Fyresdal municipality is a small municipality in Øvre Telemark. Most of the municipality is in mountainous areas, but the village center Fyresdal is located at the northern end of Fyresvatn - Norway's 22nd largest lake. The village has a campsite, a village museum, protected giant pines, the trade, and craft center Folkestadbyen, Hamaren activity park and Fyresdal Tretoppveg. This post describes the village museum and Folkestadbyen. Fyresdal bygdemuseum (Village Museum) is on

From 1923 to 2006, Hjerkinn was an important military training and shooting range. From 2006 to 2020, an extensive nature restoration was carried out, removing roads, structures, and waste from decades of shooting and bombing to return the nature to its original state. Today, the shooting range is part of the Dovrefjell-Sundalsfjella Nature Park, where you can go hiking in beautiful nature and listen to the sounds of nature. When Hjerkinn firing range was established in 1923,

Sandön is a crescent-shaped peninsula just after Smögenbroen where you can find a warm sandy beach and a beautiful hiking area with small ponds with red and white waterlilies. At the very tip you can see the remains of a former granite quarry and a memorial to the history of stonemasonry. Sandön has been a nature reserve since 1986. Smögen is known for its picturesque pier with restaurants and old shops. Many who visit Smögen only see this and perhaps the town next door and t

The Nissedal potholes are in a small valley in the mountains a few kilometers south of Lake Nisser, close to Hønetjønn. This beautiful natural phenomenon was created during the last ice age but was only discovered after the Fyresåna River was dammed in the 1950s. In the dried-up riverbed, both smooth-cut rocks with rounded shapes and small and large depressions emerged, which in some places were deep oblong or cylindrical holes, so-called potholes. This area is today a popula

When the new National Museum opened on June 11, 2022 after a long construction process, many were happy, but also some were disappointed. The building is located behind the old Vestbanes Station at Aker Brygge in Oslo. It has a modern architecture with many straight lines and large surfaces without ornamentation. This post presents the building, the discussions and some of the artworks. The National Museum was established in 2003 when the four museums, the Museum of Architect

The phenomenon has emerged over the past decade. Boring gables and facades have been transformed into colorful paintings. Internationally renowned urban artists and local artists have joined forces to beautify the city. Some are commissioned works, while others have arisen spontaneously, more or less legally. Some are allowed to remain, while others are removed, either because they are unwanted, or because walls need to be maintained and painted. This makes the cityscape dyna

In Lørenparken, 20 sculptures depicting characters and events in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt have been placed. The park is 5 acres in size and is used for sports, play and recreation. One of the buildings surrounding the park is the National Theatre's new branch, which was established in 2020. The park is a good option for the whole family with benches and lawns for adults and playground equipment and small football pitches for the little ones. And art that is interesting f

Merradalsbekken is the shortest of Oslo's rivers. It is approx. 5 km long and runs from Voksenåsen/Holmenkollen to Bestumkilen at Skøyen. Parts of the river are laid in a culvert, but in a stretch of 2 km from Sørkedalsveien to Ullernchausseen it runs through Merradalen, which is a narrow valley with great biodiversity. Here there are many different plants, forests with several types of trees and a hiking trail that follows the river. This article describes the hike along the

For many, Trelleborg is a place you drive through to take a ferry to Poland or Germany. But Trelleborg has a Viking museum, Skåne's oldest house, more churches than anywhere else in Sweden, the start of pilgrimage routes, many palm trees, parks, ponds, nature reserves, beautiful sandy beaches, Sweden's southernmost point and a golf course. This article describes the most important sights in Trelleborg. Trelleborg is the name of a ringfort that was used in the Viking Age. The