The days have been beautiful over Easter and so we couldn’t let all the sunshine go to waste. A family BBQ on the sledding hill was the perfect way to make the most of our holiday. At 1 o’clock the hill was packed with sun-bathers and families. The hill is in a great position facing [...]
Everyone has a sledding hill in Norway. Ours is at the end of the street. Especially when it’s a sunny Winters day you’ll find all the neighbours up on the hill playing with their kids. Snowmen are made, jumps are moulded, and somehow in all the chaos, an advanced, intermediate and kiddies track appear. It’s [...]
Norway enters the Christmas season early.
Our family activities have become traditional to the seasons…
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.
Table settings are very much a part of the tradition of serving cake.
The walking-street takes you from Central Station to the Royal Palace.
Towards the water in a beautiful pocket of leafy oak trees is the Byneset Church.
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Decorating Easter eggs is a big tradition in Norway.
Norwegian fjordings are from the draft horse family.