Post on 18-Dec-2015
Norway, a Scandinavian country with about 4,525,000 inhabitants, has a long, narrow strip of land where the sea penetrates and draws a myriad of fjords, islands
and islets.
Bergen, the 2nd. largest city in Norway after Oslo, has about 250,000 inhabitants, is surrounded by 7 mountains, and it´s considered the rainiest city in
Europe
Aalessund - the world capital of cod. The city was fishing, and established itself as the largest export
center of seafood from all over Norway
The great pioneers in the consumption of cod were the Vikings, who discovered the fish. They started to dry it outdoors (at the
time there was no salt) until hard - losing about a fifth of its weight - in order to consume " it to pieces during their long sea voyages.
Oslo, capital of Norway, was founded long after the Viking Age. With more than 900 years of history, the city was
built at the head of a fjord.
Vigeland Park - Oslo, a real open air museum, where more than 150 groups of sculptures in iron, bronze and
granite, designed by Gustav Vigeland.