Skiing in Sweden, Kirnuna and the Ice Hotel

Hei!

In the beginning of April, we travelled to Sweden for the first time since we arrived in Norway to go skiing with some colleagues.
The drive there was fantastic, it took us further into Norway past Narvik.
Sweden is actually very close to where we live, it took us only two hours to get to Swedish boarder. The ski ‘resort’ is located on the border between Sweden and Norway. It is possible to ski from Sweden to Norway and back going down on one of the slopes. As the weather was very bad and the ski lifts were closed on Saturday, we decided to go and visit the Swedish mining town Kiruna and the Ice hotel that is built there. Very impressive to see a whole building of ice! Not necessarily a place I would like to spend the night though...

On Sunday the weather was a lot better so we could go skiing. It was a great weekend with a great atmosphere and a nice 'after ski'

Ha det bra!

Claartje and Douglas

Douglas won a price, we bought a house, skiing!

A long time since we last posted something, and a lot of things happend in de mean time:

In the last week of February, Douglas went to the Netherlands because he was nominated for a prize. In the finals he managed to win the Universities Fonds Delft Cofely Energy Price! Of course he was very happy with that!

And: We have bought a house here in Harstad!! We were looking around since October, and it took us some time to figure out what we wanted and to find the right house. After we found it, the strange Norwegian bidding practices started, but apparantely we had a good strategy and we got the house for a good price.
At the start of May we will get the keys. In our new house there is more than enough space for people to come and stay over. Maybe a good insentive for those of you that have not planned their trip to Harstad yet?

We have done quit a lot of skiing in February and March, straight after work to the ski-slopes, enjoying new powder snow on the slopes and the fresh air! What a great place to live in!!

Vi snakkes!

Claartje and Douglas