Fire alarm.

The fire alarm went off.
Just a test.
People working for the council had to go out and wait until it was ok to go back to work.

Rosenberg

The shipyard Rosenberg has had different owners, but always kept ROSENBERG in its name.
It is located at Buøy / Hundvåg, a short drive from the city centre.
The yard has been involved in the ship and oil business for many many years.
Today it is Rosenberg WorleyParsons.

Diamanten.

This building has been some sort of a landmark for years.
I am not sure what it is used for today, but a friend who worked there ten years ago, said it was a place where they repaired watches and jewellery, and a place were companies could buy gifts for their employees and associates with company logos on.

Spring cleaning.

I am not sure if it can be called spring cleaning, but a couple of people were busy tiding up the little lake, Breiavatnet, at the city park....

Look what they found!

I guess it will be more safe for all the swans who are now out and enjoying the sun and the nice temperatures.

Happy weekend!

The OWNERS duty.

As a house OWNER in Norway, you have to keep the pavement clear. It does not matter if the building is a shop or have offices, it is the owners duty to make it safe.
That includes also safe from melting snow or ice, from the roof too.

Starbucks will be in this building.

I suddenly thought about STARBUCKS when I saw this work going on.
It is a long time since they started to discuss how the cafe should be, and the last thing I heard was that the bank was going to use what used to be the vault, as the place for the famous coffee company.
Time will show.

Up in the control tower.

I visited the control tower today.

It was not the first time, but it still amazes me the fact that there are people who day and night follow the weather, all the traffic to and from all the oil rigs (helicopters), as well as more than 62 direct destinations and passing traffic......
The airport is undergoing a lot of work, and there will be plenty of new facilities coming in the future.
As you can see the weather was very different from yesterday.

Go home.... ??

Most office people work from 08:00 until 16:00, so NOW it is time to GO HOME and enjoy the weekend!
This is a building from the 1970´s. And what I call typical for that period.....
Best thing is probably that it is very central and easy to reach by public transport.

Are you working at the weekends?
Here we have a huge debate as to whether or not the shops should be open on Sundays.
Well, we have to "try" trust the politicians that we voted for, and wait to see if there will be changes or not.

Rushing.

Yesterday evening my husband was taken to the hospital.
I rushed back home from work, the doctor and the ambulance staff had finished what they needed to do. There was just time to lock the door and jump in to the ambulance.....

I am so grateful for people who KNOW what to do, from my boss who turned on her heals and came back so that I could leave work and be with my husband. All the medical people who were there the moment we arrived.

The young ambulance driver, who drove with the flashing blue light, and got through in the the busy traffic on the motorway. I know it was just her job, but she impressed me! The coordination / teamwork.
It worked from A to Z!

Everything went well.

We will have a good X-MAS together!

Thank you wonderful caring people!!

More work going on.

So much work / digging going on in our city at the moment.
This is one example.....

Just the way it is...

This is also Stavanger!
Work in progress, I hope.

The ONS Artist this year.

TORBJØRN RØDLAND is the ONS Artist.
A photographer born in Stavanger, but now living in Los Angeles and Oslo.
I have seen some of his work before, but this time I had a look at KUNSTHALLEN.
If you are in Stavanger use the opportunity to see his work, and that include the film shown downstairs too.

http://www.rodland.net

I always sneak a photo or two of what is going on at museums.
People looking at art, or here some domestic work...

Work in progress.

I hope they will get most of the work outside the building done quickly.
We will have SNOW (and storms) soon.

Next to my chair at the hairdresser today there was some activity going on.
MIRIAM was trying out "hair and make up" on her friend JOHANNE.
Soon exam day will be here, and she has to do both things as good as possible, but she will also have a time limit.

Good luck, Miriam!

I hope she had a bit of time to see Stavanger when she was here with the big Cruise ship.

Some people have to work, even when it is Easter Holiday.

This young man, ØRJAN MESSMER, who works for the council, was out collecting rubbish from bins as well as from areas where some people just dump cigarettes, bear bottles, papers etc.

Well done, Ørjan!

PS. Also pleased to hear that you were paid well for the important job you do!

Did you know that we have missionaries here in Stavanger??

Well these two young men, the one with the glasses came from Utah/USA and the other one from Canada, wanted to have a chat when I was in a rush to an appointment in the city centre.

I didn't have much time for them or the unique message that they wanted to share.

Anyway, I have not met many missionaries here.

I thought they mainly went to Africa.

I felt so welcome when I entered "Godt Brød" at Eiganes, yesterday morning. (An ecological cafe and bakery.)

Karen who is a young Stavanger woman was busy working, but I got both coffee, something healthy and something not sooooo healthy, but very tasty. It is nice to have something good in a friendly , cosy, warm place with that wonderful smell of freshly baked products.

A wonderful morning. Still a bit of snow around.

Plenty of snow up in the mountains and more to come.

At the back in this photo, there is lots of building activity.

Our new concert house is well on it´s way.

"Chocho Boco" is a nice place for a bit to eat and drink. It is situated in the cinema area at the Culture House. You can even get alcohol served, but you can not take it in to the cinema area for public viewings. However, I have been invited a few times to private viewings of films at the Luxury and V.I.P screening rooms. Here there are plenty of snacks and drinks, and because these are "closed" private viewings, alcohol is allowed.

These days the politicians are busy discussing this, and today the local newspaper wrote an article about this.

http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/1330580/ndash_Alkohol_hoerer_ikke_hjemme_paa_kinoen.htmlSSSssS

What is it like at your cinema?