World Cup Granåsen!

Trondheim has a ski jumping hill named Granåsen since 1940 and skicenter frequently hosts World Cup and Continental Cup competitions. This year World Cup was at 12 March and I had the chance to watch them literally whole day, outside at freezing wheather but its totally worth it! 

Regards,
Serap

First snow here

This winter is not the coldest one for Norway. Infact I need to admit its quite good compared to my expectations. But the only thing is I hoped more snow. So here it is the expected snow, and how it looks like from home :)

Regards,
Serap

First Days

My second day in Trondheim, I get chance to visit tallest building in the city. It was very nice introduction to discover this cute city from above.

Regards,

Serap

Only good memories

It's funny how quick the time passes. It's already been 5 months since I arrived to Trondheim and now my journey as a volunteer at Stavne is coming to an end. I have to admit it was a fantastic journey and an amazing adventure here in Norway. To all the people I met and worked with I would like to say: Thank you! It was a pleasure to be here and to have a chance to work with you. I have thousands of good memories! Now I need to make some space on this blog for the new volunteers. They will have their own stories and experiences to write and to share.

I'll be hanging around :)

Hilsen
~Stella

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

Good morning!

The sunrise this morning made me stop on my way to Stavne to take dozens of photos.

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

Bondens marked

On one of the past Saturdays there was a Farmers Market in the city centre. Such events take place every once in a while and it's a great idea both for farmers to sell their products and for us to be able to buy eco and organic food, meat and fish. Except the possibility of just purchasing good quality food, there were also many people who were actually cooking and giving away for example pancakes, sausages, waffles, jams and so on. I totally support Bondens Marked! If you want to check when will be the next one, just visit this page.

Hilsen
~Stella