Bilder frå Honningsvåg i Nordkapp kommune. Nordkapp omtales i sak tre som trykkes onsdag 17.september 2008

Følg med. Snart smell det i ei avis nær deg. Sitter her å refser medier medan eg høyer på Roxette. Er i ferd med å gå i barndommen skjønar eg, men uansett er det greit med litt vakker musikk når ein skriv innlegg som skal gjere meg rik. Hehe kødder. Rik blir ein ikkje i denne mediabissnissen, jaffal ikkje når ein ikkje vil innordne seg under mediesjefane sine ville idear om at du skal vere ein lydig slave i det kommersielle skipet som heiter fast jobb i media. MEN ein tjener uansett langt betre som frilanser enn som det meste anna ein kan vere.

Sak om fjordhesten i Dag og Tid fredag 12.september.

■ Journalist Anne Viken har reist fire uker i norsk, svensk og finsk Barentsregion og stilt næringslivsledere og lokalpolitikere spørsmålet: Hvordan ser nordområdestrategien ut fra ditt lokale ståsted? ■ Reportasjereisen er finansiert av Nordisk Råds journaliststipend 2008. ■ I dag: Lokalpolitikere og lokalt næringsliv slakter regjeringens nordområdesatsing. ■ Tirsdag: Næringslivet ser mot Russland. ■ Onsdag: Lokalsamfunn i nord. ■ Torsdag: Finske Lappland lanserer sin nordområdestrategi.

I got on the train, and went to Stavanger. When I wake up, I pushed all the buttons on the wall, trying to switch on the lights. One minute later a man opened the door: - You needed any assistance? he asked. Well, I am fine, thanks, I replied. Laying in my bed. I had pushed the assistance button. Traveling by train is fare from easy.

Yesterday I was supposed to ride the night train to Stavanger. I catched a cab, since I am always late for trains/busses/plains, and went to the station. I walked in, looked at the timetable, and thought, wow, I have plenty of time, BUT why have they changed the departure time of my train? Well, Norwegian trains are almost always late, and I went to buy some magazines. I walked to the plattform, sat waiting, thinking; why did I catch a cab? I have plenty of time. I started writing a sms to a friend in Bergen: "Hi, I am on my way to Berge.." Bergen?? Oh shit! This is the train to Bergen, I should have been on the train to Stavanger. I looked at my watch, and started understanding a few things. The train for Stavange left at 22.47, and the train for Bergen left at 23.11... I am still in Oslo.

Soon, I will publish my articles from the High North: Norway, Finland and Sweden. They are quite massive. The first will be published September 13., and the rest will follow. I will, in this blogg, get back to where you can read them, but I will not give you more details before the articles hit the news. So what is The High North like? Tourism or industry. Well, I would of course say industry, I like the business, but it is also a magnificent view up there. I love the outdoors, and while riding the bus from Kirkenes, Norway to Rovaniemi, Finland, I thought that I will go back some day, fishing and camping for a few weeks. I watch the DVD called Destination North which I got from Linda B Randal in Kirkenes, Norway. You can get religious from the beautiful sceneries. I also watch the DVD Success in the North, which I got from the Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Rovaniemi, Finland. You can get religious from the exciting industrial development in the Russian parts of the Barentsregion. But...