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C old Viking capital capitol T and the surrounding country of central Norway recently celebrated celebrated cele cele- the nine hundredth anniversary annIversary anniversary anni annI- of the death of Norway's patron Saint Olaf the king who e es established established Christianity in Europe's Europe s northwestern corner The city's name was officially changed a few months ago to its ancient designation tion but the Inhabitants are not unanimously pleased with the change and continues in partial nee Bie Modern Is la built on a 8 peninsula formed by the River Nid ld and end the fiord which indents in dents Norway Norway's west tout roast Its houses bouses are ore cheerful frame structures painted pointed In white or light colors with potted plants making colorful spots at fit their windows The royal palace alace e a huge white building Is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world The shops have haye many unusual wares for visitors lure Furs are sold and there is a demand for blue and silver fox polar bear and ermine Eiderdown quilts bear skin rugs embroideries carved caned wood souvenirs and sliver silver carved caned in old Norse orse designs are popular popular pop pop- pop ular filar with tourists Many Mony of the larger larg er shops are ore on Olaf street which was named after the towns town's founder Although it lies In the same tude tulle as southern Iceland has ties summers like those of England and Its winters are no more severe than those of Germany The river tad and the fiord cord are seldom frozen In summer BUmmer numerous trees and shrubbery shrub bel bery give liTe the town a semitropical appearance appearance appearance ap ap- which the visitor bad had not expected The long Arctic summer lummer daylight has hie its effect on the farmlands surrounding surrounding sur lur- rounding Often Otten there thre are two crops a year of produce which yields but one crop In to temperate cli cU mates Norse Norae Coronation Place was the coronation Place of ancient Norse ortie kings and the present king Haakon VII 11 was crowned there in 1000 1906 when th the union of Sweden and Norway was dissolved The city has a population of some Much of its U. life centers about the water front The ship building Industry is II brisk and there if is a I boat service between and nd Bergen and the North Cape Numerous Nu u serous fishing bouts boot come in with their cargoes oo of ot salted herring to be deposited In the tall quaint gabled warehouses which line the quays The loft lofty Gothic spires of Trond Trond- cathedral rise above the surrounding sur sur- Sounding rounding low buildings buildings' of purely purel I gorse orse architecture in striking contrast con traIt tract to them The cathedral look u like a transplanted English church lu to lua toa a horse setting Its Gothic style may be attributed to Norsemen living in n England when the Gothic architecture Rae 1181 attaining Us s vogue who preferred It to the simpler Norse style and in m- m It Into the cathedral The was begun berun during the reign of Olaf the Quiet between 1006 and 1003 3 it has haa been restored man times HOWS but each restorer has baa kept Co to the Gothic style Itle and the present restoratIon res res- Ji n ha hu has endeavored to follow folio the building All the which marks our most It generally observed holiday attends tb the Day Da of st St. ston John lOho on OD June 24 While it b bears r a name th the y and Its It go back bOCk to pagan In sect the day till stilt U ii a festival of ot the Green birch trees tree every tone and Ind b branches children carry evergreen through the streets The to oC Christmas breaks down n hORver InOt er I when y younger uns r folk oik crowd 0 boats boat th tae e on the fiords or w nIKe hIke to mOuntaIn woods which at Bt tl r t t. t Ire are flecked with bonfires All AU Ihl 1 ht t long these beacone burn burn- U as Ud d dears ance figures of the merry makers and sing ling around them t Lit Life In n central Norway OZI tarl more lOore r Tl are strapping their knapsacks for fy walkIng trip through 1 eh h t tv tt ti the rugged countryside of traI v cea- cea td 4 Non Ito where ver rock hewn t teems to lead to a ford fiord a and nd d the Ws natty native customs defy the la- la roads of such driblets of travel tra as now nos sift through The visitor goes goe tl to church hurch and the simple services cern stereotyped enough nough until a bit of statuary de sc from the ceiling The figure of an angel supported by a rod holds a bowl Oiled filled with water The sur Sill surprised surprised visitor realizes this theatrical appurtenance is a baptismal font The simplicity and Innocence of the country folk in the remote and Isolated Isolated Iso Iso- hated sections Is le betokened by their promiscuous bathing And by bathIng bathIng bathing bath ing is meant just that not the diversion diversion diver diver- sion sIan of water crater splashing and ond sand sunning sun sun- ning but getting oneself clean A Alog Alog Alog log hut village bathhouse A furnace o of stones of-stones stones Is U heated and water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter poured over oyer the red-hot red surface Into this steam steps a family family- men women children visiting reIn rela tees tI and neighbors The bother switch each ach other with birch twigs to induce more perspiration and gleefully gleeful ly Iy throw buckets bucket of cold water over each other when the heat becomes too Intense All of this l is II nothing of an orgy orgy but but as prosaic as WI our dally daily bath The rural Norwegian would see nothing noth ing lug Immoral nor funny tunny In an American Amen Ameri can hotel which Inadvertently advertised advertised advertised adver adver- 1000 rooms and Md bath In a Vermont village each ach family once had its Us horse and buggy a vehicle ve Vt- hide hicle now supplanted by the automo automo- bile In a Norway 1 hamlet bamlet a boat Is the principal family conveyance con in summer There fishing takes the place of farming and the houses boules are strung a bend of a fiord instead in stead stad of along a rambling main street Grazing Crazing herds of goats is 18 the principal prin copal cipal land Industry of Norway's hili hilly north country and these flocks give rise to the picturesque goat goat The mountain pastures usually are far removed removed re re- re- re moved moyd from the villages and each spring sees the young roun farm women driving their herds up the mountain paths to some lofty but sheltered valley vat val alIEY ley among the glistering glistening snow capped peaks There they remain all summer long camping in wooden huts visited occasionally by their ml men n folk to carry carry carry car car- ry away anay the butter hutter and cheese Goats Goat's Cheese Chene Is II a Staple Goats Goat's cheese a delicatessen dell deli delicacy cacy In the United States is a principal prin cipal article of Norwegian diet It U has the rich brown color and something something some some- thing of ot the flavor of peanut butter hutter It Jt is not eaten on crackers as a supplementary sup course but sliced and laid on large cross sections of brown bread brend Is a staple of ot the meal Characteristic of Inland Norway Is which lies at the northern northern north ern rn end of lake Inke 1 Norway's 11 largest body of ot fresh water The town Is a gateway f t tl J the rial dal In this valley falley many ancient cu customs customs cus cus- toms and of the country are still In vogue The town Itself UPS lies UPSon lieson on nn the north and south rail route from Oslo to and Is visited annually an nn by thousands of tourists ls This region diners differs from the fiord COlli try bordering the Atlantic At lantic coast and the land of the midnight midnight mid mid- night sun lun which lies liE's farther to the north In spite of its Us high latitude enjoys a comparatively mild climate resort hotels being open to tor visitors the year round Of supreme interest to both Norwegian Nor Nor- and foreigner is an outdoor museum of ancient arts and crafts at atthe atthe atthe the nearby village of FI Fifty y hand built farmhouses mills workshops and barns were purchased moved to one community and enriched enriched en en- riched with collections of old ld Norwegian Norwegian Nor 1 handwork There are ore articles of woot wood brass leather and Iron together together to to- together gether with examples of weaving and embroidery typical of the products of cottage handicrafts carried on by peasants of the neighborhood during long winter evenings Here ere are also lip spinning InnIng wheels looms loom and tools used before the Introduction of facto factory goods During tourist season provision pro II is made DIode to have artisans actually working at loom and aDd forge furge so 80 that thaI memory of the country's historic peas pea peasant ant arts art and crafts may not Dot entirely fade from the earth Lillehammer Itself while it is th the metropolis of valley and Ind claims claIm more than Inhabitants tants has had bad only a century of corporate corporate cor cor- existence |