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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2017 - 10:00am PT

At Varangerhalvøya nothing but the wind or a net covering your head will help you. At Finnskogen the mosquitos have for some reason unknown been few the last two years, but the knot is in a part of the summer ready to eat you alive in the evenings unless the wind blows. A couple of years ago I had to work late outside and my face ended up looking like a paprika covered pizza.

hehe... norsky music is the best...

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 10, 2017 - 10:23am PT
No confirmation of my weasel hole theory? I don’t much like mice indoors,
but I’m in the Frank Zappa camp as far as indoors weasels are concerned.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2017 - 10:31am PT

Upon the hole. Mice don't like cats... I have never seen them deal with weasels...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 10, 2017 - 10:38am PT
Jeg tror the hole is too small for most cats.
That’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it! 🤓
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2017 - 10:41am PT

Norwegian cats from the woods are still slim...

Skogkatt at Finnskogen

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2017 - 12:41am PT

"Kun Mun Kultani Tulisi"
This poem is probably the most translated Finnish poem. In 1850's C.G. Zetterqvist wanted to do linguistic research, and picked this poem as his material. He had it translated to Latin, French and German, and sent the translations to 1400 people all around the world, asking them to translate it into their own language or dialect. As a result he got over 600 translations from 467 people - and so the poem has been translated, among other languages, to Arabian, Chinese, Basque, Tahitian, Old Norse, and Moksha.

Loituma - "Kun Mun Kultani Tulisi"
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 12, 2017 - 08:35am PT
Snakker du finsk?
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2017 - 08:38am PT

No, only google-finsk...

Like this: Ei, vain google suomeksi...
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2017 - 12:08pm PT

Kongsvinger this weekend

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2017 - 12:19pm PT

Kongsvinger

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2017 - 09:15am PT

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2017 - 12:32pm PT

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2017 - 12:45pm PT

Hotel Kalevala
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2017 - 06:29am PT

Finnskogen 24.12.2017

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 26, 2017 - 10:59am PT
So little snow? Hasn’t Oslo gotten a lot more than that already?
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2017 - 11:01am PT

Even less in Oslo right now. It's raining...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 26, 2017 - 11:28am PT
😩 KLISTER!
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2017 - 01:04pm PT

Yes, klister eller rulleski ^^^^
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 30, 2017 - 11:51am PT

Two of Norway's oldest wooden buildings:

Vindlausloftet, Eidsborg in Telemark. Built in the 1130s.


Finneloftet, Finne farm, Gullfjordungen at Voss. Built in the 1290s.

Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2018 - 01:18pm PT

Norway has had different capitals:
 Nidaros 997-1016 (today the name is Trondheim)
 Borg 1016-1028 (today the name is Sarpsborg)
 Nidaros 1028-1217 (Trondheim)
 Bjørgvin 1217-1314 (today the name is Bergen)
 Oslo 1314-1536
 Copenhagen 1536-1814 (Norway was a part of Denmark)
 Christiania 1814-1877 (today the name is Oslo)
 Kristiania 1877-1924 (Christiania renamed)
 Oslo 1924-

Reilly earlier mentioned Oddvar who was from a little village outside Bergen. Here's some old Bergen photos. I think they are from a period of about 50 years, starting in the 1880s and ending in the 1930s. The last black and white postcard could be even younger - from the 1950s/-60s.


And then a Vossabrud (bride from Voss), photo taken by the Persen sisters in Bergen, 1902.

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