New volunteer says hello!

So here I am in Trondheim. Let me do a tiny little introduction. My name is Justyna and I come from Poland. I will be a volunteer in Stavne for the next few months. I will keep this blog updated as often as I can and I will write about my activities, work and projects. Apart from this I would also like to post some handy information for the next volunteers, about life in Norway, Trondheim and interesting places that can be visited. Please read and enjoy.

If you would like to see more photos from Norway, please feel free and pop in on my personal blog here.

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

Snakker du Norsk?

Yes I know that you have no time and it is too big challenge to learn Norwegian...

But not because learning foreign language is always hard and you don't have enough patient. The real difficulties that you easily become too lazy to use Norwegian language because everybody can speak English. 

And now I mean EVERYBODY! 

If you go to the shop to buy something and ask some help for a student or have a small chat with an old woman in the bus stop, or simply ask a child to take a picture of you near the cathedral, everybody would be really kind and helpful in English! 

You will be surprise how patient the Norwegian are when you start to use the language with your own special dialect :) I am sure that you will get back a lot of smile and  encouragement from them. You will suddenly find some new expressions and interesting local tips to keep going your wonderful journey ;)

So what are you waiting for ???

Here you can find some FREE online learning tips, but my recommendation is to buy a small dictionary and try to use the language every day, it is really fun and of course you can do it! :)

On the way

VOX

Crienexzy

Norwegian in three minutes

Let start it now and have fun!

Frozen
It is easy to learn Norwegian if you try to find your favourite songs in Norwegian and try to sing them :)

Be creative

You would be never bored if you can use your creativity. 

Project #1 Decorate eggs :)

You can decorate eggs in several ways just use your imagination. In Brygga we tried to paint eggs and use some napkin and glu to decupage them. Here you can check what we made ;)

Project #2 Prepare Basse

Let's play together! In Dagsverket we produce a lot of Basse that you can enjoy the taste of Trondheim ;)

Project #3 Create a bag

In Stavne we have a design unit where we are working with leather and preapre high quality and fashionable bags for every personality. All bags are absolutely handmade we use natural material. 

Visit us and find your dream bag ;) 

Everybody could be creative just don't forget what you knew before...

Eat, pray, love alias Sweet Life in Brygga

Sounds of the waves

I really like just to be in Brygga.
To be a part of it, to feel that I am at home. 

You can find some super heros who are working in Brygga to organise free time activities, dinner parties and create an special atmosphere. Check out who they are and what they are doing every day.

Bli du med pa kino?

Every tuesday we have dinner together and sometimes we eat some sweet things too. Here you can see some picture about our style. 

And here is my favourie recepie because it is easy to preapre and really tasty. Make experiment with different fruit and enjoy the sweet part of your life ;)

Have you got a Basse? Dagsverket might give one to you!

Basse is a really funny traditional Trøndelag ball game. We produce it in Dagsverket from 2008. 

You can play this oldschool game with your friends whenever you want or you can develop new tricks by yourself wherever you want. 

So what do you need?

You need a Basse what you can buy in the Trondheim Museum or you can prepare your own one. Check this video and see how you can make one and how you can start your jorney to the Basse Land.

Preparing Basse is not as difficult as you first think. 

The only think what you need is: good scissors, used bicycle tires and rope. 

I am really lucky because in Dagsverket I learnt how I can produce Basse. 

I was curious about what is the Secret of a Good Basse  so I asked one of our expert who has produced hundreds of this unique ball. 

" There is no special secret. Every Basse is based on a good raw material but the most important thing that you should be very patient during the peparation process and don't forget tie the knot as strong as you can."

In Dagsverket we are really care about that the Basse what we make will be perfect and you can enjoy the moment when you first try to play with it. You will feel why was this game so popular in the '70s. Every Basse is different and has own story so if you wondering what you can give as a sovenir to your frends what is represent Trøndelag now you might know the answer ;)

If you would like to read more about the history of Basse just visit the offical page and enjoy the variety of this game.

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! ;)