Category: Things To Do

Dann and I have been pretty into light festivals over the last few years. We have gone to Lightopia, Chihuly: Reflections and Ashford Illuminates – which have all had a different feel to them. When in Norway, we figured we’d check out Lumagica, which seems to be a worldwide light festival, but is not one either of us had heard of or attended before. Lumagica was a unique experience, but most closely seemed to be a mix of Chihuly and Lightopia, in the way it was set up and ran.

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Did you know that there is a gingerbread town, crowned as the largest in the world? This was something I was not aware of, until traveling to Norway. In the rainy town of Bergen, they hold Pepperkakebyen each year, which is the world’s largest gingerbread town, made by the local community. School children and adults alike come together to create houses, decorated boats, re-create famous buildings and more to ensure that their gingerbread town is the largest that can be found in the world.

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