{"id":10368,"date":"2017-09-30T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/?p=10368"},"modified":"2017-09-30T17:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:16:21","slug":"norway-august-20-30-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/norway-august-20-30-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway — August 20-30, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

We flew from Amsterdam to Norway on August 20, and were met at the Kristiansand airport by Lars Helge and Tove in one car, and Rasmus and Kari in another, since we were four with luggage.   We all gathered for an official welcoming and dinner at the home of Rasmus and Kari, where we four Americans would stay during our time in Kristiansand.<\/p>\n

Sailing<\/h2>\n

The next day Rasmus took us all out for a sailing cruise through some of the waters around Kristiansand.  We stopped for a time at Bragd\u00f8ya, an island in the archipelago in the Kristiansandsfjorden, just south of Kristiansand.  The island has been owned by the municipality of Kristiansand since 1969 when they bought it with a government grant as a public open space. It was purchased with the requirement that the islands would be a recreational space for the city. During the summer, the island is used as grazing land for sheep.<\/p>\n

We saw the sheep, but we were especially interested in the works of Bragd\u00f8ya Kystlag<\/i>, a voluntary association which aims to preserve local maritime culture along the coast.The warehouse complex of the Bragd\u00f8ya Coastal Heritage Centre contained many interesting examples of restoration and authentic reproduction using traditional tools and methods.<\/p>\n\n\t\t