We went to the beach today and it was packed. But looking at the above picture towards the water you can’t tell. So where are all the people..? …on the grass. When it’s hot North Norwegians go to the beach but not to swim, only to sunbath. When they get too hot they head for [...]
It’s watermelon season! Not that Norway grows watermelons but the shops are packed with the bowling ball fruit at the moment. (I’ve always had a secret desire to carve three finger-holes in my watermelon and just bowl that thing down the driveway into a ten pin of pineapples.) It is a little weird for me [...]
Spring is very different here in Norway. Instead of blossoming flowers and bright sun it is the time the thick Winter snow melts and the clouds try hard to replenish it. Eventually the clouds give up to make way for Summer but usually not until the end of May. Even though the green has yet [...]
It is hard to go to sleep when you know what is happening outside. The days are lovely this side of Summer but the nights are absolutely beautiful.
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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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.
Towards the water in a beautiful pocket of leafy oak trees is the Byneset Church.
Many English words actually come from old Norse language – brought by Vikings to England in medieval times. Here are some words you have probably uttered without realising you are speaking Norwegian!
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 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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