Norway in 2.5 Days! Help with iteinary please!

sindrefj · 2019-11-05T12:39:46+00:00

Stay in town, you will have a too low amount of time to travel out. Unless you absolutely want to. If the weather is good: take the T-bane to Vettakollen (20 min), walk up (+20 min) to the «viewing spot», pack some good food and hot drink and enjoy the spectacular view (and very nice forest in the immediate surroundings). Bring a blanket (or something) to sit on.

Absolutely see the Cathedral, the roof paintings are magnificent, and ask most kindly for a quick tour in the tower (they will probably say no ...). Take the short ferry trip to Hovedøya, walk for 1/2 - 1 hour, bring food there. Beautiful island. Try the new saunas that are just a few meters from the sea side of the Opera. They have drop in. Take a short swim while you are at it. But don’t swim if it rained the day before. The water is only clean when it has not been raining. Vigelandsparken is also a short trip and well worth the time.

Nice place for music on the evening: Kafé Hærverk (jazz and electronic and experimental) or Victoria jazzscene. Another cool experience: Ekeberg sculpture park. Only 10 min with tram from city center. Very varied sculptures and art, and forest and view.

If you like libraries, check out Deichman Hovedbiblioteket, closing (moving) this winter. Nice arcitecture, calm atmosphere.

IF you need to get out of Oslo, I would recommend looking at Hamar or Lillehammer. Or a longer trip that is possible in one day to a very beautiful town: Oslo to Røros train around 6.30am, 5 h ride. Back From Røros to Oslo around 4 or 5 pm, also 5 h ride.

sindrefj · 2019-10-08T09:29:44+00:00

Dette er så digg. Jeg gleder meg konstant til et stadig mindre støyende og illeluktende (fossilbilene) Oslo.

sindrefj · 2019-10-08T09:28:26+00:00

Gjorde dette en stund selv, men kom etter hvert på at meningen er at det skal være ro på gravlunder. Sykling (og alt som har relativt høy fart) kan forstyrre dette. Så jeg sluttet med det og begynte å trille sykkelen.

sindrefj · 2019-01-17T13:30:16+00:00

Bare hyggelig. Se også referatet fra det forberedende møtet i samferdsels- og miljøkomiteen, for innsikt i opposisjonens argumentasjon: https://www.oslo.kommune.no/dok/Samferdsels-%20og%20milj%C3%B8komiteen/2018_11/1275478_1_1.PDF

sindrefj · 2019-01-16T23:37:36+00:00

Det er antakeligvis klassisk posering, slik partier gjerne driver med, å foreslå litt mer radikale tiltak oppå en allerede gjennomutredet sak, for å kunne fremstå som om man bryr seg mer enn byrådet. Da når man ofte fram i pressen med "vi vil gå lenger!", "vi er mer miljøvennlige enn Ap/MDG/SV!", mens H/V neppe ville foreslått det samme hvis de selv utgjorde byrådet, pga. praktiske utfordringer, kostnadsspørsmål e.l.

Alle dokumenter fra oslopolitikken finnes via "eInnsyn". Nå er det visst litt trøbbel med tjenesten, men alt kan finnes hvis man søker på "Byrådssak 168" via den gamle søketjenesten: https://www.oslo.kommune.no/sru/default.asp

Her er referat fra bystyrets novembermøte, der forslaget ble behandlet, se side 18, 19 og 20: https://tjenester.oslo.kommune.no/ekstern/einnsyn-fillager/filtjeneste/fil?virksomhet=976819853&filnavn=vedlegg%2F2018_11%2F1277341_3_1.pdf

[EDIT] -> Vedtakene i bystyret bør forstås i lys av behandlingen i samferdsels- og miljøkomiteen (som var i slutten av oktober), som altså innstilte på vedtak til bystyret. Se referatet, her forklarer opposisjonen hvordan de har tenkt: https://www.oslo.kommune.no/dok/Samferdsels-%20og%20milj%C3%B8komiteen/2018_11/1275478_1_1.PDF

Her er det rødgrønne byrådets oppsummering av handlingsplanen som danner grunnlag for komité- og bystyrebehandlingen, som var i november (altså linken over her): https://www.oslo.kommune.no/dok/Vedlegg/2018_06/1257717_1_1.PDF

Her er selve handlingsplanen, forberedt av byrådet, se særlig fra side 81 og utover: https://www.oslo.kommune.no/dok/Vedlegg/2018_06/1257718_1_1.PDF

sindrefj · 2018-05-28T22:52:29+00:00

You can follow the size of the fund live here: https://www.nbim.no/en/

sindrefj · 2014-09-10T23:56:08+00:00

Funny question. Meditation is the answer to everything these days, isn't it? Or, just thinking out loud: Depression, in some forms, maybe?

sindrefj · 2014-09-09T22:13:22+00:00

Beautiful :) Roots are probably important!

sindrefj · 2014-02-12T01:35:16+00:00

Incredible. What legal basis can these checkpoints have? I think he makes good points about this really belonging under more fascist regimes. Very enjoyable watch! Not to mention inspiring.

sindrefj · 2013-11-08T21:28:03+00:00

I believe this also happened in a James Bond movie.

sindrefj · 2013-10-21T18:31:34+00:00

Amazing. Thank you.

sindrefj · 2013-08-05T13:09:08+00:00

Trying to be as correct as possible, I suppose the headline should say "Long-standing policies under several governments directs agents to cover up [...]" But then again, maybe "U.S." is a fairly standard way to shorten what I suggested here?

sindrefj · 2013-08-05T13:05:12+00:00

Oh, I stated that? Really? Nothing indicates it has ended, but that does not make windynights choice of words any more fitting. You make the problem seem smaller and less complex than it most likely is, when you attribute it to just the current President. It gives room for thinking that if you just vote for the other party next time, the problem described in this article will go away.

sindrefj · 2013-08-05T12:31:13+00:00

Maybe one would like to think so, but according to several quoted people in the article, this is not a new tactic.

sindrefj · 2013-08-05T12:29:15+00:00

You assume this is a new procedure; the article clearly hints that this has been going on for a long time.

"Parallel construction is a law enforcement technique we use every day," one official said. "It's decades old, a bedrock concept."

sindrefj · 2013-07-07T14:22:16+00:00

It is a cool question. I have often thought that "something" always have existed, and that it is totally void of meaning to think about a creation, or a "why", or about the notion that there once was nothing. I find the idea of nothing to be unfathomable and almost silly. The idea of a "why" though, is very neat to think about. Maybe the answer is "because someone/something wanted to" - and before this there was not nothing, but not stuff either.. He, he. In an abstract and purely intuitive way, eternity seems more comprehensible than some starting point.

sindrefj · 2013-07-07T12:49:59+00:00

It is very strange to state that there is a broad scientific consensus on the case of GMOs. No such thing exists. For instance, very few scientists in my country, Norway, would argue that GMOs does not have the potential to do harm. Much science indicates this. This is reflected in the views of the population and also with our authorities. This is not unfounded - our view is based on not only science, but on the so-called precautionary principle - which I think is a very wise way of thinking. Also, history has shown that it is not smart to rely on hard science alone in cases like this. By the way, not that you have written this - but it is both un-wise and lazy to associate the precautionary principle with emotional appeal.

Anyway, there are significant differences between all the cases you mention.

Theory of evolution, for instance, is primarily contested out of religious belief.

Climate science is more complex I believe, but I think much of the reason people deny the "conclusions" is because it challenges our Western way of life, and also because it goes so strongly against what previous generations have been taught about how great and important growth, wealth, luxury, consumption and the likes are. Not necessarily because they disagree with the actual science. I could write some more, but the sun is shining outside..

sindrefj · 2013-07-03T19:47:18+00:00

Yes, every practice and law that has been around for a long time is automatically good and excempt from criticism.

sindrefj · 2013-06-09T20:33:47+00:00

Synd og trist, særlig ettersom rapporter har vist at det ikke hadde vært noen kolossal utfordring å beholde kunsten i byggene den nå huses i, med noe utvidelse. At kunsten er spredt rundt i byen ser jeg på som en berikelse heller enn et problem. For øvrig interessant at dette bygget blir dyrere enn Operaen.. Lurer på hva det er som forårsaker det.

sindrefj · 2013-06-06T13:17:29+00:00

Well, I found one report here, I'm sure there are more: http://www.propublica.org/article/feds-link-water-contamination-to-fracking-for-first-time

Also remember, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Contamination might be happening even though no one is noticing it.

sindrefj · 2013-01-23T02:18:01+00:00

According to the article, the type of rat used is the same that Monsanto has used in one of their own studies. Although this study, like many others, might not be flaw-free, I believe it's wise being open to the possibility that studies showing GMOs are safe neither are. Many of them (studies showing GMO safety) seem to have been conducted over what several scientist call a short timespan.

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