Boats at Noon
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When the snow is here, even the sea is silent and the boats sleep together, nice and warm, at the marina.
Posted 28.12.2008 Leave a Comment
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Twigs in the Noonday Sky
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A midday memory from the darkness.
Posted 23.12.2008 2 Comments
Darkest Day
The darkest day of the year is known as winter solstice. It is when the northpole is tilting the furthest away from the sun. It usually occurs between the 21st-23rd of December – this year it happened on the 21st at 1:04PM. The above picture was taken as close to this time as humanly possible! [...]
Posted 23.12.2008 3 Comments
Moonlit Jetty
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’.
Posted 22.12.2008 5 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.
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.
Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
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.