Guides and notes from the road
Travel guides to Iceland and the North, and dated notes on what changed on the roads, the ferries and the prices.
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1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readKiruna to Abisko: train or car, in the dark months94 km on the E10 or 1 h 45 by train. Abisko has no sunrise from 6 December to 6 January and 2 h 52 of sun on 15 January, computed; blasting shuts both 05:30–07:30.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readLapland in winter: what to do in Rovaniemi, Jukkasjärvi and AbiskoHusky rides, the Icehotel, the Aurora Sky Station and the Arctic Circle line, with the drives between three bases and their computed sun, December to March.
1 Nov 2026 · 4 min readRovaniemi or Tromsø for the lights: dark hours and cloud, scoredDark hours, sun below −6°, computed for the 15th of each month at Rovaniemi, Tromsø and Reykjavík, with what the met offices publish on cloud. A score with its blanks.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readThe longest leg in every ledger against daylight, month by monthEach ledger's longest day against computed daylight at its midpoint on the 15th of each month, one hour's margin. Three fail only in December; four more fail January.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readThings to do in Tromsø in winter, timed against the lightDog sleds, the aurora bus, Fjellheisen, Polaria and the Arctic Cathedral, set against Tromsø's computed light on 15 January 2027: 38 minutes of sun, 5 h 52 of twilight.