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Birdmen: Norwegian nature seen from above
02 years ago
60 minutes visited Norway to record some extreme sport:
The recordings they did are breathtaking and show some of the most beautiful nature that Norway can offer. Enjoy the video!
Had a walk around Østensjøvannet
02 years ago
I had a quite so relaxing day today, walking around Østensjøvannet and taking photos of the “wildlife”. It was the first time I tried to do pictures of birds in the free. I ended up deleting quite a few photos, but some photos turned out really good. The set of photos can be seen on my Flickr account.
Trekking in Jotunheimen
02 years ago
For the first time I am spent the entire summer in Norway. It has never happened before. It wasn’t bad at all, in fact it was great! I became member of the Norwegian Trekking Association and bought myself a guided mountain hike through Jotunheimen, The Highlights of Jotunheimen.
The tour was, in the advertisment, described as “a must for experienced hikers” who want to explore the national park of Jotunheimen. Experienced ment that the hikes were 7-9 hours or about 30 km (19 miles). Oh my, oh my, and I, who had, never done a mountain trip before. Of course, I’ve done some mountain tops, but never had a four, long days with a backpack in the mountains. Ok, I am not all green, or perhaps that is actually just what I am: A former member of the Red Cross and one who did quite some walking in the Army.
Jotunheimen is the most magnificent massif in Norway, and consequently also the most popular hiking area. Here you find sharp ridges, high plateau, glaciers, lakes and vallyes with rivers and waterfalls. If the brochure also would have mentioned fjords, then I would have said: Norway in a nutshell! All of Norways summits over 2.300 meters are found in this national park (Galdhøpiggen – 2.469m, Glittertind – 2.452m and Store Skagastølstind – 2.405m), and I was to do the two higest of them. The tour also included glacier walking, something I last did on Svalbard 5 years ago.
It was to be great to finally get out of Oslo for some days. Working through the whole summer was ok, but I longed for some days off.
Saw Camera Obscura at Parkteatret
22 years ago
Yesterday, me and Volker went to one of the best concerts I’ve been to in years. It all started with me reading an e-mail from Parkteatret about concerts they were to hold this month. Camera Obscura was the first one on the list, and I checked if there were many people on Underskog.no going or recommending them. I was surprised how many there were. I did a search on Spotify, and found them to be listed. I ended up playing them most of the day at work.
Camera Obscura’s (Latin for ‘dark room’; literally ‘darkened chamber’) music was picturish, and yesterday Parkteatret was transformed in to a time machine that brought us back to Aidensfield and the popular Heartbeat TV-series and the sound of the 50s-60s. An old, classic, musical world. The band has delivered a steady stream of critically acclaimed albums. Their last record My Maudlin Career is simply breathtaking, and it’s their most accomplished album to date. I loved the resonant air of melancholy throughout it’s eleven tracks.
Volker summed up the evening in a great way on his last Facebook update yesterday: “wants to get a car and drive through Scotland, with Camera Obscura playing on the backseat. Damn pity that there is no car that can fit a band of six with instruments on the back seat… Well, a CD will have to do”.
Make sure to check out their web site and their MySpace page, you will find that Camera Obscura plays great retro styled twee-pop. The band is currently touring around in Europe, and might be visiting a city near you!
Parkteatret placed on Google Maps.
Matstreif.no
02 years ago
by frankps
in The Good Life
On Saturday Volker and me walked downtown, to this year’s Matstreif in Oslo. The food festival was held for the fifth time on Karl Johansgate and it’s surrounding areas. Participants from the sea and land, retails and restaurants were present.
Matstreif also hosted Farmers Market (Bondens Marked), with over 70 participants from around the country. Focus on food diversity and food with local identity and history. Here you could fill your backpack with a lot of goods for the pleasant autumn evenings. I bought some cold smoked fish and goat parmasan cheese. And not to forget 3 litres of apple juice from Epleblomsten AS.
The weather was beautiful and a lot of people had found their way to the food festival. Saturday was the second and last day of the festival, and we arrived there in the afternoon, some of the farmers were starting to get sold out.
