Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

the plane. I was right away looking
at the tickets and booked
one straightaway for the night.
It’s easy to get there, it’s just
direct flight from Oslo (with a
pit stop in Tromsø). But the hard
thing is to get a place to stay
in the high season. I was lucky
to stay with friends and also to
know them so I could join them
for trips. The airport is in Longyearbyen,
a small city with some
hotels and hostels so you really
need to know where to stay before
you book a trip.
I waited too long to
come up here!
When I arrived, the sun was
shining with powder in the
mountains. It felt like I had
landed on a white moon. My
first thoughts were… why didn´t
I come up here before? I saw
white mountains with no trees
around. It was just perfect for
snowkite and skiing. I was in
heaven.
The first day I spent it around
town with Tom and Christian
waiting for the other ones to
come. We went kiting a bit in
an area overlooking the town. It
was already midnight sun, so we
could be outside 24/7.
What a place and what a country.
Norway never stops to impress
me. There were reindeers
walking around in the streets
and Christian, the local, told us
that they were walking around
on the whole island and citizens
on Svalbard, could hunt
one each every year. They were
so cute with their small legs.