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There are places you visit, and then there are places that change you. Tromsø did the latter. Tucked high above the Arctic Circle, this small glittering city feels like a frontier – part everyday life, part myth… where mountains fall straight into the sea and winter isn’t something you endure, but something you learn to love. We arrived wrapped in layers and expectation, the kind that comes from years of romanticising the north. Tromsø didn’t disappoint. If anything, it felt

Norway in winter isn’t a destination, it’s a feeling. Stark, cinematic, and deeply elemental. I’ve been obsessed with Scandinavia ever since watching Vikings … the landscapes, the mythology, the rawness of people literally living at the edge of the world. Landing in the Lofoten Islands felt like stepping straight into that long-held fascination, only sharper, colder and far more beautiful than anything on a screen. After arriving in Lofoten, we did what every sensible person

Four days in London at Christmas feels like stepping into a festive fairytale, they just do Christmas all out. From the elegance of Chelsea to the spectacle of central London, the lights don’t just decorate the city, they change its mood. This trip included lots of coffee and walking… thank jetlag, indulgent lunches, football-fuelled detours and classic London pubs that smell like history and red wine. Exactly how I like it. We based ourselves in an Airbnb in Chelsea, which h