Travelling with cameras: photo spots, tips and storieshttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/enhttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/soerenberg-eisee-brienzer-rothorn/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/soerenberg-eisee-brienzer-rothorn/A day hike from Sörenberg: cows on the path, a swim in the cold Eisee and, at the top, the improbably blue Lake Brienz.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/aletschgletscher/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/aletschgletscher/Two days on the Great Aletsch Glacier: roped up across firn and bare ice, 550 steps up to the Konkordia Hut and on to Märjelensee the next morning.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/die-ruckreise-in-die-schweiz/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/die-ruckreise-in-die-schweiz/Shovelling out the car at 6 am, a ferry into the sunrise and two calm flights later: our Nordic winter adventure ends with pizza in Basel.Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/epischer-sonnenaufgang-und-eine-reise-ans-ende-der-welt/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/epischer-sonnenaufgang-und-eine-reise-ans-ende-der-welt/2.5 hours of sunrise photography, a failed kayak plan and golden light in Å, where the Lofoten and the E10 both come to an end.Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/mini-villa-und-kaminfeuer/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/mini-villa-und-kaminfeuer/Blue hour at Hamnøy, frozen sand formations at Rambergstranda and moving into the cute mini-villa opposite Sakrisøy's orange rorbuer.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/valentinstag-auf-den-lofoten/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/valentinstag-auf-den-lofoten/Cinnamon buns for breakfast, a viewpoint over Reine and a cosy anniversary evening in Sakrisøy with rosé, apéro and spaghetti.Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/elche-hautnah/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/elche-hautnah/A near-lost drone in Nusfjord's storm gusts, and then the surprise of the trip: two young moose right beside the road, closer than ever before.Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/snowsnakes-auf-den-lofoten/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/snowsnakes-auf-den-lofoten/Wind-driven snow slithering across the roads like snakes, frozen beaches at Ramberg and a free museum visit thanks to Annina's Lofoten headband.Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/strahlender-sonnenschein-auf-den-schneebedeckten-lofoten/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/strahlender-sonnenschein-auf-den-schneebedeckten-lofoten/A seal at breakfast, the classic photo spots of Hamnøy and Sakrisøy in winter dress, and at night the aurora app sounds the alarm.Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bodo-city-und-die-reise-ins-gelobte-land/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bodo-city-und-die-reise-ins-gelobte-land/Fresh snow in Bodø, a rental car that spins even on spikes, and a rocking car ferry to Moskenes, we're back in the Lofoten!Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/reise-von-kuusamo-uber-helsinki-und-oslo-nach-bodo/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/reise-von-kuusamo-uber-helsinki-und-oslo-nach-bodo/-33 °C at the petrol pump, a cancelled flight and two de-icing stations later: a whole day of travelling for a route a direct flight would do in an hour.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/schneemobiltour-bei-30-grad/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/schneemobiltour-bei-30-grad/Full-body overalls, a Lynx Adventure LX and 30 kilometres through frozen forests and lakes, an arctic adventure ending with warm food in a snow tipi.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/riisitunturi-nationalpark-bei-dammerung/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/riisitunturi-nationalpark-bei-dammerung/A second hike up Riisitunturi rewards us with a surreal pink spectacle: fog, setting sun and frozen eyelashes at -25 °C.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/rentierfarm-and-riisitunturi-nationalpark/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/rentierfarm-and-riisitunturi-nationalpark/Hand-feeding reindeer their lichen dessert at -25 °C, then hiking through Riisitunturi's candle spruces, a day that feels like another planet.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/oulanka-nationalpark/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/oulanka-nationalpark/Powder-snow forests, the old Myllykoski mill and a sunset drive home, followed by a faint but real northern lights show over our cabin in Finland.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/raus-aus-der-glashutte-rein-in-die-villa/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/raus-aus-der-glashutte-rein-in-die-villa/A snowshoe trail through wintry forests, lunch in Ruka and a modern cabin with a glass front, sauna and forest view, plus another night waiting for the aurora.Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/von-magical-ponds-und-der-stativjagd/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/von-magical-ponds-und-der-stativjagd/Snowshoeing past a reindeer and husky farm, cosy hours in the glass igloo, and a frantic search across Ruka and Kuusamo for the very last tripod in town.Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/zurich-nach-kuusamo/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/zurich-nach-kuusamo/First-ever Edelweiss flight to Kuusamo, spike tyres on the rental car and a first night in a glass igloo at Magical Ponds, our Finland winter trip begins.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/doune-castle-stirling-castle-basel/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/doune-castle-stirling-castle-basel/The Scotland trip ends royally: Doune Castle from Game of Thrones and Monty Python, imposing Stirling Castle, and our last 14.43 pounds spent at the airport.Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/glen-etive/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/glen-etive/A day in the Skyfall valley: recreating the Bond and M film photo, the narrow road through Glen Etive, and a farm in Auchtubh with a gift of Canasta.Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/glenfinnan-viaduct/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/glenfinnan-viaduct/The Jacobite Steam Train, the Hogwarts Express, steaming across the Glenfinnan Viaduct, plus Loch Shiel aka The Black Lake and the return run at dusk.Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/eilean-donan-castle-old-man-of-storr/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/eilean-donan-castle-old-man-of-storr/The picture-book castle of Eilean Donan, a clipped wing mirror on the way, and the windy hike to the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye.Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/oldshoremore-stoer-lighthouse-ullapool/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/oldshoremore-stoer-lighthouse-ullapool/Oldshoremore Beach raging in the wind, single-track roads to Stoer Lighthouse with a truck ahead and a sheep behind, and an aperitif in Ullapool.Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/dunrobin-castle-whaligoe-steps-duncansby-kinlochbervie/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/dunrobin-castle-whaligoe-steps-duncansby-kinlochbervie/A marathon through Scotland's far north: Dunrobin Castle, the Whaligoe Steps, John o' Groats and the cliffs of Duncansby, with neither orcas nor puffins.Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/johnshaven-golspie/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/johnshaven-golspie/Dunnottar Castle on its cliffs, Highland cows by the roadside, and a hunt for a sharp photo of Nessie that ends in the tourist trap of Urquhart Castle.Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/edinburgh-johnshaven/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/edinburgh-johnshaven/Edinburgh with pubs, stone houses and bagpipers, then the first nervous kilometres driving on the left and the 3000-year-old Standing Stones of Lundin.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/basel-edinburgh/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/basel-edinburgh/The Scotland trip begins with an evening flight, the castle lit above the city, local beer, two single malts and a pub where everyone ends up dancing.Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/stockholm/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/stockholm/Stockholm at speed: Drottninggatan, Gamla Stan, the changing of the guard by chance, and an evening on Djurgården with dumplings and a boat ride home.Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/umea-stockholm/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/umea-stockholm/The first-class train to Stockholm, and an evening that becomes legendary when the Indian food we had given up on arrives just as the pizza does.Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/umea/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/umea/A day for friendship: vegan breakfast with Salome and Lucas, Lake Nydalasjön, the Umeå campus, frisbee in the park and cocktails at GP's.Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/narvik-umea/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/narvik-umea/Seven and a half hours by train through Lapland with photo editing and Monopoly, a delay survived in Boden, and a late welcome in Umeå.Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hesten-narvik/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hesten-narvik/Our last day on Senja is the most spectacular: a scramble up Hesten's steep rock face to the iconic Segla, then 3.5 hours of misty lakes towards Narvik.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/knuten/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/knuten/The easiest hike we've done in Norway: 15 minutes up Knuten for a view over Mefjordvær, the sea and misty mountains, then red curry and photo editing.Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/mefjordvaer/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/mefjordvaer/Fifteen minutes turn into a two-hour loop around Senja: shopping in Finnsnes, perfect reflections at Tungeneset and a lighthouse we never reach.Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/husoy/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/husoy/A grey day taken slowly: the lighthouse on the tiny island of Husøy, the spectacular single-lane drive to Fjordgård, and an evening of curry and Monopoly.Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/svolvaer-senja/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/svolvaer-senja/The silent electric boat into the narrow Trollfjord, with sea eagles and an underwater drone, then 5.5 hours to Senja and northern lights over our beach.Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/offersoykammen-henningsvaer/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/offersoykammen-henningsvaer/Farewell to Sakrisøy, then our favourite Lofoten hike up Offersøykammen with its 360-degree panorama, and at night a northern lights explosion at Rystad.Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/kvalvika-beach/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/kvalvika-beach/Up Ryten to look down on turquoise Kvalvika Beach, the obligatory shot on the overhanging rock, and at night northern lights over Skagsanden until past 2.Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bunes-beach/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bunes-beach/Reachable only by boat: over the pass from Vindstad to deserted Bunes Beach, an ice-cold swim, barefoot sand and a beach full of seashells on the way back.Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/sakrisoy-nusfjord/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/sakrisoy-nusfjord/Drone stops on the way to the fishing village of Nusfjord, beach-hopping at Skagsanden and Ramberg, and at midnight northern lights over Sakrisøy.Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/sakrisoy-reinebringen/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/sakrisoy-reinebringen/The classic: up the sherpa stone steps to Reinebringen for the view over Reine, the fjords and the mountains, with the weather holding just long enough.Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bodo-sakrisoy/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/bodo-sakrisoy/The car ferry from Bodø to Moskenes, the drive to the end of the E10 at Å, and a mini-villa overlooking the orange houses of Sakrisøy and Hamnøy.Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/trondheim-bodo/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/trondheim-bodo/Almost ten hours by train from Trondheim to Bodø in premium class, past forests, fjords and waterfalls, with a few moose and a punctual arrival.Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/atlantic-ocean-road-trondheim/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/atlantic-ocean-road-trondheim/The Atlantic Ocean Road in moody fog, then Trondheim: colourful warehouses on the Nidelva, the 11th-century Nidaros Cathedral and a very good Thai dinner.Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/isfjorden-atlantic-ocean-road/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/isfjorden-atlantic-ocean-road/Coastal trails at Bud and Farstad in drizzle, then the clouds break over the Atlantic Ocean Road and we race back for one of the finest sunsets we've seen.Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/alvund-isfjorden/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/alvund-isfjorden/A hike through Innerdalen, Norway's supposedly finest high valley, with sheep begging for our sandwiches, then a rainbow over the lake on Litlefjellet.Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hamar-alvund/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hamar-alvund/By replacement bus and train to Trondheim with two moose beside the tracks, then on by rental car to a cabin on the fjord in Ålvund, sunset included.Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/copenhagen-hamar/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/copenhagen-hamar/A pure travel day by train from Copenhagen via Gothenburg and Oslo to Hamar, where swarming mosquitoes end our planned dinner by the Viking ship.Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/copenhagen/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/copenhagen/One day for Copenhagen: pastries at Nyhavn, the Little Mermaid, the changing of the guard, the Marble Church and the freetown of Christiania.Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hamburg-copenhagen/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/hamburg-copenhagen/Planten un Blomen, the Chilehaus and the Speicherstadt, then chaos: a bicycle race closes the centre, the taxi never comes, and we just catch our train.Sun, 21 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/basel-hamburg/https://www.pixelsandtravels.com/en/blog/basel-hamburg/Interrail north, first stop Hamburg: a harbour street food festival, the Elbphilharmonie, the Speicherstadt and an evening boat tour with a drone show.Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT