Walking idly through the Norsk Folkemuseum I paused in front of a small unremarkable farmhouse standing in a quiet green glade, set well back from the walking path. I thought I heard the faint sound of music playing. When I came to the Norsk Folkesmuseum this afternoon I found it to be a lot like […]

They have a museum dedicated to the man. Edvard Munch has such an outsized influence as an artist here that they have a museum entirely built around his works. And it boggles the mind. I had thought that the collection in Bergen was impressive, but that collection is relatively insignificant in comparison. It is almost […]

The couple sitting across from me on the Flåmsbana was from Minnesota, and the wife was of Norwegian descent. It took almost all of my willpower to not make a reference to Rose Nylund. They wore broad cheerful smiles and spoke excitedly of the things they had seen during their time here, including a visit […]

The rain paused long enough for me to step briefly outside and take in the spectacle of the fjords. Before this trip I had to look up what a fjord is, and it’s a long narrow sea inlet with steep sides created by a glacier. And that’s what I saw about me – tall rocky […]

The morning sun greeted me with warmth and joy. I haven’t seen the sun since I landed in Norway, and the weather forecast was for another day of rain so this was a glorious surprise. I hurried quickly out into the brisk morning, the town still wet from yesterday’s rain. My hours remaining in Bergen […]