Right now, each day has six fewer minutes of daylight than the one before.  On the Winter Solstice, December 21, the day will be four and a half hours long, with the sun rising at 10 AM. The average temperature in Trondheim drops until February, where it bottoms out just below freezing (it’s much colder […]

Gavin and Allison Fall Down is a recurring series where we try Norwegian winter sports and recount our shortcomings for your amusement. This week: Ski Jumping.   The Granåsen ski jumping park is located 20 minutes southwest of Trondheim by bus. The main attractions are the K-90 and K-124 hills, and competition can be viewed from […]

Welcome to Gavin and Allison Fall Down, a recurring series where we try Norwegian winter sports and recount our shortcomings for your amusement. In this inaugural column, we bring you curling. We came across the Trondheim Curlingklubb while doing research on activities we could do with our friend Peyton when she came to visit, with […]

We’ve moved!  This apartment was furnished to us thanks to the frankly extraordinary NTNU International Researchers Support office, who provide support, the språk kafe, and social events for the non-Norwegians in the NTNU community. Our apartment is newly renovated, after being taken back from student housing/condemned.  Apparently, it used to be quite the party building.  Google […]

Mac Mason and Susanna Ricco are among our most intrepid friends. Mac, who has been previously featured on this blog as the other stoic roboticist, is an Alaska native who regularly climbs glaciers, fights off bears, and lets his friends shoot his high-powered handguns, (which may or may not be wise). Susanna was a college […]