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I was at Banff National Park and I was wanting to photograph Mount Rundle (in background of this photo). However, mount Rundle was being grumpy and would not come out from hiding behind the clouds...So I looked for other photo opportunities. I liked the way the rising sun backlit the clouds and these dead trees.
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The town's 35-metre-high lighthouse, Hirtshals fyr, is a local landmark. Building was begun on 28 June 1860, and it was first lit on 1 January 1863. It is constructed of red brick and covered with Dutch tile.
Heddal Stave Church
The church is a triple nave stave church and is Norway's largest stave church. It was constructed at the beginning of the 13th century. After the reformation, the church was in a very poor condition, and a restoration took place during 1849–1851. However, because the restorers lacked the necessary knowledge and skills, yet another restoration was necessary in the 1950s. The interior is marked by the period after the Lutheran Reformation in 1536–1537 and is for a great part a result of the restoration that took place in the 1950s.
There is a legend telling about the erection of the church and how it was built in three days.
Five farmers (Raud Rygi, Stebbe Straand, Kjeik Sem, Grut Grene and Vrang Stivi) from Heddal had made plans for a church, and they decided to have it built.
One day, Raud Rygi (one of the five men) met a stranger who was willing to build the church. However, the stranger, set three conditions for doing the job, one of which must be fulfilled before the church was finished:
Raud had three options: fetch the sun and the moon from the sky, forfeit his life-blood, or guess the name of the stranger. Raud thought the last would not prove too difficult, so he agreed to the terms
But time began to run out. All of the building materials had arrived during the first night, and remarkably, the spire was built during the second. It became clear to Raud that the church would be finished on the third day.
Down at heart and fearing for his life, Raud took a walk around in the fields trying to figure out what the stranger's name could be. Still wandering about he had unconsciously arrived at Svintruberget (a rocky hill southeast of the church site) when he suddenly heard a strange but most beautiful and clearly audible female song:
Tomorrow Finn will bring us the Moon.
Where he goes, the sun and christian blood perish.
He brings children to song and play.
But now my children, sleep safe and sound.
Or in Norwegian
I morgen kommer Finn og bringer oss maanen
der han kommer forgaar sol og kristenblod
lokker barna til sang og spel
men nå mine små, sov stille og vel
Now Raud knew what to do, as the stranger was a mountain troll. As expected, the stranger visited Raud the next day, to present the church. Together they walk over to the church, and Raud walks up to one of the pillars, hugs it as if to straighten it, and says, "Hey Finn, this pillar isn't straight!" Finn snaps back, "I could be even more bent!" and then hastily leaves the church.
Raud had solved the riddle after all. The stranger's name was Finn and he lived in the Svintru Mountain. Finn, also known as Finn Fairhair or Finn Fagerlokk, a troll, could not ever after stand the sound of church bells, so he moved along with his family to Himing (Lifjell).
According to legend, the same troll was also responsible for building Nidaros Cathedral, Church of Avaldsnes and Lund Cathedral.
The first bridge on this site, between Nedre Ferjested and Lahelle, was completed in 1810. It was 504 feet long, 19 feet wide and had 12 bridge vessels. It was privately financed through a limited company with capital of 7,000 riksdaler, while the bridge cost 8,196.50 riksdaler. Users of the bridge had to pay a toll. The first bridge was also called Thygeson's bridge or Thygeson's memory.
Part of the 654-step escala del cabirol (goat’s steps) leading down to Nepture’s Grotto, Capo Caccia, Sardinia, Italy
Pen yr Ole Wen is the seventh highest mountain in Snowdonia and in Wales. It is the most southerly of the Carneddau range. On the right Tryfan mountain covered in cloud.
Llyn Idwal is a small lake that lies within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales UK
Christian Quartbroa (also known as Quartbroa and Quartbrua) is a steel box bridge and footbridge in Kristiansand. The bridge runs from Rådhusgata in Kvadraturen, across the river Otra to the island of Kjøita in the district of Lund. Pedestrian and bicycle paths lead over several smaller footbridges on to the eastern riverbank. Christian Quartbroa was opened by Mayor Jan Oddvar Skisland on 17 December 2020, as the third bridge connection near the city center over Otra in Kristiansand. The bridge is named after the city's founder, King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway, also called Christian Quart. About 200 tonnes of steel have been used for the bridge, which has six spans. The steel work on the bridge itself was carried out in Romania, before the bridge elements were placed on pillars in the river. The railing on the bridge contains lighting.
Fiskebrygga is a former fish landing in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The buildings have been redeveloped as a restaurant, shopping area, and tourist destination.
The former fish landing extends along both sides of Gravane Canal, the canal that separates the town centre, Kvadraturen, from the island of Odderøya. It was extensively reconstructed in the 1990s, with wood-fronted buildings in an old-fashioned style similar to the warehouses, painted yellow ochre and red, as well as housing, shops, and a number of restaurants. There are wooden piers on both sides of Gravane Canal, where there is a bustling boat traffic in summer, and bridges over the canal give the area an almost Venetian look. The area has since experienced a renaissance.
The Fish Market at Fiskebrygga is one of the city's tourist attractions, selling all kinds of Norwegian fish and shellfish, including some live.
The plateau is the largest peneplain (eroded plain) in Europe, covering an area of about 6,500 km2 (2,500 sq mi) at an average elevation of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft). The highest point on the plateau is the Sandfloegga, which reaches a height of 1,721 m (5,646 ft).
The landscape of the Hardangervidda is characterised by barren, treeless moorland interrupted by numerous pools, lakes, rivers and streams. There are significant differences between the west side, which is dominated by rocky terrain and expanses of bare rock, and the east side, which is much flatter and more heavily vegetated. The climate also varies between the two sides: it is considerably wetter on the west side than on the east, with over 1,000 millimetres (39 in) per year recorded in some parts.
The prominent peak of Hårteigen 1,690 m (5,545 ft) is visible across much of the plateau.
Much of the Hardangervidda's geology is extremely ancient. The rolling fells of the Hardangervidda are the remnants of mountains that were worn down by the action of glaciers during the ice ages. The bedrock is mainly of Precambrian and Cambro-Silurian origin.
The area of Hardangervidda was once part of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain before it was thrust over by the nappes of the Caledonian orogeny in Paleozoic times. Much later, in the Miocene epoch, the modern flatness of Hardangervidda took form as a peneplain formed at sea level. Then in Early Pliocene times Hardangervidda and the whole of southern Scandinavian Mountains were uplifted more than thousand meters.
The plateau is the largest peneplain (eroded plain) in Europe, covering an area of about 6,500 km2 (2,500 sq mi) at an average elevation of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft). The highest point on the plateau is the Sandfloegga, which reaches a height of 1,721 m (5,646 ft).
The landscape of the Hardangervidda is characterised by barren, treeless moorland interrupted by numerous pools, lakes, rivers and streams. There are significant differences between the west side, which is dominated by rocky terrain and expanses of bare rock, and the east side, which is much flatter and more heavily vegetated. The climate also varies between the two sides: it is considerably wetter on the west side than on the east, with over 1,000 millimetres (39 in) per year recorded in some parts.
The prominent peak of Hårteigen 1,690 m (5,545 ft) is visible across much of the plateau.
Much of the Hardangervidda's geology is extremely ancient. The rolling fells of the Hardangervidda are the remnants of mountains that were worn down by the action of glaciers during the ice ages. The bedrock is mainly of Precambrian and Cambro-Silurian origin.
The area of Hardangervidda was once part of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain before it was thrust over by the nappes of the Caledonian orogeny in Paleozoic times. Much later, in the Miocene epoch, the modern flatness of Hardangervidda took form as a peneplain formed at sea level. Then in Early Pliocene times Hardangervidda and the whole of southern Scandinavian Mountains were uplifted more than thousand meters.
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位於七谷川沿岸的寧靜大道長約一公里，但櫻花樹數量多達1500株，如果覺得這個數字難以想像，那麼提供各位參考的是哲學之道長約兩公里約500株，醍醐寺約800株，這一兩年火紅的八幡市背割堤為250株，以數量而言，七谷川櫻花數量多上好幾倍，可說非常壯觀，滿開時，小橋流水，傍山偎河，目光遍及之處盡是粉櫻。
Lillesand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include Åkerøyhamn, Brekkestø, Gamle Hellesund, Helldal, Høvåg, Ribe, Skottevik, Trøe, Ulvøysund, and Vesterhus.
The 190-square-kilometre (73 sq mi) municipality is the 306th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillesand is the 101st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,279. The municipality's population density is 62.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (162/sq mi) and its population has increased by 14.2% over the previous 10-year period.
Das Parlamentsgebäude, auf deutsch veraltet Reichstag, ist der Sitz des ungarischen Parlaments in Budapest
Die Kettenbrücke (ungarisch Széchenyi lánchíd, auf Deutsch: Széchenyi-Kettenbrücke), die in Budapest die Donau überspannt, wurde in der Zeit von 1839 bis 1849 auf Anregung des ungarischen Reformers Graf István Széchenyi erbaut, dessen Namen sie trägt. Sie ist die älteste und bekannteste der neun Budapester Brücken über die Donau.
The Hungarian Parliament Building, which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation), also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest.
I wintered in Almuñecar for 7 years. Then there were a couple of trips to the Moors' old castle in Granada.
The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from the east, particularly Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century. Iceland was still uninhabited long after the rest of Western Europe had been settled. Recorded settlement has conventionally been dated back to 874, although archaeological evidence indicates Gaelic monks from Ireland, known as papar according to sagas, had settled Iceland earlier.
The land was settled quickly, mainly by Norwegians who may have been fleeing conflict or seeking new land to farm. By 930, the chieftains had established a form of governance, the Althing, making it one of the world's oldest parliaments. Towards the end of the tenth century, Christianity came to Iceland through the influence of the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason. During this time, Iceland remained independent, a period known as the Old Commonwealth, and Icelandic historians began to document the nation's history in books referred to as sagas of Icelanders. In the early thirteenth century, the internal conflict known as the age of the Sturlungs weakened Iceland, which eventually became subjugated to Norway over the 13th century. wikipedia
Das Parlamentsgebäude, auf deutsch veraltet Reichstag, ist der Sitz des ungarischen Parlaments in Budapest
Die Kettenbrücke (ungarisch Széchenyi lánchíd, auf Deutsch: Széchenyi-Kettenbrücke), die in Budapest die Donau überspannt, wurde in der Zeit von 1839 bis 1849 auf Anregung des ungarischen Reformers Graf István Széchenyi erbaut, dessen Namen sie trägt. Sie ist die älteste und bekannteste der neun Budapester Brücken über die Donau.
The Hungarian Parliament Building, which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation), also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest.
Christian Quartbroa (also known as Quartbroa and Quartbrua) is a steel box bridge and footbridge in Kristiansand. The bridge runs from Rådhusgata in Kvadraturen, over the river Otra to the island of Kjøita in the district of Lund. Footpaths and cycle paths lead over several smaller footbridges to the eastern bank of the river. Christian Quartbroa was opened by mayor Jan Oddvar Skisland on 17 December 2020, as the third bridge connection near the center over Otra in Kristiansand. The bridge is named after the city's founder, King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway, also called Christian Quart. Approximately 200 tonnes of steel have been used for the bridge, which has six spans. The steel work on the bridge itself was carried out in Romania, before the bridge elements were placed on pillars in the river. The railing on the bridge contains lighting.
The Varodd Bridges are two parallel cantilever bridges in Kristiansand municipality, in Agder county, Norway, and they cross the Topdalsfjorden. They are named after the peninsula on the western shore. It goes from Vige and ends in Søm in Kristiansand. The bridges carry the European route E18 highway over the fjord.
The New Varodd Bridge is parallel to the older bridge, and was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$13 million.
It is a cantilever bridge with four spans. The main span is 260 metres (850 ft) and a total length of 663 metres (2,175 ft).
The bridge has a 32-metre (105 ft) clearance below it. The bridge was built solely to relieve the traffic on the older bridge, and the two lanes only handled westbound traffic.
Another new cantilever bridge for eastbound traffic is under construction between the old and new Varodd Bridge. It was completed in 2020
Abra Havn is a pirate-style hotel by Kristiansand Dyrepark. The hotel opened in 2012. It is built as a village with 171 units (apartments) with a total of 750 beds. The apartments have names such as Captain Sabeltann's suite, Langemann's house, Skalken's rottsmug and also quite ordinary pirate houses. The apartments are designed for self-catering with a fridge, hob and microwave. The hotel is open from March to October.
In a rating from TripAdvisor for 2016, the hotel was ranked 12th among Norwegian hotels.
Flekkerøy or Flekkerøya is an island and residential district in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The district is located within the borough of Vågsbygd, and it consists of 4 main neighborhoods: Berge/Andås, Kjære, Lindebø/Skålevik, and Mæbø/Høyfjellet. The district covers all of the island of Flekkerøya which lies within the city of Kristiansand. Since 1989, the island (and district) has been connected to the mainland through the Flekkerøy Tunnel, a 2,320-metre (7,612 ft) long subsea road tunnel. The island has 3,632 inhabitants (as of 23 October 2013). Flekkerøy Church is located on the island.
The old ferry berth at the Naudesund bridge.
Høvåg bridge is a concrete arch bridge on county road 401 in Lillesand municipality in Agder. The bridge crosses Naudesundet west of Høvåg. The bridge is 89.5 meters long, with a main span of 45 metres. The sailing height is approx. 12 metres, and the bridge has a total of 8 spans. It was opened in 1952.