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The Story of Campsites in Norway (2) – My experience
This is the story of campsites in Norway, part 2. My camping experience from the 1960s and 70s: Camping was my first form of travelling and...
The Story of Campsites in Norway (1) – The Classic Period
This is the story of campsites in Norway, part 1. The series will concentrate on the development of campsites after WW2. Read my introduction and...
Stave churches in Norway
The stave churches is the Norwegian contribution to the world heritage. They knew about the building technique elsewhere in Northern Europe as well....
Allotment gardens in Norway
What is an allotment garden, what is the function and how do they look like? Here is a brief introduction to this phenomenon. There are four videos...
VIDEO – Eiganes allotment garden
This video is from Eiganes allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 180 plots. Read about...
VIDEO – Strømvik allotment garden
This video is from Strømvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 44 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Våland allotment garden
This video is from Våland allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 116 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden
This video is from Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 110...
VIDEO – Norway – Hardangerfjorden
Watch a video from Hardangerfjorden. The Hardanger fjord is the second largest in Norway and among the most picturesque of them all. The edge of...
Western Norway Road Trip (5) Vøringsfossen and Hardanger
A nation has its symbols aimed at defining the nation as such. Vøringsfossen and Hardanger are two defining symbols of Norway as a nation state, one...
VIDEO – Norway – Nærøyfjorden revisited
This video is from a revisit to Nærøyfjorden. It was filmed and photographed in 2012, 14 years after my first visit and video. "West Norwegian...
Western Norway Road Trip (4) Nærøyfjorden
Nærøyfjorden is one of the most spectacular of all Norwegian fjords. It is narrow, the mountains rise vertically up high above the deep blue sea,...
Western Norway Road Trip (3) Solvorn
Solvorn is a little, sleepy village in the Fjord Country. It has a very nice layout, stretching elegantly like a fan uphill from the fjord. The view...
VIDEO – Norway – Solvorn
Watch a video from Solvorn, a picturesque little village on the Lustrafjord i Western Norway. We came on a beautiful day. After you have watched...
VIDEO – Norway – Urnes stave church
Watch a video from Urnes stave church. It is number 58 on UNESCO's World Heritage List and dates from the first half of the 12th century. The Urnes...
VIDEO – Norway – Kaupanger stave church
Watch a video from Kaupanger stave church. The church stands on the slope up from the Sognefjord, was built in 1137, and is one of the country's...
VIDEO – Norway – Borgund stave church
Watch a video from Borgund stave church. Borgund dates back to the end of the 12th century. It had a strategic location in Sogn og Fjordane by the...
Western Norway Road Trip (2) Lærdalsøyri
Erik Pontoppidan, a renowned Danish bishop in Bergen, came to Lærdalsøyri and wrote about the "161 small houses built closely together". That was in...
World Heritage #0058 – Urnes Stave Church
The Urnes stave church is one of several stave churches of Norway. We find them in the most remote locations of the country, and they are splendid...
Western Norway Road Trip (1) Stavanger to Lærdal
In the early morning we set out on a four day road trip of Western Norway - The Fjord Country. We were going to visit two of the largest fjords, the...
Pictures from Spain
This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Spain, the result of trips to different parts of the country. If you look up my articles from...
A dream became true – visiting Granada
Days 8 to 15 in a road trip in Andalusia were mostly spent in Granada. I also made a day-trip to the Renaissance towns of Baeza and Úbeda inland and...
World Heritage #0522 – Úbeda and Baeza
The two towns of Úbeda and Baeza were defining centres in the birth of the Spanish renaissance in the 16th century. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
VIDEO – Spain – Baeza
This video from Baeza shows some examples of why it is a World Heritage Site. Along with neighbouring town of Úbeda it has earned a reputation of...
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Alhambra
This is a video from the Alhambra and Generalife, two palace complexes in Granada which date back to the time of the Moorish rule of Spain....
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Albaicín
This video is from Albaicín, the old Arab district of Granada. It is part of the World Heritage Site in this old city in present-day Spain....
World Heritage #0314 – Granada
The Moors left their marks on southern Spain. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín in Granada is both mythical and real. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
World Heritage #0313 – Historic Centre of Córdoba
The Historic Centre of Córdoba is amazing. Thanks to the Arabs sweeping across North Africa and taking control of large parts of the Iberian...
VIDEO – Spain – Cordoba – La Mezquita-Catedral
This video is from La Mezquita-Catedral in Córdoba, the combined (originally) Muslim mosque and (later) Christian cathedral. It is part of the...
