Being an educated stagemanager I have health and safety drummed into me. Nearly everywhere I look in Norway there is an accident waiting to happen – and yet it never does. I don’t get it – with all the wooden ladders still in use, all the city roofs without snow guards (for when the snow [...]
My Little Norway – Flower Show Series A white and yellow wild flower known as Prestekrage (Priest Collar) in Norway. Photographed in Tromsø.
My Little Norway – Flower Show Series A garden flower known as Tulipan in Norway. Photographed in Tromsø.
When searching through some Norwegian websites I ‘stumbled’ across this ad. It struck me as a very odd thing for a Polly to do – actually, a bit tacky. A take off from the Bob Dylan video Subterranean Homesick Blues doesn’t seem as fitting when the party using it is mostly red! There he was [...]
Flower Show Series: Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
Celebrate National Fårikål day with us. On the last Thursday of September every year Norway celebrates their national dish with, of course, all you can eat fårikål!
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In Norway, there are still Lefse recipes around from the 1630s! This is supposedly the traditional and original Hardanger recipe used:
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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Runes were the written language of the Vikings.