Photochromes of N&B

[FREKI]

Man Norwegians really like to live close to the water eh..

[cphdude]

Originally Posted by FREKI

What is it with Norwegians and fire :ohno

Great comparisons btw mate!

Probably hard to navigate firetrucks up there...

[IceCheese]

There actually are roads there, as this 1842 painting shows...

[sapmi]

Originally Posted by FREKI

Man Norwegians really like to live close to the water eh..

It,s pretty hard to avoid the water in Norway eh...

[FREKI]

Originally Posted by sapmi

It,s pretty hard to avoid the water in Norway eh...

Sure but living 3m from it at the same height, seems a bit risky - weren't flooding a problem back then - it sure was in Denmark ( and still is in the western parts with strong winds )

[Þróndeimr]

Norway (Northern Norway and Svalbard)
Syv Søstre (Seven Sisters mountains) in Nordland


Hestmannøy in Nordland


Svartisen glacier


City of Bodø


Nordlands boat


Town of Kabelvåg


Town of Svolvær


Svolvær in Lofoten


Raftsundet


Lofoten scenery at Raftsund


Raftsund


Raftsund


City of Harstad


City of Tromsø


Kjosen in Lyngen


Lyngseidet


Lyngen mountains


Whale station




Sami family


Path up to Nordkapp


At Nordkapp (North cape)


Ice near Svalbard

Originally Posted by FREKI

Sure but living 3m from it at the same height, seems a bit risky - weren't flooding a problem back then - it sure was in Denmark ( and still is in the western parts with strong winds )

I guess coastal Danes isn't half as masters in hard living as coastal Norwegians is when even the bad weather in western Denmark is half as bad as in coastal Norway!

[FREKI]

Originally Posted by Þróndeimr

I guess coastal Danes isn't half as masters in hard living as coastal Norwegians is when even the bad weather in western Denmark is half as bad as in coastal Norway!

Rough as the Norwegians may be, living under water has to be an unsustainable solution in the long run

I would think that the storms would fill up the fjords hence raise the water levels to above the normal ground level thus flodding the area..

[Mulefisk]

Originally Posted by FREKI

Rough as the Norwegians may be, living under water has to be an unsustainable solution in the long run

I would think that the storms would fill up the fjords hence raise the water levels to above the normal ground level thus flodding the area..

Fjords are unseparated from the ocean, so no. That wouldn't happen.

[IceCheese]

Ssshh!! You don't want to ruin his Danish childhood believes of Limfjorden, which actually isn't a real fjord! It's like telling a child that Santa Claus doesn't exists!

[Mexicola]

This thread is awesome. We need more pics.

[repLica]

Massive thread, thanks!

[joamox]

Originally Posted by FREKI

Rough as the Norwegians may be, living under water has to be an unsustainable solution in the long run

I would think that the storms would fill up the fjords hence raise the water levels to above the normal ground level thus flodding the area..

I guess these villages mainly lived off fishing and they wanted to live close to their boathouses. They are shielded by the worst of nature by being tucked away in some fjord. A storm wouldnt raise waves by that much in these protected circumstances, nor is the tide much of a problem in these parts of the world. That would be guess for why the villages could be so close to the water

[Þróndeimr]

Finland
The Russian cathedral and the harbor, Helsingfors


The quay, Helsingfors


Monument of Alexander II, Helsingfors


The new cathedral, Helsingfors


The church, Helsinky


The rapids toward the pavillion, Imatra


The rapids from the bridge, Imatra

[Þróndeimr]

Latvia
Panorama by the quay, Riga


Railway Bridge, Riga


The quay, Riga


The Polytechnic, Riga


From the cathedral, Riga


Theatre and promenade, Riga


Kalkstrasse and the promenade, Riga


(La Suisse de Livonie from Cremon, (i.e., Crimea?), Latvia)

[Mexicola]

Is Latvia in Scandinavia? It's journey and not jurney btw.

[Þróndeimr]

And for quality, here are some larger exemples of the photochromes showing how good these 'pictures' actually are.

[Þróndeimr]

Originally Posted by Mexicola

Is Latvia in Scandinavia? It's journey and not jurney btw.

As i said in the post where i start with Finland, "I will rename this thread now since i found some more photochromes." So please give me a few seconds to call Swede so he can change the title ASAP before more forumers tell me i am all wrong about what is Scandinavia and so on!

But thanks for reminding me about journey, been a bad habit since school i guess.

[Ton-Tille]

Very interesting where do you find these pics? I would like to see more of them!

[Þróndeimr]

Originally Posted by Ton-Tille

Very interesting where do you find these pics? I would like to see more of them!

You can find them in this archive: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pgzhtml/pgzabt.html

But its really messy in there, many of the photchromes haven't been scanned yet either, and some are of really poor quality. All avaliable photochromes from N&B countries have been posted in this thread now. If you want to see loads of others from Europe and USA (some pics from Middel East and Russia) you can search in that page.

[satama]

Originally Posted by Þróndeimr

This is Finland

"The church"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...801usmalla.jpg

Not from Finland but from Poland, Warsaw as it reads in the bottom of the card.