{"id":2000,"date":"2014-10-31T23:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T23:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2014-10-31T23:50:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T23:50:34","slug":"a-trip-to-trondheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-trip-to-trondheim\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to Trondheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Huse<\/a>Trondheim<\/b> [TRONN-hime] is the third-largest city of Norge<\/b> (following Bergen and Oslo). I recently had the chance to visit it and thought I\u2019d share a bit of denne vakre byen<\/b> (this beautiful city) with you.<\/p>\n

Trondheim is the capital of Tr\u00f8ndelag<\/b>, a historical region that links the remote Nordnorge<\/b> (Northern Norway) to the rest of the country. In a way, it\u2019s the true centre of Norway. Vikingene<\/b> (the Vikings) made it their capital. Den norske kongen<\/b> (the Norwegian king) is still sworn in here. The kroner<\/b> (crowns) of den norske kongefamilien<\/b> (the Norwegian royal family) are being kept here.<\/p>\n

Many people come to Trondheim in order to experience Nidarosdomen<\/b>, a huge cathedral. (The name means \u201dthe Nidaros cathedral\u201d, Nidaros being an old name for Trondheim.) It was built on top of the grav<\/b> (grave) of Olav den hellige<\/b> (Olav the Holy), the<\/i> most important Norwegian saint. (In the Middle Ages, Norway was a Catholic country, and had saints like Mexico or Italy.)<\/p>\n

There are many students in Trondheim, partially because of NTNU, a huge university specialising in natural sciences. This of course means that there are a lot of things going on in the city, from the bustling beer halls of Samfundet<\/b> [SAMfunneh] \u2013 a students\u2019 cultural house \u2013 to the romantic, uptown caf\u00e9s of Bakklandet<\/b>. This doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019ll find students\u2019 prices here, though. I generally found the city to be really expensive. For instance, a night in a vandrerhjem<\/b> [VANdreryem] (youth hostel) dorm cost me about 350 Kroner, more than 50 American Dollars.<\/p>\n

\"Nidarosdomen.<\/a>

Nidarosdomen. Courtesy of Jan Hammershaug at Flickr<\/a> (Creative-Commons Licence).<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve only been to Trondheim p\u00e5 h\u00f8sten<\/b> (in Autumn\/Fall), which is a season that suits it well. Trehusene<\/b> (the wooden houses) on both sides of Nidelva (the river Nid) are the perfect match for all the colourful leaves. Nidelva, which gave Trondheim its old name Nidaros (\u201dthe Nid estuary\u201d) runs into Trondheimsfjorden.<\/p>\n

There are lots of cosy restaurants and pubs in Trondheim, and several museums, such as Rockheim<\/b>, Norway\u2019s national museum of popular music!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s up with all this -heim<\/b> stuff? Heim<\/b> means home, and Trondheim is the \u201dhome\u201d of the people known as tr\u00f8ndere<\/b>. (In Norwegian Bokm\u00e5l and Danish the word for home is hjem<\/b>, which is why you\u2019ll also see the name spelt Trondhjem<\/b>.) Many Norwegians outside Tr\u00f8ndelag still view tr\u00f8ndere<\/b> as a bit different. I guess this is because their dialect is very distinct and a bit hard to understand if you\u2019re not used to it. Tr\u00f8ndere<\/b> sometimes end their phrases with sj\u00f8 <\/b>[shir], which is short for skj\u00f8nner du<\/b> (you see).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Trondheim [TRONN-hime] is the third-largest city of Norge (following Bergen and Oslo). I recently had the chance to visit it and thought I\u2019d share a bit of denne vakre byen (this beautiful city) with you. Trondheim is the capital of Tr\u00f8ndelag, a historical region that links the remote Nordnorge (Northern Norway) to the rest of…<\/p>\n

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