{"id":21067,"date":"2016-11-16T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/?p=21067"},"modified":"2019-05-21T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T02:52:31","slug":"holmen-husky-lodge-northern-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/holmen-husky-lodge-northern-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogsledding at Holmen Husky Lodge in Northern Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> couldn’t help but squeal a little bit \u2014in excitement, of course, being in a sleigh led by six high-strung dogs going almost 20 miles per hour is nothing to be scared of, right?\u2014 when the dogs took a turn that I deemed a little too tight.<\/p>\n

How foolish of me. I quickly learned that any sound on my part would invariably catch the dogs’ attention, at which point they would look back and glare at me \u2014while still racing at full speed\u2014 like I was an overly vocal scaredy cat. Which I totally was, frankly speaking, this being my first ever dog sleigh ride.<\/p>\n

But like my friend Amanda so eloquently put it<\/a>: “For these dogs, this is serious work. No giggling allowed.<\/em>” Indeed \u2014 shut up already Marie, just enjoy the ride. Silently.<\/p>\n

Little did I know at the time but my overnight at Holmen Husky Lodge would not only make me realise that I might not be such a cat person after all (post sleigh ride cuddles > sleigh rides) but also teach me a thing or two about the lives these dogs lead high up in the Norwegian Arctic Circle, nestled in a minuscule hamlet at the end of Altafjord.<\/p>\n

Glamping at Holmen Husky Lodge<\/h1>\n
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Northern lights at Holmen Husky Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My accommodation for the night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n