Trondheim, the 3rd largest city in Norway, is only a 1.5 hour drive from the Tautra monastery, so I decided to spend a day visiting. A famous tourist attraction midway between the two locations is the small town of Hell; I couldn't resist stopping and spending an hour taking photos and chuckling. Yes, there are lots of "Hell" jokes to be found in the following captions.....
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| My GPS located Hell! |
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| Humorous roof-top sculpture |
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| The beautiful fjord |
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| The road to hell |
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| Hell gym (probably pretty motivational) |
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| Hell shopping center (aren't they all) |
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| The train station schedule (there's no way out of Hell, at least between midnight and 4 am) |
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| The famous station sign |
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| The time in Hell |
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| I also visited the stone age rock carvings in Hell |
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| The rock face |
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| The two large reindeer carvings |
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| Covered mailboxes |
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| I arrive in Trondheim (also spelled Trondhjem) |
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| The first street sign I came across |
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| Roofline |
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| 1811 Pharmacy |
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| Walking through downtown |
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| Silversmith since 1770 |
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| Cathedral sculpture |
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| Trondheim manhole cover |
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| The back of the cathedral |
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| Gargoyle waterspouts |
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| The neighboring old archbishop's palace (now a museum) |
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| Cathedral close-up |
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| The amazing Nidaros Cathedral, the northernmost medieval cathedral (built from 1070 - 1300) |
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| You are here |
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| Nidaros angel warrior |
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| I liked both the sculpture and truck's logo |
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| Trondheim's famous colorful buildings on the river Nidelva |
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| The bridge information |
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| The Old Town Bridge |
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| Kristiansten Fortress, which overlooks Trondheim from the East |
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| The view toward the fjord |
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| The fortress from below |
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| The view toward the cathedral |
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| Cozy Trondheim house |
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| An automatic bike lift, for the steepest street in the city! |
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| Contemplating the river |
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| A colorful Trondheim street |
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| "The Last Viking" statue |
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| The statue information |
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| The ferry pier |
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| Relaxing before the next boat trip |
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| Trondheim cross-stitch patterns for sale |
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| Pier restaurant |
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| The fish-hall menu |
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| The train station |
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| My train ticket to Hell |
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| A bonus at the end of the day: an island castle I stumbled upon driving back to the monastery |
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| Steinvikholm Castle, from the 16th century |
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| Castle information |
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| The rickety wooden bridge (and one of my favorite photos from today) |
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| The view from the castle |
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| A castle tower (the castle is only open on special occasions, so I just walked around it) |
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| A lone fisherman |
