The Tyholt Tower is the second biggest tourist attraction in Trondheim behind Nidaros Cathedral.  It is a telecommunications tower and stands 120 metres high overlooking Trondheim city.

There is a sight seeing level on the lower floor.  On the upper floor is an Egon Restaurant (the Norwegian version of a T.G.I. Fridays).  The floor revolves giving [...]

Towards the water in a beautiful pocket of leafy oak trees is the Byneset Church.

The Nid river flows through the heart of Trondheim.  It bends round the famous Nidaros Cathedral and forms a natural moat around the city.  The river has kept its name since the Viking Age and is mentioned in prominant sagas such as Snorre Sturlason’s Heimskringla or The Lives of the Norse Kings where St Olav built [...]

Stiftsgården, the Royal Manor, is the king’s official residence in Trondheim.  Right in the heart of the city, the manor was built in the 1770s as a private home for the Privy Councillor Schøller’s widow Cecilie Christine von Schøller.  This building was specifically positioned and built to show off the family’s riches but in 1800 [...]

In London city there is a pub on every corner.  It’s no doubt that Londoners love their watering holes.
If a Londoner ever makes it to Trondheim they won’t have to fear about ‘drying out’ on their travels as this old Viking city is full of expat pubs just waiting to be filled.

Being just a block [...]

I have an addiction.  Anything green I have to point my camera at and shoot it.  Green absolutely fascinates me.  It’s not that I haven’t seen it before but there is just something about it that makes me feel… alive.
With each photo I always remember the atmosphere, the air, the smell, the sun.  Each photo [...]

Dog sledding must be one of the must-do activities if you come to Norway in the winter. You get to ‘mush’ through some of the best winter landscapes and experience one of Norway’s top sports that have been used for hunting and travel before the Viking Age. The energy of the dogs is [...]

Nidarosdomen – Nidaros Cathedral
Nidaros Cathedral is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Norway. It boasts a textured Medieval history that began with the adventures of St Olav, the fierce Viking who was converted to Christianity and became King of Norway. The Cathedral has been under construction from the early ten hundreds and was [...]

From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ’stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.