“I visited Tromsø in 2015 and have been desperate to return to Norway ever since.
“I visited Tromsø in 2015 and have been desperate to return to Norway ever since. The country has a pervasive sense of calm and stillness that seems to stretch from the vast fjords all the way to the craggy mountaintops. I’d love to go on a road trip from the bottom to the top, starting in Oslo for the food and eco architecture and visiting the island of Hovedøya – I’ve heard it has incredible monastery ruins dating from the Middle Ages and some beautifully quiet beaches. Next would be Trondheim for the cute, brightly coloured waterside huts, up to the Lofoten islands where looming mountains cast shadows over tiny fishing villages and the endless, freezing Arctic, before rounding off the trip back in Tromsø for another chance to spy the Northern Lights dancing across the sky – definitely the most magical thing I’ve ever seen.”