Bike Lift
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Trondheim has Norway’s famous bike lift. It is the only one in the world, installed in 1993 and is called Trampe, meaning ‘thumper’.
Posted 23.08.2011 4 Comments
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Roadkills in Norway
Norway is a long place to drive through. It is very popular in summer for tourists to drive up to Northern Norway through Finland and then make their way down Norway through vast landscapes and little towns. Just like anywhere in the middle of nowhere, there is a good chance of an encounter with the [...]
Posted 14.07.2011 5 Comments
The Coastal Liner – Minute by Minute
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The Norwegian public access channel NRK2 is currently taking the concept of “reality TV” to a new level. In a 5 1/2 day marathon, the network is broadcasting a live production of the entire trip of one of the Norwegian Coastal Liner ships, the “M/S Nordnorge”. Multiple cameras on board as well as crew positioned [...]
Posted 19.06.2011 6 Comments
The Mountain Code
Norwegians love their mountainous nature so much they spend whatever time they can in it – for recreation, fitness, hunting or just family time.
Posted 23.05.2011 3 Comments
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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.
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.
A traditional Advent Calendar is made with an orange and cloves.
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. 