Gerhild is happy enjoying the morning sun on the beach.

This is a BIG beach.

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The dunes are nice.

Looks healthy.

Today we drove a little further south onto the island of Rømø.

A good pitch in this circular arrangement around a pond. (oasen-roemoe.dk)

We went for a walk along the east side of Rømø.

We didn’t bump into any tigers, but I wouldn’t have been surprised.

We looked in on Emil this morning to make sure he hadn’t woken up.

Then we drove south to Billund, home of Lego, to look at their sculpture walk.
See web site

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Then we moved to the North Sea coast (Wadden Sea National Park)

Kim! The birds are over here!

The sun on its way to bed.

Vild Gerhild is in a swinging mood in the forest.

We heard a strange noise in the woods today –

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Never wake a sleeping troll!

Will he make it or won’t he?

Of course he will!

We had a nice lunch here.

We found a collection of dachas nearby, one more eccentric than the next!

The superstructure of a small fishing boat, minus its hull.

This glorious beast is made from old pallets.

Curiouser and curiouser.

They’re a creative lot around here.

Aalborg is very proud of its street art. https://streetartcities.com/cities/aalborg – there’s a good app to go with this.

Fishy stuff here.

Café/bar/pottery with facade by The London Police

Kim popped in to use the toilet. What would Mick Jagger say about these urinals?

Waiting for the door to open…

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Great look.

Just look at Aalborg‘s concert hall.

We had some time before the ferry left from Kristiansand, so we we followed this sign to the top of the hill.

Not a bad view from the top.

After a quick shop at Kvickly, we eventually found our new campsite https://strandparken.dk/.

Expensive campsite but great location.

Several small, secret beaches like this and one really long one.

Great forest.

He doesn’t look like a camper to me.

Beautiful blue sky for our last day in Norway.

Warm rocks to lounge around on.

Kim is blending into the scenery.

Reminds me of the French Mediterranean coast, just a bit cooler.

Help, the world is melting – or maybe it’s the rain?

Norway has its rain hat on today.

Heading further south there are even more mountains reaching up to the clouds.

Snapped from our cosy camper between windscreen wipes.

Norwegian rain forest.

Kirkehavn boathouses.

Right behind the bobilparkering.

Those will go nicely with the red wine.

About 21:00.

The coastal path.

Rocky beach in places, otherwise miles of sand.

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A walk in the waves.

The rocks are beautifully warm from the sun.

Loads of wild flowers too.

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Super-size Norwegian boulders.

The wind‘s getting up a bit.

Time for tea.

The Dutch woman on the tandem bike said „Dalsnuten is a great, easy walk.“ So here we are.

A first stepping stone.

What a lot of lillies!

Another lake.

Made it, look at the view! Thanks Simon.

This view‘s not bad either.

We‘ve just come down from up there.

Who’s that?

Three Nowegian girls in a canoe.

In the afternoon we drove to Brusand Camping.

Until Covid spoiled things there used to be a street art festival in Stavanger which is curiously now in Aberdeen.

Somehow we keep bumping into bears.

Norway is usually a very tidy place.

Why have these children got British money stuffed in their pockets?

Stavanger seems to have quite a fertile atmosphere.

21st century trolls?

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The Nowegian Post Office copes well with Stavanger‘s narrow, historic streets.

The view from the window this morning.

This is our cosy lay-by where we spent the night.

We drove through the 14 km under-sea Ryfylke Tunnel. Long tunnels are very boring. This is the first time we’ve seen an attempt to add interest.

Our campsite in Stavanger is next to a lake full of our friendly feathered friends.

More scenic route today. Ryfylke scenic route

Just bumped into this very impressive „twin“ waterfall – Låtefossen waterfall.

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Why did we park here?

To enjoy the view of course.

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Dramatic start to the day.

The path follows the river. (See more about the walk.)

There are lots of Foxgloves and other fascinating things next to the path.

Huge rocks lie around all over the place.

Where does all of that water come from?

Nearly there. That small triangle between the mountains is what’s left of the glacier.

We made it to the lake!

The glacier used to come down beyond the treeline. Then they started cutting lumps off to cart down to the fjord and to ship to the big cities. After all, what’s a gin and tonic without ice? That would be one heck of a lot of G&T‘s to account for what’s missing. Maybe something else is going on?

Beautiful green environment.

Final approach of a hungry bee.

Bee landed at trumpet number eleven.

Time for bed.

It rained today, so after the drive we washed some clothes and lazed about.

This is Sundal Camping.

The funicular from Bergen takes you straight up into the woods.

We saw this at the start of our walk, so we are now on the lookout for trolls.

Very mysterious but I don’t think it’s a troll.

Spooky, but still not a troll.

No trolls here either.

Not a troll in sight, let’s enjoy the view.

A veggie garden just behind the funicular.

Just the right size for a troll.

A monster troll, help!

That is the question. Time to buzz off back to the camper.

It was a long drive but we made it to Bergen and the city’s camper parking.

Bergen‘s most famous view with us right in the middle.

The tram stop is just down the road and this is right opposite.

The tram ceiling is decorated with children’s art. Loved it.

After the €2 tram ride we poked around the old buildings next to the harbour.

Further uphill was more interesting and we left most of the other tourists behind.

Some plants love it here.

A helpful young Norwegian explained that this graffiti shows traditional dress for small boys who march behind the drummers in parades. No obvious political message as far as we could understand. (See Youtube)

I‘m sure Peter Pan would approve.

Heading for Bergen today we used 3 ferries and stopped for the night in Stardaselva valley.

Two of the three ferries were electric! (See Wikipedia) They are incredibly quiet, don‘t smell and are very smooth.

The valley is attractive, but with a busy road.

Good for one night.

Lazed around today.

In the evening.

Gerhild was awake at the crack of dawn today!

A few minutes later Gerhild was out and about.

That valley down there is full of clouds.

At the top of the Trollstigen bendy road.

The tree‘s enjoying the view too.

Now we have to drive down into the clouds!

Very handy camper parking area right next to the historic centre.

Ålesund harbour; the small one, for Viking boats.

Gulls don‘t appreciate art…

Nice view of Gerhild and the big harbour with two cruise ships. That makes getting on for ten thousand tourists who might pop ashore for a cup of tea.

The view forwards from our parking spot in Ålesund. We could almost be on the beach!

The sun has taken the day off today.

The clouds have come down instead.

High up in the mountains it’s a bit eerie.

Coming down towards Geirangerfjorden.

Gudbrandsjuvet.

An extremely loud waterfall with a designer walkway.

A glacier.

A fjord.

This looks like a good place to camp. On the Gamle Strynefjellsvegen scenic route.

Yes. This will do.

There’s a river too.

Kim still needs his sunhat.

The natives are friendly.

We took a three minute walk to the fantastic glacier museum today. https://www.bremuseum.no/ The architect – Sverre Fehn.

It looks like a set for a James Bond film.

The roof moves as you walk, to give you that ultimate glacier feeling!

There is a fabulous „wrap around“ panoramic film as an introduction-

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Loads of things are interactive.

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A mountain-shaped toilet.

Back to the campsite.

Wouldn’t you just love a roof like this.

Time for Norwegian siesta, until it cools down a bit.

Beautiful start to the day.

Abundant wild flowers along our walk to Fjærland.

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Books everywhere here, but you can‘t use your credit card to put something in the „honesty“ box. We even had to cadge some 5 NOK coins to feed the meter in the shower here as we have no Norwegian currency at all.

They even offer books in English.

Looking up The Valley behind Fjærland.

Our camp site is thattaway.

This road (Vindhellavegen) started right from our car park.

The surrounding hillside.

19th century roadbuilding at it finest (and steepest)

A royal bench hosting not so royal visitors.

Detail showing the royal carriage.

The 800 year old Borgund stave church.

A charming young man told us all about the church.

Inside.

The windows providing light for the congregation.

The external gallery with tar/pine resin drips produced when the sun is hot.

The surroundings for our new campsite in Boyum.

The yachting fraternity / oligarchs seem to like this location too.

There was an auspicious start to the day. I wonder what the Vikings made of rainbows? (See Bifröst, the rainbow bridge)

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Looks like polar bear country to me.

Polar bears don’t wear blue hoodies.

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Still no polar bears.

That’s not a polar bear either, it’s our campervan!

No luck with bears yet, but Gerhild has spotted a cave.

It‘s a brown bear! Look at the junk in his lair.

Further down the snow has turned into noise.

Look at the wonderful plants basking in the spray.

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Our drive today started with a lot of tunnels, some even having underground roundabouts!

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There is a well documented set of scenic routes in Norway – https://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en/routes/aurlandsfjellet/ so today, instead of the world’s longest gloomy tunnel, we took the scenic route. Check out the video on this page.

After a nerve-racking sequence of hairpin bends we came to „Stegastein“.

The viewing platform.

The view.

At 1250 m above sea-level we decided to stay for the night.

It looks cold but it was 13°C.

In the evening.

Directly from our village Kinsarvik, there is a path which follows the very loud river Kinso. The cuckoos in the valley need a megaphone to make themselves heard over the rushing water.

Two very patient locals marking the start of the path.

The river is in a real rush to get down to the fjord.

A local‘s celebration of Covid’s demise.

Don‘t you think this looks spookily like the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood?

Even louder water!

The trees don‘t seem to mind the noise.

What a waterfall!

Anyone feel like crossing the bridge?

A rosy view.

Time for bed.

After getting up early we enjoyed a long drive westwards across southern Norway.

At 1000 m above sea level there’s still ice and snow despite a temperature of 17°C.

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On the way down from the plateau.

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The view as we arrived.

The view at about 10 o‘clock.

Kinsarvik Camping provides a great view out over Hardangerfjord.

The new Kistefos museum is amazing.

SHINTARO MIYAKE „WELCOME TO OUR PLANET!“

CLAES OLDENBURG & COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN „TUMBLING TACKS“

TONY CRAGG „I’M ALIVE“

Yayoi Kusama

What’s that?

It‘s magic: a whirlpool in a glass.

Some Viking god dropped his shield here.

The Twist.

Also by Tony Cragg, he‘s full of surprises.

Even the toilets here have something to say!

Help, let me in, I need the loo!

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Olafur Eliasson‘s portrait of Gerhild.

Olafur Eliasson‘s Portrait of Kim.

Tomorrow we are leaving Oslo, so we made a last brief trip into the sculpture park, got some good advice from a Flemish couple and took an early bus to keep cool heads.

Louise Bourgeois nestling in the woods just nearby.

Louise Bourgeois In the garden around the Norwegian royal palace.

Downtown Oslo #1.

Downtown Oslo #2.

Downtown Oslo #3.

Downtown Oslo #4

Back home before three to recover from being a tourist.

This is Sonja Henie, the world’s best ice dancer who became a Hollywood star, married a wealthy shipping magnate and then built a museum just outside of Oslo.

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Marc Chagall was on show.

Inghild Karlsen „Our Inner Beasts“

Kjell Erik Killi Olsen „The Little Mother’s History“

Some wild electronic stuff

A fun room by Yayoi Kusawa

The museum is surrounded by a sculpture park which includes this huge work by Arnold Haukeland, Sun Sculpture.

This https://ekebergparken.com is right next to us.

TONY CRAGG „CAST GLANCES“

AASE TEXMON RYGH – „MÖBIUS TRIPPEL“

ANN-SOFI SIDÊN – „FIDEICOMMISSUM“ – cheeky!

FERNANDO BOTERO – „RECLINING WOMAN„

HUMA ВНАВНА – „WE COME IN PEACE“

There’s quite a view from up here.

I‘m sure that it didn‘t look the same when Munch was being inspired.

Today we went to a multimedia Viking exhibition https://www.thevikingplanet.com/.

A leisurely breakfast surrounded by our friends, the trees.

Interesting bridge over the railway tracks.

The Munch museum.

„Starry night“ by Edvard Munch.

„Munchying about“ by Gerhild & Kim.

A view from the top of the Munch Museum.

Tracey Emin put a huge „Mother“ just in front of the museum.

Gustav Vigeland having fun with small children.

This amazing fountain is also in the Vigeland park.

Turn your back for a minute and babies get everywhere!

Just a few of the dozens of stone carved figures in the park.

Great gates!

Two buses stop in front of the campsite to take us down the hill into Oslo for about €2 per day for pensioners.

Our first impression jumping off the bus.

The opera house is to the right of the cat sculpture.

The opera house.

You can walk up onto the roof of the opera.

Inside is very different, round and lots of wood.

Geometric, back illuminated walls and not so geometric visitors.

View from the opera café.

On the way to Oslo, we paused at the border for a pleasant walk through our first Norwegian wood.

The border between Sweden and Norway.

A farm pond at the edge of the forest complete with wooden ducks 🦆 🦆.

A fabulous pitch on our new campsite Topcamp Ekeberg – Oslo topcamp.no

In or out, that is the question? About 50 m from our pitch…

Open book.

It‘s a popular place for walks.

Wow, Niki de Saint Phalle in a Norwegian forest! With two characters.

Another two characters.

Gretel has hung the washing out in the forest to dry.