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Wismar old town

Blowing bubbles in Wismar harbour

Late evening on the beach

So many butterflies along the beach today.

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Ostsee Camping Zierow

The day started with rain in Denmark and ended with sunshine on the beach in Zierow.

On the way out of Copenhagen we visited Kaptajn Nalle.

He‘s near the cruise ship parking.

Then we dropped in to the Ordrupgaard Museum

… to see Ai Weiwei‘s Water Lillies

As you get closer you can eventually see what it’s made of.

And you can have a go yourself…

Quiet place to spend the night.

You can see this place from miles away, but what is it? It’s called Copenhill.

It’s a waste incinerator, turning rubbish into useful energy.

The internal bits which you can see as the lift takes you up.

It also has an all-weather ski slope and a terrifying 80 m climbing wall.

The view from the top with a faint smell of empty dustbins.

Coming down to earth we popped in to Den Frie.

A small, wooden-built 19th century museum, focussing on contemporary art. It was built by artists and is owned by an artists‘ association.

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On the way to Christiania (how do you like the stairway to heaven)

Vor Freisers Kirke

Gerhild’s latest 2nd hand shop trophy

The world is in our hands

A bridge by Olafur Eliasson

How do curves make you feel? Part of a free guided tour through the architecture centre.

What about cosy recesses?

Kim trying out a space for the modern teenager.

Strong colours and mirrors anyone?

Most buildings need stairs.

Another approach to stairs.

Today, once the rain had let up, we walked to the Arken museum. They are currently showing Anish Kapoor.

S-curve. What could be more interesting than us, ourselves?

At the edge of the world. It looks like a giant priest‘s hat to me.

Destierro. (exile)

This was a nice surprise. The Walthamstow Tapestry by Grayson Perry.

Echoes of the Bayeaux Tapestry.

Stuffed full of brand names illustrating our consumerism.

Leaving the station for the Fotografisk Center with „the cactus“ in the background.

By Peter Funch from his „The Imperfect Atlas“

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The old meat processing district is full of places to eat. This looked delicious and tasted delicious too!

In Nordvest there is street art on the end of every block along two streets.

Simple looking housing made much more fun by adding a picture.

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Just a few of the 16 works along these two streets, all by different artists.

Today we went to Copenhagen Contemporary in Refshaleøen, on the site of a shipyard which went bankrupt in 1996.

But first we visited the street food market for some Nepalese curry.

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Coffee on the longest table ever!

Work by Kapwani Kiwanga

Gerhild behind Sunset Horizon

Experimenting with single colours

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A Danish campervan.

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Interesting candle holder.

Loud and lusty young Danes celebrating the end of their life as schoolchildren.

Strolling towards the design museum we found this cosy street with the houses all painted the same. What can it be?

And what is the mound covered in spontaneous vegetation?

We were baffled until a uniformed soldier came along and explained that they were built in the 17th & 18th centuries for sailors. Amazingly after 300 years they still serve as homes for Danish military personnel. Oh and the mound is of course a bunker. Our soldier was very happy to be living there, right in the middle of Copenhagen.

This chair marks the entrance to the design museum.

WHAT TRULY MATTERS?
Every day, we humans are influenced consciously and unconsciously by our surroundings, relationships, personal stories, news, advertising and social media. Anxiety, stress, addiction and depression are on the rise in today’s society.
As a response to this, Aepenton’s iconic medicine vials with different label texts and box with question cards are invitations to self-reflection and new conversations about physical, emotional and spiritual needs and challenges and what meaning they can have for us humans and our actions.

GROW YOUR OWN CHAIR IN THE FUTURE?
This chair is made from the bio-based materials mycelium and organic hemp textile. The chair is grown in a closed box at carefully controlled temperature and humidity levels over a period of three to four weeks. The chair is then taken out, and the shape is adjusted before the material dries out. Mycelium is incredibly hard-wearing and durable.

Inspired by forms found in nature, Soft Structures examines how new technology facilitates a new mode of expression where complexity is no longer an obstacle but rather a potential. A reused and upcycled polylactic acid (PLA) material has been used for the project. Not to mention Gerhild being reused as a model.

What can you make with Gerhild‘s phone and the camper keys?

Patterned material for my next shirt.

What mistake did the designer of this chair make?

Choose your favourite.

This is Gerhild‘s favourite.

Designed by Barbara Brown in 1969.
The spectacular three-dimensional motif has a repeat that is 62 cm in height and as wide as the fabric. Groovy innit?

Today we drove to Copenhagen to Ishoj Strand Camping and went for a walk towards the sea.

We were on a bridge and thought „funny, what’s that?“

There’s more down there

It’s Oscar!

Oscar under the bridge, one of the 6 forgotten giant trolls.

Maybe Oscar has been playing with the streetlights?

The Arken museum of modern art

Walking back to the campsite

Bye, bye Norway. Hello Denmark!

Sunny day for the crossing

Good parking spot for the night Rasteplads på Margueritruten

Today we jumped on the bus again to go to visit the Kunstsilo in Kristiansand

Stroll past the concert hall with its wooden roof lining

Sliced-off silo tubes

Stairs

More stairs

20th century Norwegian art

Collected by a hedge fund manager who made a fortune in London

Who also donated money to build the Kunstsilo

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This old Norwegian mountain hut was bought from the farmer, changed into a work of 21st century art and installed here

Recovering on the campsite with some delicious cinnamon buns thickly smeared with blueberry jam

Not sure which way he’s sailing

Just finished this year, the Kunstsilo (Guardian article)

The Bug. I hope it’s not carnivorous!

A selfie cabin on the quayside

We are both in this somewhere

Our campsite for the next couple of days Roligheden camping

It’s a good campsite

Especially for swimmers

At least it will be when it stops raining

Gerhild starting off with style!

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Daredevil Kim

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Tiring work, climbing over rocks

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A rock star

The birds love it here and so do we

Evening on the beach

Good campsite at Ølberg

Small harbour with some real fishing boats

There are loads of birds in the protected zone along the coast

We found this funny old bird in the harbour

On the beach

Enjoying the warm evening sun

Visited the designer loo before we left

So much natural light, amazing!

Somewhere in the forest the sun is shining

Sun hat required

On the beach opposite the Hestad Chapel

The rain stopped about 21:00

Clouds are fun when they don’t rain on you

It seems to be a nature reserve here. A sandpiper like this sang a nice song for us.

Here comes our boat (Aquila)

Johan telling us about razorbills

Herring gull?

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Sleek, black cormorants sunning themselves

Luxury development for birds of a feather

Gannets galore

Heading for a grotto

What a colour scheme

Inside the grotto

A peckish gull

Who is screeching the most?

Our evening walk – just before it started to rain…

The end of another fine day

Today we decided to start early and drive most of the day to see the puffins on the island of Runde (campsite)

On the way up

Handy stones for most of the way

Nice view from the top

What are they all looking at?

Must be good!

Peek-a-boo, I can see you

On the way down

Almost home

We can hear this singing all day long

Nice stroll down into the village, playing „what’s that called“ with plants in the verges

Today we drove a couple of hours to Gjøra Camping

It‘s a nice spot with lots of trees, mountains, waterfalls and birds to try my new Merlin Bird ID app.

Today we jumped on the bus and headed for the traces of a street art festival from a few years ago

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It’s in an industrial part of Trondheim

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There’s an old church too

What’s stranger, the graffiti or the religious carving?

Who are those people blocking our view of the modern art?

This one’s good too

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Playground for grownups outside the library

We woke up very early today and spent the day driving to Trondheim.

The sun shone to welcome us to Trondheim

It rained quite a bit today, so we drove as far as we could

Stop for lunch

What’s Kim doing up there?

He‘s snapping the camper. Can you find it?

Kind of dramatic spot for the night next to a wide river and a cantilever bridge, on a quiet road

Today we washed everything, brushed the carpet, swept the floor and had toast for breakfast.

A tree well past its best, but still worth a look.

Today we drove south along a scenic route to Furøy Camping

Yes, this is sculpture, not a ruined house

No that’s not a sculpture, it’s Kim exercising

Sculpture

The fantastic surroundings for the art

More sculpture- a Thai pavilion. They unlocked the door and threw the key in the lake to make sure that anyone can use it!

Yes it’s rubbish isn’t it. By a Portuguese artist called Bordalo II

Another Norwegian fjord, next to our camp site

We started the day with another walk along the old coastal road

Norwegian picnic table

Another beautiful day

Kim‘s very own beach

Just another Norwegian fjord

First impression of Bodø cultural capital city

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Here comes the sun

The beach

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Quite a place to camp

On the way to Svolvær, we visited a couple of locations in the Skulpturlandskap project

This is The Stone Church – like a Norwegian stave church

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This reminds me of the 3000 year-old rock pictures to be found here & there near the coast

The coast is good place for art, even if it’s just the art of standing on one leg.

Seven Magical Points

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Fascinating

We‘ll park here for the night

Get some exercise in first

Hot work this

No need to light the fire

Today we drove to Solbakken Camping to avoid the uncertainty about the ferry to Andenes

There are swings for the children, small or large

Kim’s dreaming of streams

Snow on the mountains

Gerhild suddenly has one new hat and Kim has one less. Hats shouldn’t be washed!

Norwegians prefer dry feet. We had a good chat with the woman approaching in the distance.

Very changeable weather today

A bit of this a bit of that

Gerhild trying her hat-making skills with some birch bark

Today we took the ferry to the island of Senja and the Senja scenic route

Great place to park on the hill above Mefjordvær

Let’s go up there

There

They look good (cornus suecica – Swedish bunchberry)

Mefjord

The view from the top

It was a bit rainy when we woke up today

Some atmosphere for breakfast

The Tromsonians are fond of their church

This is the only church that I have visited with a nuclear bunker in the basement

The church organ

The architect’s plain glass blinded the congregation so an artist was called in to help with a lead glass window. This sent the architect into a sulk and he never set foot in the place again. He plainly hadn’t seen the light!

Some fun Norwegian advertising

The Polaria aquarium

Will you look at those whiskers!

Fabulous filter-feeders

Gerhild has made a new friend

Back to nature after big-city life in Tromsø

Today we saw our first elk, grazing in a meadow next to the road. Hurray! 🫎

We drove for about half an hour up into the mountains behind Overgård.

Nature’s art

Kim’s artistic socks poking out the back of the camper

A shy river that won’t tell us what it’s name is

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Pink!

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We’ll stay for the night here.

Today we walked in glorious sunshine from the campsite up the hill to the Hengen waterfall

Nice spot to enjoy the view and rest a bit

The mountains across the valley

Norwegian pine

Norwegian pine tree bark in the sunshine

There’s a lot of water about

Another Norwegian waterfall

You have to imagine the incredible roaring sound from this falling water

A Norwegian cloud