Midsummer’s Eve
There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
Posted 23.06.2009 5 Comments
Entries for June, 2009
An Orange Garden Flower
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Nature
My Little Norway – Flower Show Series An orange garden flower photographed in Tromsø.
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Having a Baby in Norway – Maternity Clothes on a Budget
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Living
Maternity Corset (1908) One of the hard things in Norway is finding maternity clothes as there are not many speciality stores for maternity wear. However, quite often you can find a maternity section in the regular stores – at the moment H&M has a maternity line in store. I don’t know how long it will [...]
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Norwegian Lesson 125
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Innledning Velkommen til norskleksjon 125! This lesson we continue with our ‘going shopping’ theme. We learn a little more about adjectives but also have exercises with pronouns, measurements, numbers and how the gender/plural of nouns effect the other words in the sentence. For the rest of this week we will be practising what we know [...]
Posted 22.06.2009 1 Comment
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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:
The bunad is a traditional Norwegian costume worn by both men and women. It can either come from established rural traditions or have a more modern design inspired by historical patterns and cuts.
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.