Here's some pics from this incredible place. It feels like home already!
This is building number 13 in Ørndalen student residence. My new room is in here, with a big window facing Tromsøysundet, the channel you see on the left.
One non-descript street in the city. Pre-tty! Ain't it?
Twilight. August 5, 12:43 a.m.
More twilight, at around the same time. The plants you see silhouetted in the foreground are called "Tromsø palmer": ubiquitous throughout the island, it seems somebody introduced them about a hundred years ago, and now they're a weed. Nobody kills weeds here, though, and they're allowed to sprout from every crack and corner. The effect is one of exhuberance, particularly when, surrounded by explosive greens, one remembers this is actually the Arctic! Some Tromsø palmer get to be taller than people, with flower clusters bigger than a person's head. Amazing!
Downtown as seen from the mainland. Kvalsøya in the background.
This is building number 13 in Ørndalen student residence. My new room is in here, with a big window facing Tromsøysundet, the channel you see on the left.
One non-descript street in the city. Pre-tty! Ain't it?
Twilight. August 5, 12:43 a.m.
More twilight, at around the same time. The plants you see silhouetted in the foreground are called "Tromsø palmer": ubiquitous throughout the island, it seems somebody introduced them about a hundred years ago, and now they're a weed. Nobody kills weeds here, though, and they're allowed to sprout from every crack and corner. The effect is one of exhuberance, particularly when, surrounded by explosive greens, one remembers this is actually the Arctic! Some Tromsø palmer get to be taller than people, with flower clusters bigger than a person's head. Amazing!
Downtown as seen from the mainland. Kvalsøya in the background.
1 comment:
Looks all nice, still a bit too North, too cold and too Norwegian for me to live there. I hope you will enjoy the time there and learn loads of Norsk.
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