The view from Tyholttårnet

It's always nice to look at the city from above. Especially when the city is as beautiful as Trondheim. On one of the Saturdays I was having a really nice afternoon at the rotating restaurant placed 74 meters above the ground on the tower, which is 124 meters high. Sitting there with friends and watching the snow storm was an amazing experience. When the storm slowed down it was possible to see the whole city and the fjord. Beautiful!

Hilsen
~Stella

I fuc*ing love Norway - book launch

Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to join The Social Guidebook to Norway book launch. I knew the facebook site I fucking love Norway, but I didn't know there was a whole book containing all the drawings and comments printed and published. Apparently it happened and the whole event took place in Trondheim and in Oslo. It was an incredibly nice. Both Julien and Nicholas are so friendly and welcoming. They introduced themselves to each and every person that came on the event and yes, we had a little chat and yes, it was very very nice. I also got their autographs on my copy of the book! Below you have some photos from the book launch. The book can be ordered from this site. I really recommend it for all people coming to Norway and experiencing all weird and funny Norwegian behaviour. It is so true. Enjoy!

Hilsen
~Stella

The full moon

I have a silly habit. I carry my camera with me all the time and wherever I go. I have to admit that I need it more than anything else I have in my bag. Well... silly habits are profitable.

 

And this was supposed to be a heart... almost.

Hilsen
~Stella

The seaside

Here is another portion of my happy work! I took the photos near Pirbadet last week and made this little animation.

Hilsen
~Stella

The exhibition

I had the pleasure to go on an exhibition opening of Bjørg Thorhallsdottir's graphics at Galleri SG. The main theme of this exhibition was "Everything is possible". It was fantastic and her works are incredibly interesting, uplifting and heart-warming. This one below was my favourite.

Some things come into our lives to teach us how to let go

Hilsen
~Stella

Steinkjer visited Trondheim

My two friends from Steinkjer visited me during one of the last weekends of October. Both of them (Aleksandra from Poland and Josep from Spain) are doing their EVS project in Huze Ungdomssenter in Steinkjer. They planned to hitch-hike, as Steinkjer in not very far away from Trondheim. They managed to hitch-hike only 30 km and they had to take a train from there. Aleksandra and Josep stayed with me from Friday until Sunday evening. We had a lot of fun during the weekend! We decided not to use public transportation as the bus tickets are very expensive so we were walking around Trondheim all the time. We walked almost everywhere mainly because the weather allowed us to do so. Amazingly it was warm and it didn't rain at all! We also tried to party a little bit but we were too late. The parties here end around 2:30 am. This is definitely too early! Oh well... Next time we will set off earlier... maybe at 6:00 pm instead of around 2:00 am... ;)

It's great to be an EVS volunteer!

All rights to these photos belong to the author - Aleksandra.

Hilsen
~Stella

Northern lights

It is hard to see the northern lights when you are living in a big city such as Trondheim. But I don't lose hope and I check the forecasts all the time. I am also looking for some dark spots in the city close to the water, so I can just run there in the middle of the night and enjoy the view of Aurora. I hope it will happen soon!

Tips for checking the forecasts:

• Auroral activity
• Weather

One my EVS friends who lives in Steinkjer had a chance to see the Aurora from the roof of her house, here is her photo.

Hilsen
~Stella

Chasing sunsets

Chasing sunsets is one of the hobbies of mine. This is how the crazy sunset looks like in Trondheim. Look closely on the left side, you can see people swimming!

Hilsen
~Stella

Summer in Norway

And this is POSSIBLE...

SUMMER TIME in the NORTH! 

We have a wonderful summer this year :) I am really lucky that I can enjoy this wonderful weather. 

The last three weeks were amazing, I haven't felt that I am in the north of the earth because we have a lot of sunshine and 26-31 °C !!!

Everybody goes to the lake, to the fjord, to the river to swim and relax in the grass. The whole city felt in love the sunshine and we try to enjoy every moment of this unique summer, because the last time when there was such a good weather was more than 50 years!

I have to say thank you all of the vikings gods that they gave us this present.

I wish all of you a great Summer Time!

Ringve with Stavne's Kitchen Team

Teisendammen with Brygga

Rockheim with Stavne

Work out - Work Hard

Every Wednesday we are going to train our body and destroy our borders to be physically stronger. It is a great opportunity to all of our members in Stavne to develop ourself. We try to survive different activities like boxing or spinning not just regular training so we are never bored.

At the beginning it was hard, I mean really hard... 

I thought I can not survive this 45 minutes training without dying or crying but week after week something changed and I started to enjoy it. I realized it is not just good for my body it is good for my mental activity too. When you try to run in this blue half ball for example you really have to concentrate to keep your balance to not fall down. This increases your attention. Sometimes I fall down, but anyway this is fun and every time when we finish the training...

 I am feel like a  real Survivor ;)

So if you have time just come and join to us to have fun together!

Vi ses! ;)