Trondheim – Countryside Views

We stayed for a week last August in a house on the water about a 20 minute drive outside of Trondheim, Norway.

We did some walks nearby, amongst the rolling farmland, when I had a bit of energy (I had fallen sick early in the trip). Here are some shots I took of the quintessential Norwegian countryside and some porcine pals.

Farm compound and crops
A pretty fancy treehouse
A peeking, old farmhouse
Another peeking farmhouse, in better condition, with rapeseed crop
Covered seating near a school in the countryside
Needing a coat of paint… or two
Barn, tractors and grain
Happy pigs running over to greet me
All lined up in a nice row
Silly pigs!
Hay balls on the left, grazing happy-cows on the right
Looks ready for harvest to me
Birds on a wire (swallows!)
Someone picking some berries

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  3. Trondheim is close to my heart. I am wondering if this farm was anywhere near Øysand? It is in the fjord outside of Trondheim. The barns and style of old house look similar.
    And that tree house! Oh If I was a kid again a treehouse next to a forest would be so much fun!

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    1. We were on the coast west of the city about halfway between Trondheim and a tiny place called Rye, if you can find that on a map. The farms definitely characterize one aspect of Norway, they are lovely and colorful with happy sheep and cows and that green (or brilliant yellow of rapeseed) is so lush under a Norwegian sky.

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      1. I found Rye on the map. Oysand was further south but not that further around the coastline from Rye, so I guess the farms are quite similar archtecturally speaking, in that area.
        I agree it is a scenic area especially in summer with very harmonious colour schemes. Trondheim really often the visitor so much. Did you see that wonderful cafe in Bakklandet – over the old bridge from Nidaros – Skydstadstion or similar. I was last there in 2016 so it is a while ago, but I remember the cafe was crammed full of embroideries on the walls and embroidered cushions. Very sweet.

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      2. Seems we were quite close in our visits outside Trondheim. I will say that I find the character of Norwegian farms to be quite similar in all of the exploring we’ve done over the years no matter the region. I’m sure I’ve been to the cafe you remember in past visits. But there have been a couple of new neighborhoods built in the last few years so we explored those cafes (we are a cafe-culture family) on our latest visit (the images from this post are from August 2024 but we were just in Trondheim a week and a half ago and will be back through this upcoming weekend on the way home from our current trip to the Helgeland area).

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      3. The farms seemed mostly similar to me, but I did spot some differences. Ostfold seemed more Swedish in construction. Around Hamar and Brumendal there were larger farms that had barns with a tårn- (Bell tower). And the Numedal valley featured so many stabburs and older styled farmsteads. My friend’s farm at Oysand had a white building identical to the abandoned one you featured plus a barn identical to the one in your post. The main house was a litlle different- more of a modern construction with siding. Plus there was a boat house on the fjord.
        Helgeland is more northerly than I have been in Norway. I look forward to reading about it in a future post.

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