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#1 Christian

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 06:50 AM

Trondheim, Norway

Trondheim is a 1000 year old city in mid-Norway. The city has developed and become the third largest city in Norway with a population counting 146 000), but with over 170 000 in the metro area. Trondheim is well known city and a famous tourist attraction because of its unique history, the famous architecture especally its wooden houses and  Nidarosdomen which is the largest and most impressive church in Scandinavia.

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Statue of Olav Trygvasson. Olav Trygvasson was a famous Norwegian viking king who established the city in 997.

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Trondheim winter.

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Northern light appare every week durning the night in the winter with clear sky.

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A large stone building, the oldest pert of Trondheim University who room 15 000 students each year.

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Old wooden buildings.

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Kristiansten Festning, a fortres built in the 16th century on a hill with good view over downtown Trondheim.

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From Tyholttårnet you have a wonderful 360 degree view over whole Trondheim and its surroundings.

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Nidarosdomen, the largest church in Scandinavia.

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From the old parts of the city:
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From the modern part:
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New hotel is rising. Trondheim is a large tourist attraction.

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New apartments is rising. Trondheim is in a residential boom period, and has tonns of new projects, included high-rise buildings.

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Modern high-rise is rising.

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The blue tower, known as Mediahuset.

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Quality Panorama Hotel, a 16 floor tall hotel situated close to Trondheims largest shopping center with 100 stores.

 

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 08:47 AM

wow those neighborhoods look pretty nice, can we get a few more shots of downtown, though?

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 09:17 AM

^ Sure...:)

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Downtown airphoto.

Downtown Trondheim, with the 100m tall Nidarosdomen.
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Ruins of a restaurant that burn down during the large fire in december 2002. A whole block in downtown burn down, four larger wooden buildings was completly destroyed, and several more was damaged.

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The downtown statue fo Olav Tryggvason.

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Image from one of the most busy shopping streets in downtown Trondheim. This though a Sunday evening when the stores are closed. There are usally far more shoppers walking down there.

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A day at Trondheim Torg. This is the largest shopping center in downtown with 73 stores.

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Modern residential buildings, with older concrete and wooden buildings close next too.

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From the fjord and up Munkegata, the main downtown street. Far behind we see Nidarosdomen.

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Walking bridge during the night.

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Overview of Nidarosdomen with surroundings.

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Solsiden (Sunside) shopping center. Built in a old ship yard in downtown.

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Wooden houses in the old districts.

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City square.

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This is a large royal wooden building in downtown, built in the 17th century.

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 09:40 AM

ah, so those guys have 'those' downtowns, the ones not very dense, here in russia we call that a 'center' when it isnt so dense, but anyways, my town has the same-looking downtown as yours, but most of the buildings look different...

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 11:24 AM

That was a fantasitc photo tour. I have heard of Trondheim, but I didn't know that much abuot it. The wooden houses look almost like suburban america, but not quite:)

Density is relative. Cities in Europe have less vertical density,but usually more horizontal density.

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 07:42 PM

Terrific photos!  The Northern Lights are awesome!  I wish we got them where I lived but alas we do not, they're stunning to say the least!  Thanks for sharing!

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Posted 04 December 2004 - 09:19 PM

Amazing photos!  I love this photo: http://www.idi.ntnu....m/Sentrum_1.jpg

I have not seen the northern lights in ages.  We can typically see them at least a couple times each year, but I have managed to miss seeing them every time.  Every time they say we will be able to see them it's cloudy out.  I haven't seen them since 1991!  LOL.

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Posted 05 December 2004 - 04:46 AM

@ Allan/Neo

Here we can see the northern light the whole winter, when its clear sky. The northern light usually occure in the evenings around 21.00 to 01.00. Some times its quite weak, but in the autumn we can have a very strong light who covers about the whole sky. Then the northern lights is roling over in great speed, and in different colours. But this autumn we haven't had so strong northern lights, probably about the same as in the image from Trondheim. Saw the light several times last week, btu nothing specal actually.

@ Spartan

Yes Trondheim has a lot of wooden buildings. The oldest ones is the brews which is from the around 1750. And thats quite old to be wood, only the stave churchs is older. These buildings could be far older, but Trondheim has been devastated by fire several times. The whole city burn down in 1680, and they rebuilt the city in wooden buildings with a new street map. But in 1708 the whole city burned down again, it was then they decidet to built concrete buildings. We can find these concrete buildings mostly over whole downtown today. Then we have several large wooden building areas around downtown.

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Posted 05 December 2004 - 04:59 AM

What a beautiful city.  I would like to visit there one day.   I think my favorite parts are the low rise apartment buildings.   They indicate a high level of quality and craftsmanship.

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Posted 02 January 2005 - 01:34 PM

I'm half Trønder (my mom is from Trondheim)...
Christian, you forgot to mention that Trondheim is a city leading in technology. Hi-tech industry and a univeristy specializing in alot of those areas (called NTNU).

Solsiden is one of my favorite places in the city. I love how it used to be a old shipyard but now is a thriving shopping centre and cool resturants. ahh, trendy.

Trondheim is also known for its "tveiter" which means really small tiny picturistic streets. My sister lives in one of them in a very cute apartment. next time I'll take pictures. It's cool.

Also, Trøndere (people from Trondheim) are REALLY friendly - not like here. The city also has tons of students (25,000 or so), so you see young people everywhere.

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 09:19 AM

danteque, on Jan 2 2005, 08:34 PM, said:

I'm half Trønder (my mom is from Trondheim)...
Christian, you forgot to mention that Trondheim is a city leading in technology. Hi-tech industry and a univeristy specializing in alot of those areas (called NTNU).

Solsiden is one of my favorite places in the city. I love how it used to be a old shipyard but now is a thriving shopping centre and cool resturants. ahh, trendy.

Trondheim is also known for its "tveiter" which means really small tiny picturistic streets. My sister lives in one of them in a very cute apartment. next time I'll take pictures. It's cool.

Also, Trøndere (people from Trondheim) are REALLY friendly - not like here. The city also has tons of students (25,000 or so), so you see young people everywhere.

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Im about 50% Trondheimer (my mom is from Trondheim too B) ) , and 100% Trønder/Leksværing though! Well, actually, a Trønder is people from Trøndelag, not only just Trondheim...;)

And concerning Solsiden, im totaly agreed! Thats one of my favorite places as well, the shopping mall is such warm and trendy place, and the surroundings with all those nice supermodern residential buildings on Nedre Elvehavn is beautiful. Thats a place i've always visit when im in town, even though im there quite a lot. I guess i also visit Tyholttårnet about 50% of all times im in Trondheim as well, i just love that tower... B)

And NTNU is as you said one of Norways and Scandinavias leading universities Hi-tech industry and a lot more. Its about 20 000 students there. But included all other student schools i guess the number is somewhere between 25 000 and 30 000 in Trondheim. I'm hoping to become one of them in a few years now... B)

And those small tiny picturistic streets is cool, they are everywhere around Ila, Midtbyen and Bakklandet...:)

Edited by Christian, 04 January 2005 - 09:19 AM.


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Posted 06 January 2005 - 06:50 PM

Great Shots! It's photos like these that make me glad I found this board ;)

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Posted 07 January 2005 - 10:08 AM

I like that Scandinavians have no problems with integrating the modern in with the historic. People here have a crazy brick fetish, if a proposal doesn't ape 19th century designs, people go crazy.

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Posted 11 June 2005 - 12:08 AM

How beautiful Trondheim is!!!  I wanna visit there someday!

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Posted 10 August 2005 - 10:44 PM

Hello to the Norwegians from a northern Minnesotan!

I believe Minnesota is Norway's little colony... and the Norwegian culture is strong here.

(My city is filled with Lutherans who insist upon eating Lutefisk and Lefse every Christmas)

Trondheim looks like a beautiful city.  I will visit there some day.

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Posted 25 August 2005 - 12:41 PM

Snowguy716, on Aug 11 2005, 05:44 AM, said:

Hello to the Norwegians from a northern Minnesotan!

I believe Minnesota is Norway's little colony... and the Norwegian culture is strong here.

(My city is filled with Lutherans who insist upon eating Lutefisk and Lefse every Christmas)

Trondheim looks like a beautiful city.  I will visit there some day.

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Lutefisk and Lefse is very famous traditional food. As a youth i don't eat much Lutefisk though anymore! But Lefse is still popular, my favorite is Vestlands-lefse, while i don't enjoy some others that much.

Minnesota is sure Norways little colony, also south/north Dakota. I have relatives which i know of both in Minnesota and Wisconsin. And im not the only Norwegian with relatives from those states!

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Posted 25 August 2005 - 12:43 PM

Trondheim

Some more pics from Trondheim taken by me in early august this year.

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Downtown from Kristiansten Festning.

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Kristiansten Festning, first buildt be the Swedes in the 17th century, but later used against the Swedes.

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Kristiansten Festning, with Tyholttårnet in the background.

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View towards Heimdal and Vassfjellet partly covered by fog after a local thunderstorm.

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Bakklandet and Kristiansten Festning beautifully reflexted by Nidelven.

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Bakklandet from Kristiansten Festning.

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Nidelven and the University (NTNU) on the hilltopp.

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Ravnkloa, the fishing market. Nidarosdomen is seen in the end of Munkegata.

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Posted 25 August 2005 - 12:45 PM

Trondheim from Nidarosdomen

Some more pics from Trondheim taken by me in early august this year. All images here is taken of Nidarosdomen or from the roof of Nidarosdomen.

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Munkegata, with the main sqaure and Olav Trygvasson statue further down.

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The Brew houses down Nidelven.

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Tyholttårnet and Kristiansten Festning.

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Erkebispegården (Archbishop's Palace ), first built in the 12th century and was a spiritual and political centre, and ruled once Norway,
Faeroes, Shetland, the Isle of Man, Iceland and Greenland.

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One of Nidarosdomens tower, with Byåsen residential district behind.

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The new main hospital (RIT).

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View towards Heimdal.

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Panorama from Nidarosdomen to the east, with Nedre Elvehavnand Møllenberg to the left, Bakklandet, Tyholttårnet, Kristiansten Festning in the middel
and the University (NTNU) just outside the image to the right.

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Posted 29 August 2005 - 06:43 PM

NiCe.  I gotta come to this section more often.

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Posted 09 September 2005 - 05:58 AM

You haven't got too much of a skyline, my beloved home town, but by God you're beautiful to me... :)