Back in Trondheim after a morning sprint to the airplane (due to relying on wrong information on how long it will take to reach the airport) and a lot of luck and support by nice people. :-)
The next morning when walking to the train station, I saw some people that did not have such a nice place to sleep as I had had. Fortunately for them, it was not cold.
I really liked the waterfalls not far away from the house. To watch them was a nice ending of the day. I had gotten many new impressions duing that day. Satisfied and and happy, I went back home to spend my last evening end there with the people I was living at.
The Norwegian I was living at and his wive told me that the nice path along the river in the park next to the house goes much further. So, I went out once more before it got dark. Seeing some jogging, biking and walking Norwegians - as usual. ;-)
Around the house where I lived.
The newly-built modern theater.
...back through the city and home.
Today , Norwegians do not have this compact body shape any more, which was common when they had to work physically hard as farmers and fishers in the past (before 1956, when the oil was discovered).
... to the famous Vigeland sculpture park, which made a very strange impression on me...
...to geological and other museums, parks, ...
Later I went to the botanical garden...
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I love her facial expression. It is somehow cute and sad at the same time.
The museum also reminded me on art lessons from school, where we learned the approach on how to DEVELOP art. It is not the case that a painter creates a painting at once, but it is a (usually long) process of development of the initial idea...
I especially liked the "Deutscher Bierkeller". He made similar sketches on other nations. Always creatively pointing out some special and common properties of the country.
But also his work was many-sided. Before, I only knew "The scream" as everyone knows. Now, I also came to know that he did would-carving prints, graphics, other oil paintings, ink drawing, lyrics, ...
After that I went to Munch museum, which impressed me since I did not know how many-sided this man was. I found it very sympathic that he wrote so many letters and post cards to close friends and family. Oslo still has 4000 of them. By that, he was able to also involve them in his ideas about paintings, thoughts and feelings. He often included creative, critical and detailed sketches on what he sees and thinks. They show his ability of attentively observing his environment, as I think.
... and of course had a closer look at the tessela - how could I resist? ;-)
I saw one of the mosques...
...when you enter them.
...that give you the understanding of how small you are...
...like that of churches...
I looked around, visited most of the parks, enjoyed the beautiful architecture,...
The next day was just great. I left in the morning by bike. There was clear blue sky on my way to the city.
Then I went back "home", to the place where I would live during the upcoming days.
And from there one could have a nice view over the city, which was still full of life.
It was nicely calm on the graveyard.
This is Munch's grave.
Ending the day in a park.
I am always wondering about these threes - Why do people cut them in this strange way? I only saw this here in Norway.
Art in the city center.
And now some spring impressions that I captured...
In front of his home, there are some guards, who are allowed to move - unlike as in GB.
The people like their king and do not mind to have to pay taxes for him as they told me. I really like this non-complaining and non-always-bad-mood attitude! People even like to lie in the sun next to his luxerious home.
I also saw some painters.
I did; and now I know it. ;-)
Did you ever wonder how these golden artists look in without their costume?
What is also common in Norway, are shorts and leggins of all possible designs under them.
There are some teenage girls that wear colorful overalls and sometimes intense-colored hair. They dress up like manga figures and meet to talk and have fun together.
Or her.
And people are so individualistic. One can wear whatever one wants and it also does not matter what kind of body shape or color of skin one has. One still is accepted by the Norwegians; nobody points or directly looks at you. What I very often see, are young girls with very short or tight dresses or shorts that sometimes look as if being from another century. So as these girls listening to an English band, for example. I like it. :-)
What I really love about Norway are the people. There are very many children and parents usually treat them kindly, not so strict. So, they become self-confident and self-reliant since they are allowed to go out, play and do whatever already from young age on. It is a rather safe country.
The view to the city hall.
The train travelling was very nice. First, my eyes followed everything that passed by outside the window. Then, I fell asleap because I had not slept during the night before leaving.I slept at a Norwegian-American couple that I had found via hospitality club. They were very nice; picked me up at the train station, showed me around a little, and then gave me a key for their flat and a bike on the next day to be able to explore everything independently. Therefore, I could visit everythin that I wanted even if my time in Oslo was limited.
First, I went to the fortress, which I really loved. Wonderful architecture and atmosphere. And also the weather was great! I could wear a top and shorts. Nature was already much further than in Trondheim.
... where people have their boats next to their colorful houses.
The train station is close to the fjord and the harbor...
So, I walked to the train station in the city center at about 4 o'clock at night. This was so beautiful! Everything was calm, except for the singing birds, the air was fresh,...I had never walked through Trondheim at such a point of time. But even at this early morning, I saw some people packing for trips or so.
I think I would not (at least not for so short) have traveled there since it is rather expensive. But by chance I had read an offer in the ISU mailing list here in Trondheim and got the ticket to go there and to return for 250NOK.
