Leinstrand church is in Klett on Trondheim’s peninsular. It is the southernmost church in Trondheim and is set in the hills near a natural water and bird sanctuary. This church was completed in 1673 by builder Ole Jonsen Hindrum. Its original name was Nypen church as it was built for the Nypen farm community. [...]
The church in Talvik, a small village just outside of Alta, holds a little bit of our family history. A lot of Farfar’s family came from this area in Finnmark. His great, great, great granddad, Arne Jacobsen, donated a seven stick chandelier in celebration of his seven children. On a trip back to Tromsø we [...]
A Norwegian Christmas is filled with many celebrations and traditions, old and new. As the snow falls, the white landscape is the first sign of Christmas and Norwegians start to prepare for their long season of juletid. November As the snow comes, Norway enters the Christmas season early with a series of Christmas parties. Work, [...]
Towards the water in a beautiful pocket of leafy oak trees is the Byneset Church.
I think Autumn is my favourite season in Norway – the weather is still warm here in Tromsø, the sunsets come down over the mountains again and the blueberries are ripe for the picking.
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At full-moon the blue light almost looks electric. Our favourite jetty really knows how to surprise us for Christmas – especially with this ‘elfs-eye-view’.
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How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
Norwegian houses are very charming with their wooden panels and slate roofing. It is typical for a house to be painted a strong colour such as red, blue or yellow, but white is the most popular.
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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 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.
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