When you read about “Norway in a Nutshell” it seems that the train ride and going through the fjords will be the highlights. Perhaps they are, but the bus ride from the fjord (Gudvangen) to Voss is amazing too. In Voss, while waiting for the train, I walked around town and took this photo of Voss’s 13th Century stone church. It boggles my mind to see buildings that have been standing for hundreds of years before Columbus “discovered” America. Luckily this building wasn’t destroyed (like much of Voss) during German bombing in WW2.

Posted on February 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: buildings, norway, norway in a nutshell. Comments Off on Voss Stone Church (Voss kyrkje or Vangskyrkja)

From central Oslo you can catch a ferry over to Bygdøy to check out the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy). There isn’t much in the museum except for three, original, viking ships. All three are very cool, but I like this one the best. Perhaps the finest find of the Viking Age, you can read more about the Oseberg ship here.

Posted on February 4th, 2012 under Other. Tags: museums, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, oslo, vikings. Comments Off on Viking ship (Oseberg ship) in the Viking Ship Museum

Today’s random desktop image is this one. I took this photo out the window of the Flåm Railway train, a train ride I will never forget.

Posted on January 29th, 2012 under Other. Tags: Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, norway in a nutshell. Comments: 3

Huldra emerges from the forest to dance next to Kjosfossen Falls

On the Noway in a Nutshell tour, in the summer anyway, tourists get to experience a Huldra. She appears near Kjosfossen Falls, does a dance, and then disappears into the forest once again.

Posted on January 9th, 2012 under Other. Tags: Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, norway in a nutshell, people. Comments Off on Huldra – Lady in Red of the Forest – Kjosfossen Falls

Gustav Vigeland's fountain in Frogner Park

The fountain in Frogner Park was perhaps the first item of Vigeland to be created for the park. Made of bronze, the reliefs and statues have a “from death comes life” theme.

Posted on January 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: frogner park, norway, oslo. Comments Off on Frogner Park Fountain (Frognerparken Fontenen)