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Norway 2019

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Oslo

Oslo City Hall: Norse Mythology

Oslo City Hall

Odin on Sleipner

Thor

Frigg, Wife of Odin, Mother of Balder

The Death of Balder Loki directs Hod to shoot a mistletoe arrow

"Volund the Smith has Vengeful Thoughts"

Norns water Yggdrasil

Nidhogg, who chews at Yggdrasil's root

Eagle atop Yggdrasil

The Squirrel Ratatosk, who carries messages from the Eagle to Nidhogg

The Dog Garm and Warnings of Ragnarok

Vidar Conquers the Wolf Fenris

Ask (Ash), the first Man

Embla (Elm), the First Woman

Oslo City Hall: History Murals

Mural of Norway in WWII

Oslo's patron Saint, St Hallvard

Around Oslo

Oslo Domkirke

Oslo Opera House

Royal palace

Band marching to Palace

Guards marching to Palace

Norwegian Parliament

Some god or other has mislaid his Hammer

Oslo: National Museum

Stave Church Portal ~1200 AD

Stave Church portal ~1150

Viking Runestone

Viking Helmet, ~970

Viking Swords, ~800-1000

Viking Treasure, ~900 AD

Oslo: Akerhus Festning

Akerhus Festning

Dungeon

State Dining Room

Resistance Museum

Rifles in Swastika (?) pattern

Nazi propaganda

Oslo: Viking Ship Museum

Billowing out to a good width

Ceremonial Wagon

Great chest

Oslo: Kon-Tiki Museum and Fram Museum

Kon-Tiki

The Ra II

Amundsen's ship, the Fram

Fram deck

Kirkenes

Soviet 1944 Liberation Monument

Monument to Soviet 1944 Liberation

Soviet 1944 Liberation Monument

Borderland Museum (focused on WWII)

WWII propaganda

Soviet Ilyushin IL 2

Soviet Ilyushin IL 2

Bear statue grasping flag pole

Kirkenes to Nordkapp

Yummy, yummy, reindeer

Nordkapp marker, on a sadly foggy day.

Hammerfest

Hammerfest Day banner

Hammerfest church

Hammerfest is proud of its polar connections

Downtown Hammerfest

Hiking target, Mt Tyven

Ugly tower on Mt Tyven

Hill view to Hammerfest

Hill view

Sod roofed hut

Sod roofed buildings

Alta

6 miles East of Alta

Northern Lights Cathedral

Northern Lights Cathedral

3 miles West of Alta

Alta Museum: Petroglyphs

Alta Museum: Petroglyphs

Alta Museum: Petroglyphs

Alta to Tromso

29 miles West of Alta

18 miles East of Sorkjosen

From Sorkjosen

13 miles West of Sorkjosen

20 miles SW of Sorkjosen

23 miles SW of Sorkjosen

Tromso

Polaria: Bearded Seals

Polaria: Bearded Seals

Polaria: Bearded Seals

View to Arctic Cathedral

Arctic Cathedral

Arctic Cathedral

Arctic Cathedral

Arctic Cathedral

Tromso from on high

Polar Museum: Roald Amundsen

Polar Museum: Polar Bear Trap A gun shoots the curious bear

Polar Museum: Clubbing seals

Arctandria Seafood Restaurant Note the delicious aquatic Reindeer

32 miles SE of Tromso

Narvik

Narvik 1940 Memorial, 50 NE of Narvik

Narvik 1940 Marker/Memorial

Cable-Car view of Narvik Including the old ore terminal

A train of ore cars returning to Sweden

Old iron ore terminal

View to new ore terminal

Narvik War Museum

Narvik War Museum

Narvik War Museum

Letter-of-Introduction for British officer

An Enigma machine Original? A copy? Unclear!

The postscript to WWII

Narvik-Bodo

Skarbegret-Bognes ferry

Skarbegret-Bognes ferry

Skarbegret-Bognes ferry

Bodo

Charming Bodin Kirk

Charming Bodin Kirk

Bodo City Museum

Dramatic entry to WWII section

Local treasure trove

Local treasure trove

Bodo church, with striking steeple

Bodo City Hall

Bodo harbor view

King Haakon Statue

Bodo to Trondheim

Bodo Station

2 hours south of Bodo

Arctic Circle marker

5 hours South of Bodo

5 hours South of Bodo

Trondheim

Olav Tryggvason column

Olav Tryggvason column

"Traditional" waterfront warehouses

Trondheim Cathedral

19th c facade

Cathedral rooftop

Rooftop view

Rooftop view

Archbishop's Palace complex

Archbishop's Palace Museum

Cathedral Evolution: 1070-1150

Cathedral Evolution: 1180-1210

Cathedral Evolution: 1248-1531

Cathedral Evolution: 1531-1719

Cathedral Evolution: 1869-1969

14th c drinking horn

Army Museum

Types of armor

Ski troops in 1675

Dramatic Trondheim 1940 photo

Kristiansten Fortress

Kristiansten Fortress: Keep

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