A Letter From the Norwegian Village of Å, Where COVID Lockdown Forces a Dramatic Escape
A Journalist Watches the Open Arctic Turn Cold as Its Borders Close
On a stormy day in mid-March, I found myself the very last man outside in the Norwegian village of Å.
Located on a remote island in the North Atlantic, the village of just 100 people had closed its schools the week before; restaurants and hotels never reopened after the new year holiday season. And now my last glimmer of hope for a hot coffee this morning—the “Bakeriet på Å”—had closed.
As the Northern European Correspondent for the Swiss Broadcasting Company, I must rove around a reporting area that extends from the far …
