Ellen Homstad

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[Ellen Homstad @ellenhomstad]

Friday was my 27th birthday.

So I wanted to share a couple of thoughts and lessons from my 27 years on this planet. I know I’m still oblivious about a lot of things, but I hope some of these might resonate with you today🧡

Create a nice day!

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You’re 14km into your 22km paddle when your friend says “let’s pull up for lunch here” and proceeds to put together a charcuterie board in the prettiest place you’ve laid eyes on in this lifetime🌲🌞🛶…

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Note to self: don’t forget that the backyard is also a solid option when you’re chasing a sunset view🌞🌲

We very spontaneously grabbed our hammocks and hiking boots and came up here when the weather looked promising for sunset one day.…

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Oh, Canada🧡🍁

The concept of home is an odd thing. Sometimes it’s the place where you grew up, the city you’ve spent most of your time in or with the people you feel most yourself with. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll happen to stumble upon it across the ocean.…

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My kind of reading spot🌲🌿✨

We are roadtripping the west coast of Norway for the next week, and passed by this gem of a waterfall on the mountain crossing on the way there. I think I could sit here with a book for a week and a half and be perfectly content.…

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Summer days on an island off the west coast of Norway🌿🌊🌅

📍Runde

We hadn’t even spent half a day here before we knew this is place we’ll come back to time and time again.…

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Norway in late spring is hard to beat (even when it rains)🏔️🌿🌸🌊🌧️

A couple of things that have made me smile this past month:
- frolicking amongst more dandelions than I ever thought could possibly fit in one field
- a lighthouse at the edge of the world…

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ad @unboundmerino. “I only have a week in Norway. Where should I go?”. That’s a question I get a lot and it’s pretty much impossible to answer. But I can tell you that you at least won’t go wrong with this itinerary🏔️🌿…

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All I want is a slow summer spent in a tiny fishing village by the sea🌞🦀🐟🌅🌿

📍Sør-Gjæslingan, Norway

Yes please to days spent losing track of time, island hopping, making friends with goats, learning to manoeuvre a row boat, waffles (on Saturdays),…

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Happy constitution day🇳🇴 I don’t have the words to express how grateful and proud I feel to call this country home🏔️🌿

To all my fellow Norwegians, I hope you dance and sing and eat your body weight in ice cream today!

Gratulerer med dagen❤️🤍💙

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I hope you take some time today to go outside. Feel the sun or rain or hail or wind on your face. Go for a forest stroll without headphones. Take a nap in the grass. Go somewhere you can see far. Hop in a freezing river. Climb a mountain. Watch the sunset. Hug a tree.…

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If you ask me what the most iconic hike in Norway is, it’s difficult not to answer this one🥾🏔️✨

📍Trolltunga, Hardanger

I got to hike this stunner for the first time last spring.…