Skåning in Norway 2: the last day of movember

Skåning in Norway 2: the last day of movember: Another day another moustache. The last month I have sported a new famous stache every day. (Do you remember the one from the 5th of Novembe...

Skåning in Norway 2: let me guide you to the purple skies

Skåning in Norway 2: let me guide you to the purple skies: I only wanted to see you... There's (almost) a song everywhere. Another colourful morning at the home office.

Skåning in Norway 2: it was 20 years ago today

Skåning in Norway 2: it was 20 years ago today: We played our first gig, warming up for the brilliant Eggstone at a "keep the kids away from the street" concert (because of the traditional...

Skåning in Norway 2: postman pat came by

Skåning in Norway 2: postman pat came by: Home office today. A different world. I discover what happens during the day. Like the post being delivered. Where's Pat?

Skåning in Norway 2: it's not begining to look a lot like christmas

Skåning in Norway 2: it's not begining to look a lot like christmas: Our neighbourhood Christmas tree will be lit on Sunday to mark the first day of Advent. Will there be snow on Sunday?

Skåning in Norway 2: yesterday's news

Skåning in Norway 2: yesterday's news: Forgotten on the sidewalk. Both literally and metaphorically.

Skåning in Norway 2: home office morning

Skåning in Norway 2: home office morning: The flu spreads from colleague to colleague at work + I have too much work that needs 100 % concentration and no small-talk-interruptions. ...

Skåning in Norway 2: what if?

Skåning in Norway 2: what if?: The insurance company If is situated right next to a roundabout with heavy traffic. Loction, location, location.

Skåning in Norway 2: today's colour template

Skåning in Norway 2: today's colour template: Yucky green wall and puky yellow chairs. Trendy or tasteless?

Skåning in Norway 2: gigantic snowballs

Skåning in Norway 2: gigantic snowballs: Indoor snowfall. Or are they just trendy lamps in a paperish material? Lamps. No fun.

Skåning in Norway 2: games before practice

Skåning in Norway 2: games before practice: Another evening by the ice. This time at Rud. What should have been 1,5 hours of bandy practice for Kristoffer ended up to be just 3...

Skåning in Norway 2: there's a tree in the temple

Skåning in Norway 2: there's a tree in the temple: This it what it looks like in late November afternoon daylight – the Christmas tree at the Temple of telecom. Oh, come let us adore it....

Skåning in Norway 2: december sickness

Skåning in Norway 2: december sickness: Everyone's coughing and sneezing. I hide in a quiet room. Don't wanna get sick with December just around the corner...

Skåning in Norway 2: monday night football

Skåning in Norway 2: monday night football: Evening practice. 2 hours. 1 vs. 1. + 2 degrees centigrade/Celsius.

Skåning in Norway 2: o come all ye faithful

Skåning in Norway 2: o come all ye faithful: They're preparing the Christmas tree at the Temple of telecom. Soon we will be celebrating, dancing and drinking. Glory, glory! It'...

Skåning in Norway 2: coming home is a poison i can't resist

Skåning in Norway 2: coming home is a poison i can't resist: Spending time "at home" is tough. I get a lot of energy from my old places but is at the same time drained both mentally and emotionally. ...

Skåning in Norway 2: the future is not what it used to be

Skåning in Norway 2: the future is not what it used to be: Saturday I spent an hour in my childhood Staffanstorp; "Staffanstorp - the municipality of the future". (Do municipalities really need a pay...

Skåning in Norway 2: driving like a snail

Skåning in Norway 2: driving like a snail: Had to return the car to Hertz this morning. It's just 3 km, but it took a lifetime. I hate queuing. And in addition snowrain. Sigh.

Skåning in Norway 2: many bridges to cross

Skåning in Norway 2: many bridges to cross: Went back north again today. Enjoy the architecture.

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark 3

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark 3: My friend Ole at Ariman last night. Before the underage kids took over the place.

Skåning in Norway 2: rate a restroom, recommend a restroom 2

Skåning in Norway 2: rate a restroom, recommend a restroom 2: A new restroom to be rated: Café Ariman. Rating: 2 (without the art: 1)

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark 2

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark 2: Security guard checking id's at Ariman. Areyou really over 18? I got away again.

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark

Skåning in Norway 2: lund after dark: Lund Cathedral yesterday evening. Light coming out from the towers.

Skåning in Norway 2: shabby wisdom for sale

Skåning in Norway 2: shabby wisdom for sale: If you haven't got any of your own – buy your words of wisdom at the shabby chic-store around the corner. You can fix the surface, but ...

Skåning in Norway 2: childhood memories

Skåning in Norway 2: childhood memories: Where I spent hours and hours and hours playing football. It's still green. Staffanstorp. At the end of Tenngjutarevägen.

Skåning in Norway 2: november crows

Skåning in Norway 2: november crows: Black crows on patrol. Typical Scanian/skånsk November. Grey, rainy. It's just the wind that's missing.

Skåning in Norway 2: in the midst of darkness

Skåning in Norway 2: in the midst of darkness: Took a walk around the old neighbourhood. Like walking in an oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich. Where are the two men? Where's the...

Skåning in Norway 2: romancing the tomato

Skåning in Norway 2: romancing the tomato: And apparently cheap..... or...? Isn't 19.90 for 1 tomato* rather expensive? Or do I get the entire cluster? Now we're talking! Love is never what it seems

Skåning in Norway 2: the deaf

Skåning in Norway 2: the deaf: The sign indicates that there's a school for the deaf just around the corner. But it looks like a jack. Plug and play. And walk. Lund...

Skåning in Norway 2: follow that bike

Skåning in Norway 2: follow that bike: Creative use of a bike. Showing the way to a vintage store. Lund, November 2012.

Skåning in Norway 2: getting ready for christmas

Skåning in Norway 2: getting ready for christmas: Smalltown street with smalltown decorations. Lund, November 2012.

Skåning in Norway 2: the crocodile, the sheep, the elephant and the gir...

Skåning in Norway 2: the crocodile, the sheep, the elephant and the gir...: An odd gang of four on a balcony in Lund. The crocodile eats the sheep. The elephant crushes the crocodile. While the giraffe loo...

Skåning in Norway 2: remember movember

Skåning in Norway 2: remember movember: The students at Kalmar Nation in Lund celebrate Movember. Nice to walk the streets of Lund again. If only for the weekend.

Skåning in Norway 2: my movember t-shirt: mount stachemore

Skåning in Norway 2: my movember t-shirt: mount stachemore: Bought at a Gap-store in Florida in July. If I remember correctly the designer is Swedish.

Skåning in Norway 2: the journey continues

Skåning in Norway 2: the journey continues: The original blog – Skåning in Norway – has used up all included storage. The adventure continues here. A new, delicate beginning... Agai...

the end is the beginning of a new era

The final SiN-post. Thank you for following. More SiN is on its way...

It's already gone live! The adventure continues.

holidays are coming

Pictures keep getting smaller. Can you spot the trailers traveling south on E6 last night?

Look out for "Skåning in Norway 2".

going south

Passing Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg, yesterday evening.

I have been informed that I have no more free space for pictures and need to upgrade (i e buy extra storage). Hmm...

god is a she

Today at the Tempel of telecom: "Men don't protect you anymore."

Voglio una donna...

Mene mene...

lights up my way and day

Going to work. A rainy and mistyish morning.

Thursday. Tonight I drive to Skåne. 560 km.

by the corner light

Everywhere there's a song.

Vor der Kaserne vor dem grossen Tor

Stand eine Laterne und steht sie noch davor

silly but it's true

Everywhere there's a song.

Bus stop. Please share my umbrella.

yellow smoke

The night is yellow.

And filled with smoke.

new day new possibilities blablablabla

Early morning. The Temple of telecom salutes you. Welcome to my world. My work. My worries

Some days you wake and immediately start to worry.

Well I didn't. Do now.

first wet then slippery

Bandy practice. The temperature is just above 0 degrees centigrade/Celsius. It's raining.

On the ground the rain quickly freezes – creating a thin, almost invisible, treacherous, icy surface. Just before the boys came off the ice I overheard a mother say to her husband: I hate November.

Well put.

bad branding: securitas mobile insecurity

On my way home today at about 4.10 PM I was just about to cross the street on a pedestrian crossing when a car flew by – just in front of my feet.

In Norway drivers must stop for pedestrians at pedestrian crossings, or they are fined NOK 5200 (US 900).

Illustration photo (taken at another crossing)

The driver turned his head and looked stupidly at me because, I guess, I disturbed him on his noble quest for not stopping at pedestrian crossings while going too fast in a 50 zone (yes, that too). Needless to say I didn't feel very safe and secure right then and there...

Paradoxly enough the car he was driving was branded with a huge "Securitas"-logo. Talk about not living the brand.

the temple after dark

The Temple of telecom by night. It's never too late to join.

What's your pleasure?

the voice of god

Early this morning at the Temple of telecom:

Mene mene...

last day of sun (according to the weather forecast)

Sunrise over the fjord. 

Ahead of us: At least one week of rain. Hard to believe on a morning like this.

two goals for today

I'm a simple man (with a simple plan):

1. Enjoy the sun. Check.

2. Play football. Check.

(Blogg about it.)

new sport today

Kristoffer played his first two handball matches. Lost one 10-15 and won one 12-8. Scored 4 goals (2 per match). OK after just one hour of practice.

christmas is slowly creeping up on us #4

Gingerbread man Bertil in a box.

Have a Berra Christmas.

(Berra = Swedish nickname for Bertil)

mad man flew sas

In today's edition of Norwegian daily Aftenposten there is an article about SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System). SAS are struggling financially and Aftenposten take a look at the good old days when flying wasn't just a means of transportation – in the 50' and 60's.

The silver haired gent in the top right corner looks very familiar...:

Mad Man Sterling? Crazy.

poor lonesome drivers

Rush hour traffic: After work.
There they are, the drivers. Lonely together in their cars. Going out of Oslo into the sunset.

I stick to walking, Walk don't queue!

straight to heaven

Or home?

Decisions, decisions. Thank God it's Friday.

sunset at the temple

The sun says good night at the Temple of telecom.

Time to go home. New offerings tomorrow. Mainly my brain.

sunrise at the temple

The sun says hello at the Temple of telecom.

Time to worship. Time to work.

the season is over

No one will sit here in winter. No managers will shout out orders. No substitutes will long to play. No one will hide their faces in shame. No one will celebrate a goal.

Soon everything will be covered by snow.

risin' above the factories and the fields

Really like this house that I pass on my way to and from work. Unfortunately the road is crowded with heavy traffic both in the morning and in the evening.

Years ago it must have been a dream to live here. Maybe it still is.

six years ago

Vor sechs Jahren.

Had just come back from Berlin.

My brain hurt like a warehouse.
Wie KaDeWe.

nice and nipponish

Wait in Japan. Relax in the sun.

The reception area, building L.

at times your unconscious is truer than your conscience mind

They worship Jung at the Temple of telecom.

Mene mene...

politics is used for personal gain...potential counts for nothing until it's realized

More word art at the Temple of telecom, Fornebu. Can you read the writing?

Mene mene...

no parking permitted

The lights are on in rounded buildings.

An architectural observation in the evening.

snow is gone (for now)

November morning by the Oslo fjord.

Monday monday.

close to the action

After I had driven Kristoffer to the game, I watched it on my Mac at home. I even caught a glimpse of Jesper. There he is, behind a Sogndal-player and one of the assistant referees.

The best ball boy in the world.

trophy jersey

Kristoffer came home with a trophy from tonight's game.

Ville Jalasto scored the second Stabæk-goal in their 2-1 victory against Sogndal.

last home game

Stabæk vs. Sogndal. Stabæk is stuck in last place, will finish last and will be relegated. But we hope for a win in the last home game this season.

Kristoffer is alone on the Junior Support tribune 25 minutes before kick off:

A true blue fan.

after rain

The sun came out behind heavy rain clouds.

Just in time for sunset.

november rainbow

It had been raining the whole day. Then at 3.30 pm it stopped.

Just like that.

bandy in drammen 3: the ghost car

Driving home from Drammen. The rain returned 15 minutes from home.

Looks like a ghost car in the middle of the picture (in fluorescent yellow).

bandy in drammen 2: the team

Stabæk 2002.

bandy in drammen: the game plan

Tactics before the first game.

4 games today: 4 2 2 0 15-9 8 (2-1, 3-3, 3-3, 7-2)

apocalyptic sale

Closing sale or is it just because it's 2012?

CC Vest, Lilleaker.

horny lady with a red bra

OK, I admit that was a speculative subject line. Correct but speculative.

As Christmas is just around the corner I wonder if this window exhibition (at Sandvika Storsenter just outside Oslo) might be inspired by dear old Rudolf.

It's time for a different kind of reindeer game.

a hard-boiled workplace

A round egg chair. In one of the labyrinth-like-corridors I've just started to explore. Gives me a Moonbase Alpha-Soalris-ish feeling.

A cozy place. You should just install a couple of speakers inside.

Will anyone miss it...?

a beutiful morning

Glad I'm walking. Not stuck in a queue. In a car.

3,2 km to work.

rate a restroom, recommend a restroom

I remember a restroom....

Is there a restroom blog? A guide? An app?

You're nearest public restroom... Restrooms with the highest score... Restrooms your friends like/recommend...

There are lots of mobile opportunities to aid people in need.

This particular restroom is in building E where I work. Score 6/10.

at work

Great architecture. Still having problems finding my way around though.

(And it's raining again.)