Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - CHAPTER I. Contrasts — Development of Norwegian tourist traffic — Passengers on the ‘Argo,’ and their tub of introduction — Whales — The Norwegian coast — Stavanger — Glacier vestiges in the High Street — Bergen — Indoor ivy — A Church of England Service conducted in the spirit of Primitive Christianity — Northward Ho! — Aalesund — Christiansund — Delay and disappointment — Trondhjem — Northern luxury — The Cathedral — The Falls of the Nid — A terraced valley — Prosperous farmers — The “Störhaus”— Glacial origin of the terraces.
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matter-of-course regularity during the thirty hours of our
stay there.[1]
The streets of Bergen are wide, and being
continuously washed, are, of course, very clean. The
houses are capacious and wooden, like those of
Christiania. The position of the town is
remarkably picturesque, the site of the market place
especially so. It is a broad sloping street, or
piazza, with a statue of “Christie” in the middle,
and at each end are beautiful views of enclosed
patches of sea, backed by mountain slopes clothed
with emerald vegetation. Every bit of spare
ground at the ends and corners and other parts of
the streets are planted with trees, all remarkable
for the bright richness of their verdure, due, no
doubt, to humidity of climate, and serving as a
sort of substitute for blue sky.
Sontum’s hotel was full, and we were lodged in
a private house adjoining, taking our meals only
at the hotel. The lodging house was scrupulously
clean, with abundance of white lace curtains and
growing flowers. In our sitting room there were
pots of ivy which was trained around the
windows, and along the inside walls of the room. I
saw this in many other rooms afterwards in other
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