Around midsummer I had a chance to do a little business trip to Hammerfest, which is located in the very north of Norway. Getting to Hammerfest is quite long from Paris: You have to get on three different flights, with layovers in Osloand Tromsø. The flight over the Lyngen Alps as you approach Tromsø is incredibly scenic; mountains rising vertically from the sea. The last flight’s with a small propeller plane, which really adds to the feeling of going to the northernmost corner of the world.

A good ten hours later we arrived (local time 10pm) and the sun was shining on full blast with no intention to set at all. After a beer at the hotel with colleagues, I decided to hit the track towards the summit of the Tyven (419m) - a peak just ‘above’ the town. This was around midnight