Towns

Norwegian towns are nicely sized. Oslo, it must be admitted, is a little on the large side. I’m not terribly fond of big cities, and Oslo – though ‘big city’ is hardly correct in world-wide terms – with its population of roughly 1 million, is definitely too big to cycle across (unless you’re mad, obviously). I survive by living close enough to the centre that I can walk (though I prefer the tram). I would have liked to be able to cycle to work, but I can deal with the bus because one can read on the bus.

Trondheim is probably where I ought to be living. It’s such a nice comfortable size. It’s currently the fourth largest town in Norway (the order being Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim), but even Bergen and Stavanger are pretty comfortably sized. Still, Trondheim’s better. My parents living there helps, obviously. For webcam action from Trondheim and the surrounding area, go to Adresseavisa.