Skiing to School
Every university has bike racks to allow students to save both the environment and their money. But what do you do when the snow is three feet deep and riding your bike suddenly seems less desirable? Tromsø University had a simple solution: Install a ski rack. This one at the entrance to the Medical faculty is always filled to capacity during the winter months.
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Norway enters the Christmas season early.
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. 
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.
Towards the water in a beautiful pocket of leafy oak trees is the Byneset Church.
The Norwegian smålens goose, or smålsensgås, is a heritage breed of Norway. Our smålensgjess arrived on the farm in September 2011.
Wow. I think that has got to be the coolest thing ever. Here in rainy, warm Seattle we can only dream of snow like that. What a wonderful thing to be able to combine such great excersize with your commute to work or school. Idyllic.
My eight year sooooo wants to ski to school – but we live across the road from the school so it’s a short trip…..
My grandmother used to tell me that is how she used to get to school. Such great overall exercise too.
Brilliant! We would love have the same here in London. Shame there isn’t enough snow!
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from L-Jay:
When we lived in London we had one day of snow. It was very excited…lol.
Love it! Only in Norway!