This is the third largest city in Norway, Trondheim. It is on a fjord and this is a river that has a "Brygen" or a warehouse district on the harbor. The most famous brygen is in Bergen and will be shown on another post.
The most outstanding building in Trondheim is the Nidaros Cathederal. It is the main church in Norway, where before the Reformation, the Catholic Bishop of Norway served. Now it is where the Luthern Bishop of Norway serves. It is also where each King is crowned when he becomes king. Norway has a government of a constitutional monarchy. The figures on the face of the cathederal are different prophets and apostles from biblical times.
This is a statue of Olav the Holy, Viking and Saint who Christianized Norway. He was converted during a raid to either England or France, I don't remember, and then returned to Norway and told people they could either become christian or loose their head. No question what they choose.
About three hours south of Trondheim, we stayed in the mountain resort town of Dombås. We ate at a cafeteria and just outside of it is this troll house and troll. We were back in snow again, but not as much as in the north.
This is what we saw several places along the road. The snow would melt during the day and drip down the cliffs of the mountains and then freeze. These huge ice formations were all along the road. Some of the cliffs were five or six hundred feet high and the ice formations were very impressive. Most of them were a deep blue color and very clear.
This is the third largest city in Norway, Trondheim. It is on a fjord and this is a river that has a "Brygen" or a warehouse district on the harbor. The most famous brygen is in Bergen and will be shown on another post.
The most outstanding building in Trondheim is the Nidaros Cathederal. It is the main church in Norway, where before the Reformation, the Catholic Bishop of Norway served. Now it is where the Luthern Bishop of Norway serves. It is also where each King is crowned when he becomes king. Norway has a government of a constitutional monarchy. The figures on the face of the cathederal are different prophets and apostles from biblical times.
This is a statue of Olav the Holy, Viking and Saint who Christianized Norway. He was converted during a raid to either England or France, I don't remember, and then returned to Norway and told people they could either become christian or loose their head. No question what they choose.
About three hours south of Trondheim, we stayed in the mountain resort town of Dombås. We ate at a cafeteria and just outside of it is this troll house and troll. We were back in snow again, but not as much as in the north.
This is what we saw several places along the road. The snow would melt during the day and drip down the cliffs of the mountains and then freeze. These huge ice formations were all along the road. Some of the cliffs were five or six hundred feet high and the ice formations were very impressive. Most of them were a deep blue color and very clear.
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