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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.

MKB 3/512 Lyngen

MKB (Marine Küsten Batterie) 3/512 Lyngen is situated at Spåkenes in the Lyngenfjord in Northern Norway. It was operational in February 1942

Inka

Jun 15, 20201 min read

Tirpitz Memorial outside Tromsø

75 years ago today, 12.11.1944, the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk outside Tromsø in Northern Norway. 916 of its crew went down with her

Inka

Nov 12, 20191 min read

Soviet POW camp Trondenes

Next to the 800 year old Trondenes Church outside Harstad you can visit this Red Army POW memorial.

Inka

Aug 6, 20191 min read

Willys MB 1943 Restoration

My friend and colleague Gary Kostka have spent the last few years restoring an old War Machine and the result is amazing.

Inka

Jul 27, 20192 min read

Find of a Lifetime

We spent some time checking signals which mostly were nails and the usual rubbish before we found a more interesting corner of the camp.

Inka

Jul 22, 20192 min read

Tromsø Tirpitz Museum

the Tromsø Tirpitz Museum. It is located a short distance from the city center, in a German built ammo bunker that belonged to a nearby

Inka

Jul 13, 20192 min read

MKB 1/512 Tromsö Süd

Marine Kusten Batterie 1/512 Tromsö Süd was established short after the German occupation of the area in 1940.

Inka

Aug 30, 20181 min read

HKB 20/972 Ansnes

Not far from where I live is the remnants of an Atlantikwall fortification, the Heeres Küsten Batterie 20/972 Ansnes,

Inka

Aug 21, 20182 min read

British War Graves in Tromsø

On the old cemetery on the main island in Tromsø you can find the northernmost British war graves from WW2 in the world

Inka

Aug 16, 20181 min read

Expedition Van VW T4

I wanted a van I could use for my expeditions and for going on markets etc with so I began looking at "minicamper" solutions on the internet

Inka

May 30, 20181 min read

Red Army POW Memorial

This memorial is a very beautiful one, sitting on a small hill overlooking the valley. It was here the prisoners buried their comrades

Inka

Aug 10, 20171 min read

The Armoury Bar

The Armoury bar opened some four and a half months ago and is located in Old Riga. It is a bit off the tourist tracks but quite easy to find

Inka

Aug 16, 20162 min read

Dimitri - der Ost Arbeiter

Dimitri was a young man in his 20s. He was from Ukraine. In 1942 he was sent to Norway as a "Ost-Arbeiter" (Eastern Worker).

Inka

Feb 26, 20161 min read

Operation "Asfalt"

During the war more than 100000 Soviet POWs were transfered to camps all over Norway, with the concentration of them going to camps in North

Inka

Jan 13, 20163 min read

Legenda Military Archaeology Expedition Spring 2015

The researchers in Legenda had located what could be a large Red Army massgrave and the JCB started opening up the forestfloor.

Inka

Jun 8, 201510 min read

HKB 5/974 Straumöy-Nord

I made a trip here several weeks ago just before the really cold and nasty winter weather set. I went there early so I could spend all day

Inka

Dec 6, 20141 min read

The Blue Hills , Sinimäed , Estonia

In 1944 Soviet forces broke through the German defences in Narva, Estonia, after six months of fighting. The German forces withdrew

Inka

Oct 22, 20146 min read

HKB 4/974 Straumöy Süd Hill 1

HKB (HeeresKüstenBatterie) 4/974 is situated just outside one of the worlds largest Maelstroms , The Saltstraumen.

Inka

Oct 13, 20141 min read

MKB 5/510 Brömneset

MKB (Marine Küsten Batterie) 5/510 is situated directly outside Bodø in Nordland. It was operational in October 1940 and were armed with

Inka

May 5, 20141 min read

Nacht und Nebel

"Operation 25", which was the codename for Hitler`s planned invasion of Yugoslavia, started 6th April 1941. As groundforces rolled across

Inka

Mar 23, 20147 min read