Should you spend some days in a hospital - I can for sure recommend the regional Hospital Kalnes outside of Sapsborg in Norway. Spacious single rooms with a view to the water and forest landscape in the back and then the birds making the only sounds you can hear. Linked in: Sykehuset Østfold provides specialist health care services within somatic and mental health to the about 280 000 inhabitants of Østfold county. Sykehuset Østfold runs hospitals in Sarpsborg and Moss, and provides local mental health care services at five locations. November 2nd 2015 Sykehuset Østfold Fredrikstad reloca ..read more

A fine winter day around this old traditional cottage up in the mountains in Valdres. One of the app 400 000 cottages Norwegian love to use in their holidays at the sea or in the mountains ..read more

Last stop before the mountain is for many this little village, Bagn, along E16, app 2,5hrs outside of Oslo. You find a supermarket, a gasoline station a restaurant and some other small shops in a friendly environment in the village center. Camera iphone6+   Corel PS ..read more

I think there is some 400 000 cottages in Norway. Some by the sea but also many in the mountains. Most of the cottages is family owned and used inn all seasons. Here represented by one of them. Placed in the central Mountains in Norway North West. Situated by a private road that is kept open every weekend throughout the winter. This year there is plenty of snow  - very idyllic photo-wise ..read more

Our small cottage for our guest to our mountain place. A fine place for 2-4 persons for an overnight stay. Click in photo for larger version. iphome6+ with 4 photos stitched. PP in Corel PS pro ..read more

With app. 1 meter of snow on the roof at our mountain cottage it is time for the family to remove most of it. Still the snow is dry but later in the season with warmer weather the snow will fill with water and become several ton heavier maybe more than the roof can carry. Good alternative removing snow versus just skiing ..read more

After some snow in January it is a pleasure arriving at our cottage dressed for the winter. This is in the central part of Norway only some 3hrs drive from Oslo. We build this place 31 years ago. It still have the standard of that time. IE no electricity but 12V current from 2 solar panels. Water from an outside well (working the whole year also in the winter as we get the water from ca. 6 m under the soil surface (under the frost level)). Via SMS vi can before arrival start up our Wallas oven and arrive to a warm and cosy cottage even when there is -20C as it was this day. Along the privat ..read more

A beautiful day along E16 on my way from Oslo to my mountain cottage 3 hrs Northwest of  Oslo in the popular region Valdres. Up here there is plenty with snow on this rather cold day with some -25C / -13F. Lot of ice and snow in the road - but no problem for my small 4 WD Suzuki SUV ..read more

Typical January morning in this little village SouthEast of Oslo. At this morning there was some -5C - app. the same as you have in your refrigator. This season the snow and the temperature is going up and down from day to day like a lift, Part of our new winter season under the present environment changes ..read more

Even in the winter there is several opportunities for a sigthseeing in our capitol. Being at sea or at land.  Here a photo from Aker Brygge where an old traditional small freight ship is coming back from a one hours tour in the Oslo Harbour. Oslo Townhall seen between some anchored boats at Aker Brygge Camera: iphone6+ PP: Paintshop Pro ..read more