Monday 27th March

Today was a very exciting day. We got the opportunity to meet all the people from the different countries in the morning. We started at 08.15 with a presentation about CITIES and later, all the pretasks from the different member countries. Norway started with a presentation about Steilene, followed by Germany about Rees. Later, the Netherlands talked about Amersfoort, Poland about Poznan and finally Spain about Sa Como.


We had a break where we could talk to the others, and got divided into groups with one from every country. We presented ourselves and had a chance to talk to each other.


We ate lunch outside at 11.30, where we got baguettes and Bris, Norwegian sparkling water, from the school's cafeteria.


Our fieldtrip started at 12.00 and we walked to Tangenåsen for a presentation about Nesodden by the planning committee for the municipality's planning department. They talked about the different issues we are facing, and what factors we had to consider when planning an area. It lasted for about an hour, and we then walked towards Tangen Brygge, the ferry terminal. We had a lot of time to look at the buildings on the way down, and visited Hornstranda, one of the local beaches and bathing places near the ferry terminal. We watched the Color Line ferry from Denmark and relaxed. Later, we walked to the actual terminal and took Pictures of the whole group. We saw the area which we later are supposed to develop, and then took the bus home.


We had the international evening which started at 18.15. Everybody brought something to eat. The Norwegians brought salmon, Poland brought sausages and many kinds of sweets, Spain brought bread, sweets and meat, and the Dutch brought stroop waffles and pancakes. Germany brought sausages and sauerkraut. There was plenty for everyone to eat.

There was Entertainment for everyone while they were eating. Nicolai Bo Fischer danced a spectacular Norwegian folk Dance, and students could try "Hallingkast" - when you have to try to kick a hat off a pole. Sabina and Kristin performed "Stay" and William and Jonathan Ho played a string duet. Nordre Nesodden skolekorps, the local School band, also marched in and played Three traditional Norwegian Marches.

We platyed a few games, "Zip, Zap, Boing", "Yellow Ball" and "Symphony" led by Jørgen Moltubak, one of the Norwegian teachers. Maya, one of the German teachers, taught us some salsa dancing and the rest of the night was just talking, dancing and laughing. Everybody had a good time before going home.

 

Tuesday 28th March


We started at the school at 8 am and did some work on the project "Erasmus +". Later we took the bus to the Ferry station in Nesodden. We arrived in Oslo and met our tour guide.The weather was sunny. First, we walked to Akerselva, a river which flows through the whole city. Akerselva was the industrial center from the 1840s to 1970s. Now the river is used for offices and leisure time. The river is also called "green lung of Oslo", there are many paths for hiking and cycling. Next to the river there are a lot of old buildings. The oldest one is from the 17th century. Furthermore, we saw a building which is called "Hausmania". It is a house for artists. Many of the old factories have been turned into new uses for example like cafès and restaurants. We walked from Grønland to Mathallen( foodhall), there we a had lunch at 1o'clock. Some of us ordered sushi, pizza or pasta.
After lunch we took the tram to "Vigelandsparken". "Vigelandsparken" is in the destrict Frogner, so the park is also called ''Frognerparken''.The park is filled with naked sculptures and shows the circulations for each life stages. The most popular sculptures are "Sinnataggen"  and "Monalitten". "Sinnataggen" is a male baby sculpture which stamps and cries. "Monalitten" is a pillar which is about 17m high with 121 people in it. The sculptor Gustav Vigeland made all 212  sculptures in the park. His idea of showing different activities like walking dancing love and death imparts emotions to the visitors. Finally, everyone was allowed to walk around in the park and visit Oslo again. We went to the castle, the parliament and the university.

Pictures: Galleri, Hausmania, colorful building, Oslo

Preparation for the project week in Norway

21/03/2017


Just a few days until everyone arrives in Norway for a Project week looking at neglected spaces. All the students are working hard on their pretasks, in preparation for the week ahead.


Polish students

German students