The diary of David, a just-turned-30 Brit living in Norway
We are quite Oslo-centric on this blog. Take last month, when we proclaimed the arrival of spring after a beautiful weekend in the capital. Gerry, our resident blogger from Trondheim, has a different view... It might very well have been an April Fools prank. After a Saturday above 7º C, in which I walked with my jacket open and just a t-shirt beneath, it came the mother of all snowfalls. Five days (and counting) of continuous snow. … [Read more...]
Part I of my series about the arctic city of Tromsø Ah the weekend. After a hectic few weeks at work, I chose to get away and continue my travels around this fine Kingdom of Norway. With several visits to Trondheim and a trip on the Oslo to Bergen railway already in the bank, I chose to head north. But not just north. Further north than I’ve ever been before, 69 degrees north and 350 km inside the arctic circle, to the city of … [Read more...]
Back in August I wrote about preparing for my first Scandinavian winter. Little did I know that come the 3rd of December, I would be sat in my Oslo apartment with the radiators off, gazing out of the window still waiting for the first snowfall. November 2011 has gone down in the records book as Norway's warmest ever, or at least since records began 111 years ago. This despite Hurricane Berit battering much of the country last week, doing … [Read more...]
Since arriving in Norway in May I've been stunned at how nice the weather has been. Yes there's been some rainy days, but overall it's been an impressive summer, with many days touching 30C and the warm weather lasting long into the evenings. But now August is drawing to a close, things are changing. It's starting to get dark at 8.30, not 11.30. Cool crisp mornings are replacing bright sunny ones. I'm seeing ski jackets and warm sweaters in shop … [Read more...]
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