Troldhaugen - Edvard Grieg Museum Bergen

Got up early today to start the usual housekeeping - washing so our clothes will be clean when we get home, email checking to see how the children are.

We organised ourselves at a leisurely pace then went out on deck to look at Bergen. We enjoyed watching the working dock - particularly the crane on wheels that manouvred and moved the …

... somewhere in the AD 850s, it has been a fishing and shipping center for centuries and served as the capital of Norway too. Also, the Oslo-Bergen train route was recently voted as the number one in the world, so definitely had to take advantage of this ...

... actually celebrate this day on June 23rd, while were in Oslo)... Anyways...so we set out this morning for Troldhaugen, the residence of Norway's most famous composer, Edvard Grieg. His little estate was tucked away about 8 Km from the city centre...a ...

... of these churches have. We also stop at the 800-year-old St Mary's Church but it is closed. In the afternoon we visit Troldhaugen (the hill where the troll lives) the home of Edvard Grieg, composer of "Peer Gynt" and other classical music. Built in ...

Por la mañana, jornada de trabajo en la universidad, con visita a las bibliotecas de Artes y Humanidades. Por la tarde, excursión a la iglesia de madera de Fantoft (Stavkirke) y a Troldhaugen, casa museo del compositor Edvard ...

... view, we headed back down the funicular and around the central lake. Found the right bus stop and headed out of town to Troldhaugen where Edvard Grieg had his home and studio. His Steinway is still in the sitting room, and his little 'composer's cabin' ...

... then met a young Taiwanese girl, Vicki, who is travelling on her own and we did the 30 minute walk with her to Troldhaugen and arrived just 15 minutes before the concert started. Pianist, Rune Alver played some Grieg short pieces for about 30 minutes. ...