Oslo - Vigeland-Park

In the Viegland-Park are exhibited many most impressive sculptures. They were created by Gustav Vigeland  (1869 - 1943), who was an ingenious Norwegian sculptor. The Vigeland-Park ist part of the Frogner-Park. In former times it belonged to the estate Frogner (Frogner Hovedgård).The recreation area Frognerseteren until 1848 was summer pasture of manor Frogner. There are the ski jump ramp Holmenkollen and a restaurant with wonderful view over Oslo.

Trysil / Norway - Ugla Hyttegrend - Luxury Log Cabins - Nowegian "Laft Hus" at summertime

Trysil is a town in South-East-Norway near the Swedish border. It is a good skiing area. In this region were built many log cabins, some of them are luxurious and were built in the construction style of a Norwegian "Laft-house". This means a a log building with a sod roof. The moisture-proofing was assured by an underlay of several layers of birch bark. The wood often comes from Russia or Finland.
Trysil at wintertime

Roeros / Norway - Historic Mining Town

Roeros is an historic mining town on the Glomma-River in Mid-Norway right on the Swedish boarder, where once copper was exploited. It is a UNESCO-World Heritage. The wooden cabins of the miner families were built next to the slag-heaps. Remarkable is that there are almost no plants on the rather old heaps. This may be caused by sulfur compounds in the slag.

Glomma-River

Glomma-River

in the Olav Pit

pit props not necessary

oxidized copper -ore