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The by:Larm Guide to Oslo’s Music Venues

This autumn, after a couple of paternity leaves and a little chronic disease (plus a pandemic, but that wasn’t personal), I found myself…

Dec 7, 2022

The by:Larm Guide to Oslo’s Music Venues

Dec 7, 2022

The Setesdals Files

If you’re into knitting, sewing, embroidery, spinning and weaving, or merely fascinated by farmers trying to dress up like Marie Antoinette…

Dec 5, 2022

The Setesdals Files

Dec 5, 2022

“Best Of Jule Doom Advent Calendar 2021

-Don’t try to beat the December blues, embrace it!

Nov 26, 2022

“Best Of Jule Doom Advent Calendar 2021

Nov 26, 2022

Eternal Cities: Life & Death In The Corona Era

From the black death to Covid-19, pandemics have always put their marks on cities. But catastrophes are often catalysts for change…

Dec 8, 2020

Eternal Cities: Life & Death In The Corona Era

Dec 8, 2020

The Source of Christmas

You don’t have to be Columbo to see a link between Christmas and Scandinavia. It’s enough to imagine a freezing winter wonderland with log…

Dec 23, 2017

The Source of Christmas

Dec 23, 2017

The Sūtra of Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skiing is what a Norwegian would argue is the fixie bike on snow, the Sūtra of frost — Asthanga, Norse style. A Norwegian…

Dec 20, 2017

The Sūtra of Cross-Country Skiing

Dec 20, 2017

The Great Skate Escape!

“Respect the ice!”

Nov 22, 2017

The Great Skate Escape!

Nov 22, 2017

Oslo: Absolute Top 5 bookshops

Like everywhere else, big chains have taken over the Oslo bookshop market. Independent bookstores around the world are struggling to…

Nov 14, 2017

Oslo: Absolute Top 5 bookshops

Nov 14, 2017

Norway: Top 5 Craft Beers of 2018

Norway’s largest, most thorough beer test launches this week, and Colin Eick, Thomas Horne and Eivind Stoud Platou form the triple-headed…

Nov 6, 2017

Norway: Top 5 Craft Beers of 2018

Nov 6, 2017

Fernet — Oslo folk’s favourite nipple… er, tipple

One of the more disturbing cultural practices in this city, and especially around the square of Youngstorget, is the sipping, or…

Nov 1, 2017

Fernet — Oslo folk’s favourite nipple… er, tipple

Nov 1, 2017

Sondre Sommerfelt

Sondre Sommerfelt

Sondre Sommerfelt is an Oslo-based anthropologist by training, travel writer and cultural critic by trade sondresommer@gmail.com

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