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The following map shows all articles published on the Norwegian language part of Sandalsand. After the map the you will find English versions of selected articles. More places are mentioned in the articles with descriptions of road trips in Norway.
This page is part of a collection from Norway, with photos and videos from road trips, hikes and visits to places all over the country. You will also find World Heritage Sites. By the way, did you know that Sandalsand is on YouTube?
The illustration above, with wooden houses and river reflections, is from Trondheim.
The selection
The resurrection of the Hafrsfjord Vikings
There is an annual resurrection of the Hafrsfjord Vikings in the shape of a market, a "kaupang". It has become very popular. What we saw Last...
Saltstraumen, the world’s strongest maelstrom
Outside Bodø in Northern Norway we find Saltstraumen, the strongest maelstrom, or tidal current, in the world. Four times a day enormous quantities...
Sculptures in the centre of Oslo, Part 2
We are looking for sculptures in Oslo, from the Central Station to the Royal Palace. Part 2 takes us from the Storting and up the hill to the Royal...
Sculptures in the centre of Oslo, Part 1
We are looking for sculptures in Oslo, from the Central Station to the Royal Palace. Part 1 takes us up to the Storting. Whoever walks from...
The Broken Column sculpture project in Stavanger
The art project "Broken Column" (popularly known as Rusty Men or Iron men) was completed in 2003 as an installation at 23 different locations in...
Street Art in Stavanger, Norway
Try this unusual city walk looking for street art in Stavanger. Search for large murals on building facades and understand why Stavanger has become...
The Gladmat festival in Stavanger, Norway
In late July each year 250,000 gather in Stavanger to take part in Scandinavia's leading food festival, The Gladmat festival. Gladmat, literally...
Imagine standing on top of the world’s most famous ski jump – Holmenkollen
The view from the tower on the Holmenkollen hill is tremendous. Behind us is the huge forest of Nordmarka, ahead is Oslo and the wide fjord. Below...
Celebrating Norway’s Constitution Day
In 2014 Norway's Constitution Day celebrations were more spectacular than ever before. It was the 200th anniversary of the constitution. Apart from...
Førde in the crossroads
Førde was previously rated the ugliest town in Norway. There are unfortunately many contenders for this unfavourable title and I sincerely doubt...
Defensive Structures (1) The huge ones
There are some historically significant and physically huge defensive structures around the world. They built them to protect entire countries...
Iron Wheels (1) Exciting train journeys
This is an introduction to exciting train journeys. I have registered my travels on a world map and the distance travelled on trains has been...
The main experience, I think, is that we have managed: people moving to Norway has made Norway richer, economically, but also our culture has become more rich in many ways. (Jens Stoltenberg)
There may be men who think they are attacking Christianity when they investigate the historical origin or the morality of some dogma; I do not think so. Honest investigation can result only in growth. (Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)
For a long, long time, my heart was without song.
But now I live in the middle of the city as I did before,
and my heart swings joyfully at the sound of the post office bell!
In the middle of the city, under the roof of an apartment building of reinforced concrete.
I can wave to the distant hills, trees and wooden houses: So long!
Rural peace is good for many. Blessed each in his own way.
Here in the attic I can hear the voice of the city day and night:
the roar of cars and the squeals of trams and the bright laughter of young women.
Good for man to know that he is not abandoned.
The city, always the city, until I suddenly go out
like a black electric lamp when its filament is gone.
Do I get to lighten up the city a little, so its mind becomes less grey?
(“In the middle of the city” by Rudolf Nilsen. Unofficial translation)
