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-The Greatest Christmas City in the North
Front Cover of the local Newspaper - Fremover - today. It reads -Greatest Christmas city in the North
That is the proud statement from Åsunn Lyngedal in today’s edition of the local newspaper Fremover (today’s issue can be bought by clicking here). The pictures inside the newpaper of the annual lighting of the Chistmas Spruce tells us that, yes there might be something there in that statement! The council of shopowners has bought a totally new set of Christmas decorations, with some beautiful light displays.
This is a important boost for those overly stretched citizens of this overly stretched municipality, after the mayor, more or less gambled the entire income of all hydroelectric energy for the next fifteen years by taking a loan from an American investment house, Terra Securities. And the mayor lost the gamble thus hurtling our society “off the cliff”. Did it have any consequence for her and her total lack of pure and simple common sense? Nope, she is still in power…
This city, booming with high-tech industries and optimism, suddenly got the news: because of the financial scandal, there is to be an extreme increase in income taxes and other taxes. Schools, roads, homes for the elderly, kindergartens and streetlights (duh! in one of the darkest cities in the winter) will all feel the knife in a desperate attempt to get rid of the debt of three quarters of a billion kroner. That’s some 700.000.000. kroner divided with a population of 18.000.
There is a program on Discovery Channel, with three ex-swindlers show you the tricks of the trade. They always end their programs with the phrase: –If it sounds too good to be true – it probably is. Maybe the mayor should have watched that show once and a while, and maybe this entire misery could have been avoided.
The Northern Lights Hunter’s been at it again!
Northern Lights Panorama - The Mountains shimmering with moonbeams in the background! So cold I almost froze my fingers off. Each picture takes between 20 and 30 seconds to shoot. Click the picture for full resolution!
Northern Lights and Narvik 1Northern Lights and Narvik 2
Northern Lights and Narvik 3
Northern Lights and Narvik 4
Moonlit Ofoten Fjord
Moon above the Ofoten Fjord and Narvik (Please, click the image for The Big Picture)
Newest issue of I NARVIK just published!
Another great issue of the magazine I NARVIK has just been published. Their slogan is: “We spread happiness!” That is true! They really do! Click here to enjoy this colorful magazine with lots of great pictures!
Nr 4 - 2010 of I NARVIK has just been published! Russian ballerinas in downtown Narvik is this issue's front cover (Please click image to see the latest issue!)
Evening by the Ofoten Fjord
Evening by the Ofoten Fjord (Please click image for mega-panorama)
Another Clear Day
Not much sunlight left (Click the image for a mega-panorama!)
Northern Light – Panorama
Unfortunately the tripod was a little wobbly – but I can assure you – the show was absolutely spectacular, at least just as beautiful as two nights ago – maybe even better!
Nordlys - Northern Lights - Aurora borealis (please click the image for full resolution!)
More from tonight’s Northern Lights Show
Northern Lights above the Ofoten Fjord ( seen towards South-West)
Northern Lights above the Ofoten Fjord 2 (seen towards South-West)
Northern Lights above the Ofoten Fjord 3 (seen in a West by South-Westerly direction)
Last shimmer of daylight in the North
In 20 days there is no sunshine and most of the day is pitch black until 13th of January. Around Christmas there is just an hour or two of twilight. The rest of the day it is totally black. In that perspective I must say the electricity producers should be ashamed of themselves. They practically give away industrial electricity to neighbor countries like Sweden and Denmark for free, while old, poor people in Norway freeze to death during the winter because they cannot pay the electricity bill. Shame on you!
Sometimes I get a feeling that the owners of the energy companies and politicians almost hate the people they are here to serve. There is a widespread nepotism in this society that will devour it unless it is stopped. To build a good society, both heart and mind must communicate with each other in the decision makers. Today it more or less seems that the only thing they are interested in is their own reelection, their own benefits and their own pension. That is no way to govern a society.
Well, we still have got the beautiful nature – for now…
Last Shimmer of Daylight in the North
All the Saints Day
All Saints Evening - Narvik Cemetery
My mother got it mixed up a bit. She thought that Halloween coincided with the Norwegian equivalent “Alle Helgens Dag” – all the Saints Day. It didn’t. Alle Helgens Dag was today, so in line with the tradition we went to the cemetery this evening and lit a few candles on the grave of my beloved father and grandma and grandpa. Everything was so silent in the snow. I really miss them a lot. They were all such kind people. Especially my dad. We could talk about everything. It often ended up in the subjects philosophy, technology, natural sciences and politics. Funny, it seems that my arguments persuaded him several times about what was the right thing to do. Even though he could be head-strong from time to time, he always listened to me and I to him. The best father-son relationship ever!
More Pure Fish
Today there has been a lot of private work, and I have done some translations. Apart from all this, there has been some more campaigning on the Campaign for Pure Norwegian Fish, and luckily the main public service news-channel in Norway, NRK, still keeps the focus on food additives – which is really admirable! Signing off with Today’s Panorama:
Today's Panorama of the inner part of the Ofoten Fjord and Narvik (please click for a larger picture)
Halloween 2
The All-Saints-Evening first "Knask eller Knep" - Halloween "trick or treat"!
Wonder how the poor, little guy can see through his mask…!
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