Author Archives: Jerzy

Along Aker River

Aker River (Akerselven) is a river which flows through Oslo. It starts at Maridalsvannet in Oslomarka, and follows the urban areas, whereby it finally ends at Oslo fjord. The entire river is about 8.2 kilometers long, and has a difference in elevation between source and mouth of approximately 149 meters. Earlier, the river gave power to numerous industry companies in

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Dikeelva Nature Reserve

Dikeelva Nature Reserve is situated in Birkenes municipality into county of Aust-Agder. A nature reserve is the strictest form of protection under the Nature Conservation Act in Norway. The protection in no way hinders access to the area, provided due consideration is taken. The purpose of protection is to save a forest area as an

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The tall ships races 2015

Starting in port Belfast, the fleet will race north past the Outer Herbrides and Shetland Islands and across to Aalesund in Norway.  From there the fleet will enjoy a magical cruise in company through the Norwegian fjords to Kristiansand, before the final race down to Aalborg in Denmark. Totally 82 sailboats visiting Kristiansand. Kristiansand 25-28

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On top of the world

A one of my best, five stars picture, I placed on foto.no for comments, picture is here:  https://foto.no/i/1016712. I hope for some response. The picture was taken on the top of Gaustatoppen 1883 m – May 2014. The person on the picture is my daughter. Gaustatoppen or Gausta located above Rjukan in Tinn municipality and partly

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Château de la Hulpe – Autumn

It was sunny and colorful  Sunday at Château de la Hulpe. This lovely place is only 10 km from Brussels. The château was built by the Marquis de Béthune about the year 1840. In the late 19th century, the house and estate were acquired by Ernest Solvay, and have since been known as the Domaine Solvay.

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