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The Oblenor Journal
Live by the light you're given.
Stories of slow living, travel, food and the outdoors, told season by season from the north, where six hours of winter daylight become nineteen by midsummer.
All seasonsChoose a season to re-colour the journal and read only its stories.
Latest stories
From the northern edge.
Slow living, travel, food and the outdoors. Every story is short enough for a cup of coffee and made to be read by a window.
No stories yet for this season. They're being written.
The Solstice Letter
Four letters a year. One per season.
No weekly inbox clutter. The Solstice Letter arrives at each turn of the season with our best stories, a recipe and a small ritual for the months ahead.
Welcome aboard. Your first letter arrives with the next season.
WinterAround 21 December
SpringAround 20 March
SummerAround 21 June
AutumnAround 22 September
About Oblenor
Slow stories for fast lives.
The north doesn't let you ignore the seasons. The light changes so dramatically that you either fight it or learn to live with it. Oblenor is about learning to live with it: eating, resting, travelling and spending time outside in step with the time of year.
We are a small team of writers who love long walks, strong coffee and short, honest stories. Our stories are written for anyone, anywhere, who wants a little more rhythm in their year. You don't need to live in the north to read them.
Ingrid SolbergEditor · outdoors
Mats AaltoSlow living · food
Nora HolmTravel
"There's no bad weather, only the wrong clothes." — Northern proverb
Letters from readers
Read by the window.
Sample
"The winter story changed how I think about dark evenings. I now light candles at four and actually look forward to November."
Clara WhitfieldReader · Edinburgh
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"Four emails a year is exactly right. The Solstice Letter feels like a postcard from a friend who lives somewhere beautiful."
Daniel YeoSubscriber · Singapore
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"We planned our spring fjord trip almost entirely from Nora's road-trip story. The empty roads were real."
Sanne de VriesReader · Utrecht
Contact
Write to the editors.
Pitch a story, share a seasonal ritual of your own, ask about a piece, or get in touch about partnerships. We reply personally within one business day.
- editors@oblenor.com
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- Pitches
- Always welcome, in any season
