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Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county.
The district covers an area of about 18,832 square kilometres (7,271 sq mi), with nearly 79,000 inhabitants. There are four towns in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana.
Helgeland is characterized by pointed mountains and Strandflaten, a shallow lowland area, sometimes just above the sea surface, and sometimes just below the surface. People living on the coast have settled on this lowland (while inland towns, such as Mo and Mosjøen, are situated in valleys). A consequence of the Strandflaten is thousands of islands, and shallow waters going far into the sea. This has provided some shelter from stormy weather, which might occur in winter. Some islands are fairly large, often with unique mountains, such as Torghatten, De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters), Hestmannen, Rødøyløva (in Rødøy), Dønnamannen (picture), and Træna. There are several sea bird colonies, such as Lovund (picture) with thousands of puffins. The Solvær Islands (Solværøyene) in Lurøy consists of about 300 small and flat islands and has the highest densities of Eurasian eagle-owls in Europe.
The highest mountains, are located inland, where Oksskolten is the highest mountain in Northern Norway. There are many valleys inland, such as the Dunderland Valley, Vefsndalen, and Hattfjelldal. Røssvatnet is the second largest lake in Norway. There are three large national parks in Helgeland: Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park (partly), Børgefjell National Park (partly), and Lomsdal–Visten National Park (created in May 2009).
December morning with some night frost still hanging in.
From my last visit to the stately Alby Manor out at the Jeloya Island in the Oslofjord.
Alby Manor is the oldest farm at the Jeloya Island and have it's roots back to the Viking age (800 AD)
A Merry Christmas to You all
This one is close to Odda, in Sørfjorden
One of the most beautiful fjords in Norway
And we really have lots of fjords here
And I haven't discovered so many yet
lol
We saw several waterfalls heading down to Odda, this is the most famous one called Låtefossen
It's a double waterfall coming down from the lake on the top of the mountain
This is half of it 🌊
You are driving passed it and on a heavy rainful day make the road quite wet
Lillesand Hotel Norge is a cultural monument in Lillesand. Originally built as a tannery by the Scot Robert Major in 1838, then as several independent buildings which were later built together. These contained a factory, a bark mill for the tanning process, a warehouse, an office and a store.
Around 1870, hotel operations began. Twenty years later, the houses were built together and decorated in a contemporary Swiss style with a large veranda with carvings in neo-Gothic style. It has since been removed, but has been partially restored in 1994.
The author Knut Hamsun often stayed at Hotel Norge in the 1930s, always in the same room.
Hotel Norge was restored in 1994 and is constantly being run away as a hotel. In addition to hotel and restaurant activities, in recent years the focus has been on cultural events such as concerts, summer shows and quizzes.
Then we boarded the train
that will lead us through the year 2017
No one knows what lies around the next bend
But whatever the starting point is, grab the days as well as possible.
See the possibilities rather than the limitations,
make the impossible possible.
Say that you love ....
Caring for others
Take a coffee break with a friend
Although you may not really have time
Say something positive to yourself every day,
and meet others with a smile and a positive word.
Take care of yourself
and others as well as you can;)
May our journey through the year 2017 be a nice trip for us all :)
Finally there is some snow and also fair weather here in the low mountains in the South of Norway.
The skitrack is all set for some cross country going and be sure we will use the opportunity within the next days. Going from Oslo with no snow and up to this winter adventure.
The month of May have been rather cold up here in Norway. The last two days we even waked up to snow on the ground. No problem to understand the Wood Anemone who will not open their flowers - instead keep them closed like a tent protecting themselves from the uninviting weather.
From the net of Anemone Nemorosa:
Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed, and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 5–15 centimetres (2–6 in) tall.
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das Wetter spielt hier leider nicht so richtig mit, die Sonne ist nur selten zu sehen. Schade, denn wir wollten viel unternehmen
Norge - Oslo The Frognerpark, Vigelands sculptures in the rain
The sculpture park is Gustav Vigeland's life work, comprising over 200 sculptures in granite, bronze and wrought iron. It was installed mainly in the period 1940-1949 vigeland.museum.no/en/vigelandpark
A place I have loved since I was young student in Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway.
Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo.
Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres and had a population of 5,385,300 in November 2020.The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of 1,619 km or 1,006 mi. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the sea coasts; the interior, while colder, is also a lot milder than areas elsewhere in the world on such northerly latitudes. Even during polar night in the north, temperatures above freezing are commonplace on the coastline. The maritime influence brings high rainfall and snowfall to some areas of the country.
Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Jonas Gahr Støre has been prime minister since 2021, replacing Erna Solberg. As a unitary sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet and the supreme court, as determined by the 1814 constitution. The kingdom was established in 872 as a merger of many petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,149 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was a part of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway, and from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War and remained so until April 1940 when the country was invaded and occupied by Germany until the end of World War II.
Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels: counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with both the European Union and the United States. Norway is also a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and a part of the Schengen Area. In addition, the Norwegian languages share mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish.
Norway maintains the Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system, and its values are rooted in egalitarian ideals. The Norwegian state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside of the Middle East.
The country has the fourth-highest per-capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists.
On the CIA's GDP (PPP) per capita list which includes autonomous territories and regions, Norway ranks as number eleven. It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of US$1 trillion.
Norway has had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the world since 2009, a position also held previously between 2001 and 2006;[ it also has the highest inequality-adjusted ranking per 2018. Norway ranked first on the World Happiness Report for 2017 and currently ranks first on the OECD Better Life Index, the Index of Public Integrity, the Freedom Index, and the Democracy Index. Norway also has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
The majority of the population is Norwegian. Recently immigration has accounted for more than half of population growth; as of 2021, the five largest minority groups in the country are the descendants of Polish, Lithuanian, Somalians, Pakistans, and Swedish immigrants