A picture taken to the west from a walking track on the hill in the centre on Tromsø island.
Tromsø in high summer is beautiful and warm. The sun is mature and the colours deep. It is easy to forget that all this turns into a winter wonderland.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ‘stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.
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I think Autumn is my favourite season in Norway – the weather is still warm here in Tromsø, the sunsets come down over the mountains again and the blueberries are ripe for the picking.
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Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
By our favourite jetty is the cutest little boat shed. We often have picnics there in Summer. It’s nice to just drop by our favourite places in Winter to see how very different but very beautiful everything still is.
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You framed this photo perfectly with the leaves from the trees. Lovely picture!
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from L-Jay:
Tusen takk
Why is the most BEAUTIFUL places in the world seem to have the harshest winters. Alaska is like that, and so many other places.
Beautiful picture.
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from L-Jay:
Maybe Mother-nature wants us to earn the right to live there.
the picture makes me miss summer. it is currently snowing outside and the wind is blowing like nobody’s business. i miss the sun
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from L-Jay:
Tromsø has just hit the point where the sun doesn’t come over the horizon anymore. I’m amazed at how quickly it happened. Have to wait til mid-January now before we can see the sun again – yikes!
It is stunning, absolutely beautiful. However as I have said before my heart melts in the winter
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from L-Jay:
Christmas is fantastic – every childs dream. But it sure makes it hard to take outside pictures when you only have twilight ..lol
Lovely photo.
How much snow do you have there now? My daughter’s in Oslo and is complaining that it’s getting cold but no doubt it’s much worse up north, especially without the sun.
Btw, I’ve tagged you on my blog.