{"id":1213,"date":"2011-09-21T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2011-09-21T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T12:27:09","slug":"disappointing-autumn-colors-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/disappointing-autumn-colors-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointing Autumn Colors in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was on a run with my dog in the nearby woods after work yesterday and remembered that last year at this time, I was not at home in Minnesota. \u00a0I was enjoying h\u00f8sten<\/strong> (the fall) in Troms\u00f8. \u00a0In fact, at exactly this time last year, I was returning from a jakttur<\/strong> (hunting trip). \u00a0I accompanied a friend and 8 of his friends in the jeger og fiskerforbund <\/strong>on a delightful adventure into the mountains of southern Troms<\/em> fylke<\/strong> (county), more accurately the municipality of Salangen<\/em>. \u00a0Den samme gruppen g\u00e5r p\u00e5 rypejakt hvert \u00e5r<\/strong> (The same group goes grouse hunting every year). \u00a0I believe the gang returned recently from this year\u00b4s jakt<\/strong>. \u00a0I\u00b4ll have to get the scoop. \u00a0From what I\u00b4m reading, rypejakt<\/strong> has suffered this year due to the consequences of the very v\u00e5t sommer<\/strong> (wet summer).<\/p>\n

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In Norway, the sommer sesong<\/strong> saw an unusually high amount of precipitation, which has had major impact p\u00e5<\/strong>\u00a0h\u00f8sten<\/strong>. \u00a0While dreary and wet, Norway om h\u00f8sten<\/strong> is typically stunningly beautiful with all of the different farger p\u00e5 tr\u00e6rne<\/strong> (color on the trees). \u00a0We Minnesotans enjoy the beautiful farger<\/strong> as well om h\u00f8sten,<\/strong> so I have complete empathy with the Norwegians\u00b4 lack of this very important part of h\u00f8st<\/strong>. \u00a0Besides the great lukter<\/strong> (smells) of harvest and b\u00e5l<\/strong> (fires), and the various h\u00f8st matretter<\/strong> that can now be enjoyed, the display of farger p\u00e5 tr\u00e6rne<\/strong> is something we look forward to om h\u00f8sten<\/strong>. \u00a0Without this, it almost feels like you go directly from sommer til vinter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The v\u00e5t sommer<\/strong> created the perfect atmosphere for a fungi that attacks bjerketr\u00e6r<\/strong> (birch trees). \u00a0Bjerketr\u00e6r<\/strong> leaves typically change from gr\u00f8nn<\/strong> (green) to gul<\/strong> (yellow) to orangsje<\/strong> (orange) before they fall off. \u00a0This year, the leaves turned directly from gr\u00f8nn<\/strong> to brun<\/strong> (brown) or gr\u00e5<\/strong> (gray) in late August and to make matters worse, the leaves completely fell off the trees. \u00a0So now, in mid-September when the leaves are supposed to be at their peak in terms of color variation and boldness, they are dull and disappointing. \u00a0Fortunately, there are still some tr\u00e6r<\/strong> that do have their leaves and the leaves are colorful. \u00a0Furthermore, the fungus that has hit bjerketr\u00e6r<\/strong> all the way up to Finnmark<\/em> fylke<\/strong> does not kill them; they will be healthy in the spring. \u00a0As the vakre farger<\/strong> (beautiful colors) om h\u00f8sten<\/strong> is a very key point of attraction, tourist hot spots will simply have to find other ways to entice tourists to visit om h\u00f8sten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In case you are traveling to Norway om h\u00f8sten<\/strong>, I shall suggest a few activities that you can pursue in the absence of the vakre h\u00f8st farger<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

–jakt etter b\u00e6r og sopp<\/strong> (hunt for berries and mushrooms) and lag noe som smaker godt<\/strong> (and make something that tastes good)!<\/p>\n

-enjoy hiking or camping in one of the following four national parks:\u00a0Jotunheimen, Rondane, Dovre and Dovrefjell- Sunndalsfjella<\/p>\n

–g\u00e5 p\u00e5 fisketur<\/strong> (go on a fishing trip-laks<\/strong> or salmon is of course one of the most popular…)<\/p>\n

-go river rafting<\/p>\n

-go on musk ox safaris\u00a0in the Dovrefjell region<\/p>\n

There are also many festivals across the country that one can participate in or attend. \u00a0I shall go into more detail about these in a later post. \u00a0Until then, enjoy whatever kind of v\u00e6r<\/strong> (weather) your h\u00f8st<\/strong> has brought you today. \u00a0Here in MN? \u00a0Drizzling and cool. \u00a0Off to Pennsylvania this morning where it is rainy and warm!<\/p>\n

PS the pictures in this post are from my time last year in Troms\u00f8 om h\u00f8sten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I was on a run with my dog in the nearby woods after work yesterday and remembered that last year at this time, I was not at home in Minnesota. \u00a0I was enjoying h\u00f8sten (the fall) in Troms\u00f8. \u00a0In fact, at exactly this time last year, I was returning from a jakttur (hunting trip). \u00a0I…<\/p>\n

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