Looks like a gentle zephyr in Wellington, New Zealand.
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For anybody looking at immigrating to Norway it is important to learn and understand Norwegian ways. Here is some books, written by a Canadian about things that you should know before taking the plunge into Norwegian society:
Sailing on the Coastal Express in winter, or early spring appears to be popular among Youtubers. Here is one doing the full 11 days roundtrip Bergen - Kirkenes - Bergen on Hurtigruten’s MS Polarlys in March this year:
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Here from a visit in Ålesund by Hurtigruten Expedition ship Otto Sverdrup last week:
She is now making cruises from Hamburg and along the Norwegian coast all year round. (hence the Germany text)
Otto Sverdrup:
Here is a whole row of the same:
I have suspected this for some time now:
- It is not intended that people should live in Norway. We are made to live in jungles very close to the equator, where it is light as long as it is dark all year round.
Lars DaehliPsychologist
Source: Mørketid og vinterdepresjon – de beste tipsene fra psykologen – Stor-Oslo
PS> If we were intended to live here we would be equipped with fur and blubber. (Some are)
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Did Santa Claus have a side hustle as a pool man?
Don’t know. He moved to Finland a few years ago, so maybe he thinks Norway is not suitable for humans, or elves, either.
PS> Not sure if Finnish Lappland is any better: https://santaclausvillage.info/
A quiet night in Ålesund tonight:
Photo: Ålesund Havn webcam
PS> No snow, frost, storms or hurricanes in the forecast for the next week, but rain shower and temperatures between 5-10C expected.
It is only a few weeks to X-Mas so it time to get busy with cleaning, baking and buying gifts for the family.
Some wish for snow in X-Mas:
Others wish they had a nice warm garage. Photo: Terje Engås /smp.no archive.
Our local “Weather-prophet” has the answer:
Ivar Hol has studied the almanac, and has an answer to how the first part of winter will be. Photo: Terje Engås
Source: https://www.smp.no/nyheter/i/0VgRj2/verspaamannen-varslar-kvit-jul
PS> If you expected a specific yes/no answer from the weather prophet, think again.
More winter weather and the joy thereof :
PS> Not sure this is from Norway, but looks familiar
We are in the darkest time of the year, no need to get up bright and early to catch the sunrise. Here from 10:26 hrs. this morning:
PS> Sunrise was at 09:41 hrs. and the sun sets will be at 15:09 hrs (UTC+1) here in Ålesund (62.5N Lat.)
Thanks heaven it’s only 17 days until the sun turns, the days get longer and brighter and we celebrate “Yule” in old Viking tradition:
Now called “Jul” (X-Mas) and celebrated a few days after the Winter Solstices.
But in a few months (April-May) it will be like this;
HARDANGER - the village of Sekse in Sørfjorden on the left - from my collection.
Text & photo: Torleif Andersen Heggøy
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Hope you are well up there. I cannot visit Sweden since long for various reasons, i.e. Om JFK, Qarl Bildt och Extonia - qonspirationer - uppdaterad 20 november 2024 vad tycker du?
On November 19, this marker in Hessafjorden disappeared in a storm.
Now you see it:
Now you don’t:
Photos: Privat (Turid Otterlei)
With a depth of only two meters, it is obviously useful for maritime traffic to have a marker here. Outbound boat traffic in particular benefits from the marker.
On Monday, the Norwegian Coastal Administration set up a drilling rig on Korsfluda just south of Hessa. The Norwegian Coastal Administration’s vessel “Hekkingen” is working right next to it:
Norwegian Coastal Administration’s multi-purpose vessel “Hekkingen” at work.
Photo: Per-Arne Knardal
This is not the first time the Norwegian Coastal Administration has erected a marker post here. The previous one was erected in the summer of 2015 after a similar storm, and was made of composite and carbon.
“This time we are doing it the way we use it in outer areas,” Stein Jarle Løvik of the Norwegian Coastal Administration tells Sunnmørsposten. He believes a strong iron rod, with two stays, will last a few years.
The map shows the location relative to the port of Ålesund. Source: Marinetraffic.com
The Norwegian Coastal Administration has 11,000 sea markers along the coast. It is not always the case that they are notified immediately when a marker disappears. However, this is clearly visible from the south side of Hessa.
Løvik says they were notified about the hour, and that the Norwegian Coastal Administration appreciates the commitment.
– Today, working conditions are good, with little draft in the sea, says Løvik.
Is this Norway’s most spectacular fjord?:
I thinks so, but then I’m biased, being from the area.
The mystery is; what is lutefisk?:
PS> Actually much of the “lutefisk” eaten in Norway today is bought “ready for the pot” at the supermarket. It is made from watered out “klipfisk” (salted cod, or ling)
PS> Some of it may even be originating from imported Alaskan Cod.
Following seas on the Finnmark coast: