Dreams Precede Everything
At last we went on that road trip up to Norway and the landscapes of fjords, rivers, waterfalls, mountains - like something out of a Lord of the Rings milieu. This time, we had our baby girl with us. She's almost one year now but has been with us in Southern Europe and now to Northern ...
This time of the year I always think of Norway and the summer ahead. Last year we traveled for three months but not in Norway, so this year will make up for it big time. My wife and I have been to Norway some times now so we're happy about bringing our baby up to ...
I've been to Sognefjell, Rondane and Jotunheimen but never over Hardanger. Once on Norwegian slow television they showed the seven hour train journey from Oslo to Bergen. After seeing that and even though in winter I did the trip, as I lived in Oslo back then. Seeing the landscape I already then planned a road ...
Here's another stave church from this years last roadtrip in Norway. It's the Torpo stave church, located in Buskerud on a hillside overlooking the valley below. Beautiful surroundings as always and some extra for the autumn mood. This summer's road trips have made me compulsive about stopping by every stave church I manage. There are ...
After the road trip over Hardanger the ultimate destination was in front of Michael Rother who was the closing act on the Phonofestivalen in Bergen. He performed works from Neu!, Harmonia, some solo stuff and played almost two hours together with Franz Bargmann on guitar and Hans Lempe on motorik drums. Bergen, the rainiest city ...
The biggest surprise of energy was the band from Oslo called Beglomeg. They music was an extreme danceable energetic mix of rhythms, melodies, art- and glam rock, punk, MAGMA and spaghetti western. A total post apocalyptic meltdown in other words. I can't put then in a specific genre nor compare to earlier concerts, they are ...
Some images of the valleys and stave churches I stopped by on the way. It really feels in your soul when you leave the high mountainside and drive more and more inte to the "flat lands". Øye stave church. Reinli stave church. The rune stone 'Vangstein'. Høre stave church. Rune stone near the stave church ...
Interesting mix of ancient norse and then modern christian church architecture. Apparently there were about 1000 of them once upon a time. The Borgund stave church is the one best kept intact through time... Map of where all the stave churches once were located. Borgund Church. Borgund Church.
The best part was the passage over Sognefjell. Finally the sun shone through and the climax was unavoidable. I had the super pleasant sensation driving up the lingering roads, higher and higher. Here is a YouTube video on that. http://youtu.be/lFbJfjG4pAo Before arriving there I passed the small places of Sel and Lom. Also at the arrival to ...
On this years roadtrip to the Norway I drove up to Rondane mountain range, as it is the first mountainside stop coming from the south on E6. In the valley before Rondane there is the small town of Ringebu and on the Sunday I was there it was dead empty, only the train station had ...
On this winter flight from Bodø to Oslo I was lucky to have clear blue frozen skies. There is a dreamy visual feeling in the northern hemisphere where snow silently lies in heavy masses, where the sun is indirect and the moon, stars and northern lights play in the sky. There is something to it, ...