Tag Archives: norway
whales in museums
I am a person with an unusual love of whales, museums, and whales in museums, but even if you aren’t obsessed with these topics, you should read this gorgeous story about restoring the whale skeletons at the natural history museum … Continue reading
DotW: Engelsk-norsk norsk-engelsk
The new Dictionary of the Week is one I’ve had longer than most of my other dictionaries: Lingua Engelsk-norsk norsk-engelsk Ordbok for videregående skole. If you don’t read Norwegian, and hardly anyone does, let me help you: Lingua English-Norwegian Norwegian-English … Continue reading
train ride in real time
Last Friday evening, one of Norway’s national broadcast stations showed a documentary called “Bergensbanen minutt for minutt” – “Bergen Line, Minute for Minute.” It was a seven-hour-long documentary showing, in real time, the train trip from Bergen to Oslo. Seven … Continue reading