While we were sleeping our boat docked in Trondheim for 6 hours to unload and load freight, for debarking and embarking passengers, for tours of Trondheim. Trondheim and Trondelag were major players in the history of Norway long ago. We will be stopping at Trondheim for three days at the end of our Hurtigruten tour, so will provide more coverage then.
We managed to get up to the Panorama Bar on Level 8 ahead of the mob this morning, and grabbed good seats for the departure from Trondheim. The downside of this was that it was laundry day, and the laundry is on Level 3. And it wasn’t clear how to work the dryers…. So Sheila made a number of trips up and down 5 flights of stairs. Meanwhile, Lars got HIS exercise walking from one end of the ship to the other, taking photos.
FYI each photo can be enlarged my clicking on it.
The land and seaways around Trondheim are extensively developed. Land areas suitable for farming are often well developed, including wind turbines generating electricity.
Lighthouses have a long history in Norway. The white lighthouse is a historical one, built in 1808, whereas the red lighthouse dates from sometime in the 1900s. Both were automated in the 1980s.
The first picture of the red lighthouse shows one of the many, many areas replete with low rocky islands and rocky shallows
Then we came to a “thread the needle” area where the large ship has to pass through a narrow slot, 42 meters wide, with only a few meters to spare.
Then the boat must pass under a low bridge and make a 90 degree turn to left.
And the day ended with clearing sky and a wonderful sunset! Red sky at night, sailor’s delight!
Now the Northern Lights need only to reward us with nice displays over a cloud-free sky!
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