Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jan 23, 2012, 6:26 pm
Skiing in Norway is our national sport and the most striking feature of winter outdoor activities. We start learning at an early age. I remember as a child, winter never stopped us from playing outside; hat hair, wet behinds from slipping in the snow, rosy red noses, shivering cold hands and snow in...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jan 4, 2012, 6:24 pm
From the elation of the Oslo World Ski Championships to the tragedy of the Terrorist Attacks, 2011 was an dramatic year in Norway including celebrations of the explorer Amundsen’s South Pole expedition and a popular Nobel Peace Prize for woman. Of course there was a lot more happening last year, b...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Dec 24, 2011, 4:09 pm
Yuletide, the return of the sun and now Christmas calls for a special celebration and brings old time traditions based on folklore and myths in Norway. After a long period of darkness and cold, no wonder people needed a break and celebrated with wild feasts the fact that “the sun was coming back�...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Dec 20, 2011, 5:44 pm
Writing a blog about Norway and our significant four seasons, it’s time to report about winter weather – at least a good taste of it: You see, this year’s first snow in Oslo came last week. It started late in the evening, so we were all warned for the next day, and in the morning we had the mo...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Dec 14, 2011, 4:27 pm
The Polar Explorer, Discoverer, Researcher and Pioneer Amundsen from Norway became the first person to reach the South Pole on Dec. 14, 1911. Hosting a blog about Norway; our history, culture, traditions and habits, it would have been a disgrace not to mention it today – 100 years later. This year...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Dec 11, 2011, 5:58 pm
The Peace prize 2011 awarded by the Nobel Committee in Norway was to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. This important yearly event is of course to be mentioned here since my blog is about Norway: our history, culture and traditions and ...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Dec 3, 2011, 7:00 pm
In addition to museums, Bygdøy peninsula on the Oslo Fjord in Norway is a residential, but also a popular recreational area on the western side of Oslo. It’s one of Norway’s oldest cultural landscapes with a rich history and has many beautiful parks and forests as well as some of Oslo’s most ...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Nov 28, 2011, 6:07 pm
Discovery of the Ekofisk reservoir in 1969 was when the Norwegian oil adventure really began. Production from the field started on the 15th of June 1971 (same year as the first man walked on the Moon). You might ask what this has to do with colourful autumn, but for sure it is important to understa...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Nov 21, 2011, 5:38 pm
Swan Lake worked its magic on a fall color photo hunt on the Oslo Fjord. At our favourite beach the history of Tchaikovsky’s symphony steeped in myth as the story itself when a herd of swans showed up on shore. The ballet’s scenario was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Od...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Nov 15, 2011, 6:31 pm
Restaurant Cru Wine & Kitchen in Oslo reflects a French wine term: Traditionally translated as “growth” it’s often used to indicate a specifically named and legally defined vineyard or ensemble of vineyards and the vines “which grow on a reputed territory; by extension of good quality”. Gr...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Nov 10, 2011, 6:03 pm
RennyBA’s Terella is about Norway and the Nordic countries; the significant four seasons, our culture, traditions and habits. Six years ago today I started out on a project, not having any idea how large and great this project would be. This Anniversary post will be a look back at some of the high...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Aug 21, 2011, 5:57 pm
Oslo Blog Gathering; A guided adventure in Oslo, the capital of Norway, to explore the city with our history, culture and traditions – 19th to 21st of August 2010 – was a thrill of a lifetime! A dream came true for me and good blog and social media friends from all over the world. The idea – a...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 29, 2011, 6:42 pm
Sweden’s most beautiful waterway, the Göta Canal from Sjötorp by Lake Vänern to Stockholm, takes you through green forests, along sparkling lakes to picturesque homesteads in a breathtaking rural landscape. Anyone who longs to relish the silence of intact and untouched nature is definitely in t...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 25, 2011, 8:46 pm
The message of over 200 000 Norwegians in Oslo showed their love and support this evening: With torches and roses, we give the world a message. We do not let the fear break us! This tragedy has also brought the people of Norway together. Today hundreds of thousands, maybe millions streamed out int...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 23, 2011, 5:57 pm
The bomb in Oslo ripped through the very heart of power in Norway and 25 miles northwest a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on Utøya Island. The explosions turned the ordinarily placid Scandinavian capital into a scene reminiscent of terror attacks in Beirut or Baghdad, blowing out windows of sev...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 16, 2011, 8:19 pm
Sailing with M/S Marianne from Mariestad, known as The Pearl of Lake Vänern, to Sjötorp (the beginning or end of Göta Canal), is on our top 10 must do list for summer vacation. We often save this adventure for when we have guests visiting us at our vacation home like last year with my FIL (click ...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 7, 2011, 5:58 pm
Another good Tour de France day for Norway; Edvald Boasson Hagen won his first ever stage of the Tour and Thor Hushovd remains in the Yellow Jersey for the 6th day in the row! Even more, looking at general classification after stage 6: #1: T. Hushovd and #8: E. B. Hagen – Who can ask for more? –...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 3, 2011, 8:20 pm
The 26th annual American Independence Day 4th of July celebration in Oslo’s Vigeland Frogner Park was a grand success! The American Coordinating Council of Norway (ACCN) arranges this celebration every year and we just love to participate. Like Norway’s Constitution Day the 17th of May, a natio...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jul 2, 2011, 6:49 pm
Bob Dylan is in Norway again! Thursday at a concert in Oslo Spectrum, the 70 years old legend proved that rock and roll never gets old and that you are never too old to rock! He is a cultural mirror of musical and cultural history and a walking soundtrack to many, especially us in the 68-generation....
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jun 25, 2011, 12:18 pm
Summer Solstice, St John’s or St. Hans or St Mark’s Eve, Cornelis Vreeswijk and Jesus Christ Superstar in a long Norwegian summer night, is a perfect combination for a midsummer celebration. In Oslo (60° North) we have 19 hours daylight and placed as close to the Arctic Circle, it doesn’t act...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jun 19, 2011, 7:39 pm
One of Norway’s most beloved sculpture artists, Skule Waksvik, uses natural motifs; animals and voluptuous women. Sculptures by Waksvik; a deer, a moose, a penguin or maybe one of his luscious ladies, may be found all over the country – and even abroad like in Bremen, Abidjan and Singapore. The ...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jun 12, 2011, 9:58 am
Oslo’s oldest marketplace, from the early 1600’s when the capital of Norway was called Christiania, holds the Old Town Hall (1641) – today, a restaurant and museum – and the city’s oldest building (1626). This town square, originally a water station, is where today you find the fountain mo...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jun 6, 2011, 2:21 pm
Malta in the Mediterranean – just a stepping stone between Europe and Africa – has been a home to some of the oldest man-made stone structures in the world and the famous Knights left a considerable legacy when settled here in the mid 1500s. Served as a watch keeper and guardian of the Mediterra...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Jun 3, 2011, 5:45 pm
Called Melite, Mdina earlier was the capital of Malta and has its present name from the Arab influence on the region. Mdina means ‘walled city‘ and is called ‘The Silent City’ by the locals because with few inhabitants and almost no vehicle it is totally silent after dark. It’s a very smal...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - May 27, 2011, 5:43 pm
The Vigeland Sculpture Park is the most striking part of Oslo’s Frogner Park. Gustav Vigeland’s (1869-1943), 212 sculptures attracts over 1 million visitors a year – even more: Vigeland also designed the layout of the entire park. It’s a popular recreational area with a human message present...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - May 21, 2011, 5:24 pm
Finally its spring here in Oslo, and summer is just around the corner. Everything is blooming and soon we will be swimming in the ocean, and sunbathing all around the fjord. Spring in Norway is quite intense due to the abundance of water (melting snow) in conjunction with plenty of sunlight and quic...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - May 16, 2011, 8:43 pm
17th of May, Norway’s National and Constitution Day (signed in 1814), is celebrated as the most Norwegian there is. Nationalism, patriotism and childlike enthusiasm are shown, as we celebrate our freedom (after the occupation during World War 2 and 100 years of union with Sweden) and of course the...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Apr 22, 2011, 5:41 pm
Easter Bunny or hare eggs dates back to pagan times and is more about fertility and celebration of spring than recent Christian Easter traditions. Honoured in many rite-of-Spring festivals, during the span of history, eggs represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen. So it represented the re...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Apr 20, 2011, 8:22 pm
Oslo’s Bygdøy island museums present; The Kon-Tiki Museum showing the legendary expeditions of Thor Heyerdahl; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History; the Viking Ship Museum; the Norwegian Maritime Museum and the ship Fram, used by Roald Amundsen on his polar expeditions. Bygdøy is one of Norw...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Apr 14, 2011, 8:25 pm
The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national Opera Theatre in the city at the head of the Oslo Fjord, is the largest single culture-political initiative in contemporary Norway. It’s the largest cultural building to be raised in Norway since Nidarosdomen (= Cathedral) and an important ...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Apr 7, 2011, 4:50 pm
A guided tour on the Fjord provides Oslo in a nut shell: From the Town Hall harbour you’ll pass Akershus Fortress and the New Opera House as well as Kon-Tiki Museum, the Polar ship Fram and the Maritime museum – not to forget a tour through a maze of picturesque islands with small summer houses....
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 31, 2011, 5:03 pm
Social Media like Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn etc connecting people and brought 30 participants from all over the world to the Oslo Blog Gathering in August 2010. A lot more would have loved to join us and some promised to come later to explore and have a taste of Oslo and No...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 25, 2011, 9:52 pm
The 4th annual Earth Hour at 8:30PM local time on March 26 will bring people together to peacefully promote and encourage sustainability efforts. 1 billion people in 128 countries and territories participated in 2010. In this global movement and landmarks such as the New Opera House & City Hall in O...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 21, 2011, 6:56 pm
Vernal Equinox, when day and night are of equal length all over the world and the first day of spring in northern hemisphere, is another important milestone and significant change in our four seasons. In Oslo, Norway (60°North) our days are 6 hours longer than at winter solstice and get longer ever...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 21, 2011, 6:44 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: There are four important milestone and significant change in our seasons in Oslo, Norway (60°North). Read about why and how these changes influence our culture and traditions on my blog.
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 21, 2011, 6:44 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: There are four important milestone and significant change in our seasons in Oslo, Norway (60°North). Read about why and how these changes influence our culture and traditions on my blog.
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 18, 2011, 7:50 pm
Restoran Korsaar by the Old Town Square in Tallinn, Estonia, has a stunning pirate-themed design in a spectacular location and serves traditional Creole cuisine with an Estonian touch in a relaxed and informal environment with an emphasis on flavour. It’s a restaurant of Chefs where every client i...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 18, 2011, 7:17 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: If you’ve ever dreamed of running away to become a pirate or a wench, now is your chance. This spectacular pirate-style restaurant goes way beyond anything we’ve ever seen in terms of attention to detail and authenticity. Read about our go...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 18, 2011, 7:16 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: If you’ve ever dreamed of running away to become a pirate or a wench, now is your chance. This spectacular pirate-style restaurant goes way beyond anything we’ve ever seen in terms of attention to detail and authenticity. Read about our go...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 15, 2011, 5:29 pm
The historic city Tallinn, capital of Estonia, dates back to the medieval times although the first fortress was built on the hill of Toompea in 1050. The lower town spreads out from the foot of the hill, still protected by the remnants of a city wall and around the city wall is a series of well-main...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 15, 2011, 12:17 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: Tallinn was the first marked on the global map by the Arab cartographer al-Idrisi in 1154 and the old town was added to Unesco’s World Heritage List in 1997, acknowledging its unique value as it has been astonishingly well preserved. Read mo...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 15, 2011, 12:16 pm
RennyBA posted a photo: Tallinn was the first marked on the global map by the Arab cartographer al-Idrisi in 1154 and the old town was added to Unesco’s World Heritage List in 1997, acknowledging its unique value as it has been astonishingly well preserved. Read mo...
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Renny B. Amundsen posted an article on RennyBA's Terella - Mar 8, 2011, 5:59 pm
International Women’s Day (8 March) (Originally called International Working Women’s Day) is a global day and ranges from general celebration of respect and appreciation to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements in past, present and future. The first Internationa...
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