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Ivory Gull in Varanger - the great white
Ivory Gull. The name itself rings of exclusiveness. This is the great white of the Arctic. A dream bird rarely seen unless you travel to the high arctic. This bird was found by visiting birders Simon...
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Hasselnes Wind Shelter - Watching Auroras in Varanger
Aurora-watching from the new Hasselnes bird hide and wind shelter. To left in the distance is Hornøya bird cliff. Hornøya bird cliff is one of the key attractions in Varanger. We are currently working...
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Birding Alaska in spring - Homer & Seward
The name Alaska rings of wilderness and grand nature. At Biotope we have a thing for the northern birding. Which is why we live and bird in Varanger, Arctic Norway. However, we allways need a bit of...
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Gambell, St.Lawrence island - Alaska spring birding
Gambell is the westernmost point in USA, with Russia seen in the horizon, surrounded by the Bering Sea. It is one of the most remote places to bird in the US, and some exceptionally cool arctic birding...
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Birding Nome, Alaska - spring in the US Arctic
This May we set out on a 4 week adventure to explore some of the top birding destinations of the North American Arctic. Birding the Alaskan tundra of the Seward Peninsula is strangely familiar to our...
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Birding Iceland in summer - destination development in progress
Iceland is known throughout the world as the land of fire and ice. Large parts are covered by glaciers while others steam of boiling water from the ground. There are few countries where nature has such...
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Birding Varanger in summer
The arctic summer in Varanger: The midnight sun seems to energize all living creatures and spectacular birding can be enjoyed 24/7. Displaying waders in their full breeding plumage, passerines singing...
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Avitourism - Birding in Norway (fugleturisme i Norge)
An introduction to of the world of birding and avitourism and its potential in Norway© Biotope & Innovasjon Norge / 2015 This report was written and researched by Tormod Amundsen and Jonnie Fisk of...
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Wallcreeper action at Chateau des Baux
Wallcreeper - a name that puts a dreamy face on every birder. It is after all one of the most iconic bird species in Europe. The non-birding reader of this blog should note that this is an alpine...
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Steller´s Eiders & snow caves - living the Arctic life
Incoming Steller´s Eiders in Kiberg harbour. Photographed from water level, dressed in a drysuit, swimming in the harbour. The Steller´s Eider photos and the video was shot, yesterday, Saturday the 6th...
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Gullfest 2016 - fugl & fisk /// nature destination development
The fifth arctic birding festival in Varanger is on! 17-22nd of March 2016 we celebrate the amazing bird life of the worlds coolest arctic birding destination. Gullfest 2016 is about Birding Art,...
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Vardø, Arctic Norway - Gullfest part 1
King Eiders in Vardø harbour during Gullfest, March 2016Gullfest 2016 was another successfull arctic birding festival. This year we celebrated the epic Vardø harbour. In town birding in Vardø is...
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Øvre Pasvik - birding the arctic taiga - Gullfest pt.2
Hawk Owl about to strikeIn the Pasvik taiga forest the arctic bird festival Gullfest turned into an Owlfest! The Pasvik section of Gullfest was an epilogue of Gullfest where we aimed to show our...
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Birding Northwest Iceland - May 2016
Harlequin Duck, Blönduós May 2016Nature destination development: Northwest IcelandIceland delivers some of the coolest birding in Europe. We just visited the northwestern region of Iceland, working on...
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The Birding Varanger guide book - Arctic Norway sites & birds
"Varanger is the world´s most easily accessible Arctic birding destination. In Varanger, Arctic Norway, you can experience the northern taiga, tundra and the Arctic coastline within a dya´s drive....
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BIRDING RUSSIA - exploring the northwest russian tundra
Bewick´s Swans at the Kostyanoy CapeAerial view of the Kostuanoy Cape, our basecamp on the russian tundraThe Nenets State Nature Reserve is a vast tundra and wetland expanse bordering the russian...
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BIRDING NORTH ICELAND - Nature destination development
Biotope recently made another visit to northern Iceland. For the past two years we have made repeated trips to this amazing birding destination, as a part of a nature destination development project we...
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On birdwatching and architecture
An essay on flare versus functionThe world of birding is a bit of a paradox. Birdwatching or birding is a wildly popular hobby that attracts millions of people worldwide, while at the same time...
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SNOW LEOPARDS - the Tibetan Plateau expedition
China, the Tibetan plateau, April 2017 Snow Leopards are among the most rare and least seen mammals in the world. For nature enthusiasts it is probably the most desired mammal to see....
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Biotope online resources
Nature-based architecture projects and destination development.As our projects diversify, both by countries and by themes, we wanted to give you an overview of some key onlince resources and places you...
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Biotope philosophy & origin story - the AD interview
Biotope just won the Architectural Digest Design Award 2017 in the category architecture. 2017 have been a year where our work is getting quite a bit of recognition and momentum. We are both humbled...
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Biotope job opportunities
Biotope is an architecture office dedicated to nature. Through architecture we aim to bring people and nature closer together. We typically work with a wide range of small scale architecture projects,...
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Visiting Northwest Iceland - a June Biotope tour
Iceland have become a must visit country for anyone keen on seeing spectacular nature and dramatic light and scenaries. At times it seems like every second image on Instagram is from Iceland....
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The Biotope UK office is open!
Biotope is now an architectural practice with offices in York, UK, and in Vardø, arctic Norway. Since the very beginning of the Biotope adventure, after moving to Vardø in 2009, we very quickly...
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Dear reader: This website (www.biotope.cloud) is no longer an active and updated website. This is the former www.biotope.no website which used to be our website / blog. The website features more then...
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