Narvik, the port city of Northern Norway. We booked a hostel over phone and caught  SJ train in the morning. In between we had a short trekking in Abisko. Then we took the 4 o'clock train from Abisko to reach Narvik by...

Few hours in Stuttgart :)

We did not plan for Stuttgart, though I always wanted to visit there. My sister used to live in Stuttgart before she came back to our mother land.When she was there , I was busy completing my post graduation in Medicine , so could not make it. And while roaming in Europe, I got an...

TORNETRÄSK ..the lake in the background..

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Riksgransen ..

Riksgransen is a small station at Swedish -Norwegian border and it is best known for Alpine skiing in the winter. And also for the winter season testing of the pre production cars. I have not been there in winter though, summer seemed no less beautiful than winter  to me, where lappish wilderness is just around...

Jukkasjärvi.. the Sami village

   Jukkasjärvi is a small village 17 km away from Kiruna , Sweden. It is famous for the ICEHOTEL here, but there are lot much Jukkajärvi can offer you. The turistaion is Kiruna offers free pick up and drop to the village. We went there in a sunny morning of July . First we visited...

ICE HOTEL in Summer..

Ice hotel is a must see when you are in Swedish Lapland . But definitely you cannot experience the fabulous architecture made only of ice except in winter. That time, ICEHOTEL is constructed from 1,000 tonnes of Torne River ice and 30,000 tons of “snice”, a mixture of snow and ice to strengthens the structure.  The amazing...

A trip to a snowy peak : Uetliberg

  We started our journey to the panorama trail from Zurich Hauptbahnhof. That time we did not know Uetliberg is one of the favorite hiking trail of Switzerland. We headed there, as the to and fro journey was covered in Zurich card. So, we took our backpacks and boarded the train.        Uetliberg is...

In the land of Vikings…

The name of Vikings reminds me the childhood stories of the seafarers. And recently it is boosted again through animation! Yup I am talking about the Island of Berk, where Hiccup and toothless live. And then Hiccup says “ It's twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death. It's...

Lanscapes of Lucerne …

You want a story-book picture of a swiss town!!.. Ohh , you got to be in Lucerne. Located in the shore of Lake Lucerne , the city is picture perfect with cobblestone streets , covered bridges ,frescoed churches, magestically gliding swans . And snowcapped Mount Pilatus & Rigi forms the southgate of the city , you can...

Flowers in Kiruna : Swedish summer

Best Summer ever is all I can say .. I won't write anything about it . Just some glimpse of rich colours of Summer in Kiruna is for you here. See for yourselves, hope you will enjoy 🙂 .              © thegreyeye.wordpress.com, 2015-21. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without...