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A winter’s surprise
I hope this good day for birds is a sign of the exciting things to come as spring finally begins to wake up.
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Gran Canaria 2024
At the end of January I was fortunate to be invited to spend a week in Gran Canaria with the Norwegian family to celebrate the 60th birthdays of Aksel’s parents. As with my first trip there in 2022, this holiday coincided delightfully with what is decidedly one of the most challenging times of year to…
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Noen ganger klaffer alt
En grå maidag med jevnlige regnbyger og sønnavind høres kanskje ikke så lovende ut, men det er altfor spennende når man er litt over gjennomsnittlig interessert i fugler og vårtrekket er godt i gang. Da blir det direkte feil å prioritere noe så trivialt som å jobbe med masteroppgaven. Det er nemlig en økt sjanse…
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Week 43: New Neighbours
A fearless group of Tree Sparrows is providing me with some patch birding in a rather literal sense.
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Week 3: Autumn in Winter
The Brambling may only turn Oslo orange in the colder half of the year, but it’s one of my perennial favourites.
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A surprisingly optimistic season opening
In his first concert as the Oslo Philharmonic’s new principal conductor, Klaus Mäkelä showed he was willing to experiment, even if this was occasionally at the expense of coherence, writes Aksel Dalmo Tollåli. The start of the autumn season at the Oslo Philharmonic has not quite gone as planned. Audiences of more than 200 are…
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More lovely places: Scandinavia’s capitals (part 2)
Oslo: Water Oslo’s fjord is its greatest asset. It is the focus of and the inspiration for a phoenix-like regeneration of the city, stretching for nine kilometres along the length of the urban waterfront. Out of necessity rather than care, this area was for years an industrial eyesore, valued for its shipyard and container port…
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Dejlige stæder: Scandinavia’s capitals
Walking through Copenhagen’s Kultorvet recently, I spied a second-hand bookshop named Vangaards. The offerings are renewed after seven weeks, and during each cycle, the price – which is the same no matter the book – is lowered slightly each day. I can’t resist books, especially old ones on sale! On that day, the asking price…
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The Right Writing: Back to Blogging
And back to what I used to blog about: my life abroad. I first kept a blog on this subject over the 2013-14 academic year, which I spent studying in Lyon, France, as a beneficiary of the Erasmus scheme. Fast forward three years, and I am now in Oslo, Norway, still very much surprised to…