Nordic Summer

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Mefjord Brygge is a year-round resort between mountains and fjords in the fishermen’s village of Mefjordvaer, with a sauna, restaurant and 20 rooms.

For the peasants and country people in this part of the world, “Beckolja” has been – and will always be – a permanent companion and friend, wherever they go. For the inhabitants of northern Scandinavia, Beckolja or Beck Oil has seen various uses as a natural means to alleviate many types of ailments, or as a leather impregnation due to it being strongly water repellent. The Atlantic Road – perhaps the region's most spectacular drive – zigzags across bridges and islands between the charming towns of Molde and Kristiansand. Every June, Sweden celebrates Midsommar: a traditional holiday that involves flower crowns, dancing around maypoles, and a long summer evening spent outdoors with friends and family.

Now it transports tourists too, who can admire swooping scenery of Lapland from its cosy carriages and wood-panelled bistro. Read on to learn all about the traditions, rituals and summer solstice greetings in Northern Europe. Summer’s impending arrival has turned our attention to the great outdoors, and our latest Sipping Society gin is inspired by green and growing things. It is a wonderful area for swimming, with interesting ancient rune stones to discover, and ferries to Gotland, Latvia and Poland for those who want to carry their adventure further. It’s here that 35-year-old Sirly Ylläsjärvi and 39-year-old Heidi Seikkula opened Aurora Estate in 2015.

And, if you do feel like dipping into the region's wintry delights, there's the ICEHOTEL 365 combining wilderness adventures with stays in stunningly carved ice rooms kept cold by the Midnight Sun. The Aurora Zone is the original and the only dedicated Northern Lights specialist tour operator, offering the widest range of Northern Lights Holidays for adults across Northern Scandinavia and Iceland. They ain’t cheap, but one of its most affordable breaks visits the Telemark Canal, considered the eighth wonder of the world when it opened in 1892, which guests explore on a historic boat, then stay at fairytale Dalen Hotel, visit a vineyard to sleep in a converted wine barrel, and cycle from farm to farm in the fruit-growing village of Gvarv.If what you’re eating is more important than where you’re based, adventure fixers Pelorus, Norwegian travel-ops company 62°Nord and culinary-experience makers SKANDL have just launched an intriguing collaboration. We'll help you cultivate a positive attitude, a confidence in yourself, and a connection with the natural world through which you travel. Rugged, remote and dramatic, it has undeniable natural glories, and in summer the abundance of migrating birds, whales, seals and walruses will have wildlife-watchers’ spotter-jotters bulging. compact six-person Prospector Shanty is a traditional ridge pole design that captures the old pioneer spirit through retro good looks that are combined with the modern day performanc. Almost anything goes: veggies, frankfurters, burgers, steaks, entire racks of ribs or maybe a whole side of salmon are all fair game.

During the Summer Session, which is usually held in the Nordic or Baltic countryside, children engage in a range of fun activities while their parents contribute to their own Study Circles. Guests will stay at one of 62°Nord’s two local properties, Hotel Union Øye or the Storfjord Hotel, from which excursions will leave each day – on foot, by boat (kayak, power, or otherwise) and possibly the odd helicopter.

The restaurant is an island destination, and Underbar, the alfresco cocktail venue, a good bet for your sundowner wherever you stay. Style-savvy tour operator Up Norway has excellent foodie, cultural and outdoorsy trips, including a vegan gourmet tour and festivals.

This is Midsummer, the longest day and the shortest night of the year, when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky. Kalmarsunsbadet boasts a pusshallplats, an official “kiss stop”, like a bus stop ( busshallplats) but for lovers (and not to be confused with a kisshallplats, which means pee stop).Many of these breathtaking spectacles can be accessed from the country’s famous Ring Road, a circular route of more than 1. Sommerro made waves when it opened here last summer – a historic bathing house and 231-room hotel, remade as one of the city’s chicest stays.