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A review of the trip, which is so massive it took one reader three days, can be found right here. Just so you all know everything that happened at every point on the trip.
| WEDNESDAY 12.04.2006 - ARRIVAL IN NORWAY | |
| Five of us enjoying a last pint at Stansted Airport |
| No sooner had we landed in Oslo than we found a comedically-named beer |
| ...and a comedy sign as well. (Think of the Norwegian pronunciation...) |
| A bizarre military shop with a suit of armour... |
| ...and a skull. |
| Our room at the Anker Hostel |
| Reindeer steak: expensive Norwegian food for hungry English people |
| Outside The Scotsman |
| THURSDAY 13.04.2006 - THE VIKING SHIP MUSEUM | |
 | The small boat in the main hall |
 | ...with five of us in front. |
 | Don't they make the perfect couple? |
 | The first longship |
 | ...with Charlie for added effect. |
 | Longship one, again |
 | Inside longship one |
 | Some carvings on longship one |
 | The second longship - not as decorated |
 | Inside longship two |
 | My ancestors sailed on this ship! |
 | An artist's impression of longship two in action |
 | Hannah - MySpace angle... |
 | The derelict boat |
 | ...with the burial house |
 | The burial house, by itself |
 | Small boats by the burial house |
 | Dragonhead number one |
 | Dragonhead number two |
 | A Viking shopping trolley? |
 | Wood carvings made by some skilled Vikings |
 | One huge axe |
 | A reindeer stew pot |
 | Viking jewellery |
 | Viking tools and utensils |
 | Yarr, there be treasure here! |
 | A Viking sledge - not fully restored yet |
| THURSDAY 13.04.2006 - THE FOLK MUSEUM | |
 | The strange tree, decked with lights |
 | This is where you'll find the Folk Art Exhibition |
 | Drinking horn |
 | Some carved heads |
 | Another huge axe, but not as old as the last... |
 | Ale tankard |
 | Ale boat - the size of a cauldron! |
 | The school house |
 | Inside the school house |
 | The open air theatre |
 | A thatched hut |
 | The house on the hill, by the stave church |
 | The stave church: rear view |
 | A bit of both buildings |
 | The stave church: side view |
 | What the church might have looked like in 1993 |
 | The essential group shot by the church |
 | Allan thinks he's in the Inner Circle... |
 | We're all Immortal... |
 | ...and a definite effort to recreate THAT picture! |
 | Necrowizard On Tour: Part One |
 | Reena, locked up for taking too long in the shower |
 | The stave church: front view |
 | Who are those nuns? |
 | Beyond The Great Vast Forest (can't see the wood for the trees) |
 | The view from the top of the hill |
 | Hannah finds a new friend |
 | The house at the top of the hill, leaning at a worrying angle... |
 | Allan risks his life in the leaning house |
 | Hannah and Charlie are too scared to come out again... |
 | The old mill |
 | Alan Miller was once a goalkeeper for Arsenal. This one didn't. |
 | One of many farmhouses |
 | A white wooden house - more modern than the rest |
 | Allan and Hannah, in the rain |
 | This house seems to be in use... |
 | ...and it is. She's making traditional Norwegian lefse - somewhere between a flatbread and a pancake. |
 | A lefse Baking. It goes well with butter. |
 | Jemma, warming up to Australian temperatures |
 | Where's my dinner? |
 | The house with the carved door |
 | Some of the carvings on the door |
 | Five heads, no bodies. |
| THURSDAY 13.04.2006 - MORE SIGHTS IN OSLO | |
 | Allan, by the fountain in the square |
 | An important building. Apparently it belongs to the University of Oslo. |
 | The National Theatre |
 | Stortinget - Norway's House of Commons. Parliament appears to be in session. |
 | Tors Hammer - the best named restaurant in Oslo |
 | A panoramic view of Oslo harbour |
 | A series of small walls - some kind of old gatehouse, we think |
| THURSDAY 13.04.2006 - INFERNO, DAY ONE | |
 | An opening group shot - with Less Hairy Dave and Doug, inside the Rockefeller, where cameras were supposedly banned. Here's evidence to the contrary... |
 | Keep Of Kalessin |
 | Keep Of Kalessin |
 | Nightrage - minus Tomas Lindberg, unfortunately... |
 | Nightrage |
 | Nightrage |
 | Nightrage |
 | Khold |
 | Khold |
 | Khold |
 | Khold |
 | Khold |
 | Khold, and a good view of the burning torches |
 | Khold - firebreathing just missed |
 | The Deviant |
 | Satanic tomato ketchup |
 | An armpit right in Hannah's face |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Carpathian Forest |
 | Karen, from Noo Yoik, and Big Hairy Dave |
 | Sahg |
 | Sahg |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
 | Usurper |
| FRIDAY 14.04.2006 - MORNING & AFTERNOON | |
 | A sandwich shop at Schweigårdsgate 56. This, for those not in the know, used to be Helvete. If you don't know what that is, get off this page. |
 | Immortal pay Euronymous a visit |
 | Necrowizard On Tour: Part Two |
 | Inverted crosses painted on a church near the Edderkoppen |
 | At the Edderkoppen: Allan drinking tea from a wine glass. How sophisticated. |
| FRIDAY 14.04.2006 - INFERNO, DAY TWO | |
 | The obligatory group shot for Inferno Day Two |
 | System:Obscure, otherwise known as ""The Colon Band"" |
 | Funeral |
 | Funeral |
 | Funeral |
 | Susperia |
 | Susperia |
 | Susperia |
 | Susperia |
 | Susperia, with pyrotechnics |
 | Susperia |
 | Susperia, with pyrotechnics in the ceiling... even Emperor didn't do this! |
 | Susperia showering us with bits of shiny paper |
 | Dismember |
 | Dismember |
 | Dismember |
 | Dismember |
 | Borknagar |
 | Borknagar - or is it Stryper? |
 | Borknagar |
 | Borknagar |
 | Borknagar |
 | Emperor - Allan getting a bit too excited just out of shot |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor, from upstairs |
 | Emperor, from upstairs |
 | Emperor, from upstairs |
 | Emperor, with pyros |
 | Emperor - Ihsahn with added spikes |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor |
 | Emperor, with more pyros |
 | Ask, and you will get. Lucky bastards. |
| SATURDAY 15.04.2006 - ROUND THE HARBOUR AREA | |
 | The military shop near the Anker again: with something resembling Eddie from Somewhere In Time... |
 | ...and an alien shipped in from Roswell. |
 | A group shot near Oslo harbour, on the way to the Resistance Museum |
 | Oslo harbour |
 | I am defending my homeland! |
 | ...and so is he, from higher up... |
 | A monument to the Scandinavian Star. We assume it was a ship that sunk... |
 | Is it Horgh, or is it Samoth? |
 | The Resistance Museum - which was closed! |
 | Charlie and Hannah pose by a tree. Why, I don't know... maybe it is a very metal tree. |
 | A troll outside an Oslo souvenir shop. Defending his homeland. |
| SATURDAY 15.04.2006 - INFERNO, DAY THREE | |
 | Legion |
 | Legion |
 | Disiplin, complete with the Slipknot-meets-Meadows-gangster look |
 | Disiplin |
 | Vesen |
 | Vesen |
 | Vesen |
 | Myrkskog |
 | Myrkskog |
 | Myrkskog, viewed from upstairs |
 | Face Down - right from the front of the John Dee stage |
 | Face Down |
 | Face Down |
 | Face Down |
 | Bolt Thrower |
 | Bolt Thrower |
 | Bolt Thrower |
 | Bolt Thrower |
 | Battered |
 | Battered |
 | Marduk (note that good shots were very hard to get - there was a pit of Noo Yoik hardcore proportions exploding behind me...) |
 | Marduk |
 | Marduk |
 | Marduk |
 | Marduk |
 | Marduk, with added blood |
 | Cathedral |
 | Cathedral |
 | Cathedral |
 | Cathedral |
 | Cathedral |
 | Cathedral - what is this idiot doing now? |
 | Cathedral - and you know we've just ended with Hopkins! |
 | How do they do it? How? |
| SUNDAY 16.04.2006 - THE JOURNEY TO STAVANGER | |
 | Packing up at the Anker |
 | One of Oslo's nastier holes in the road - but it doesn't get much better |
 | Deep snow in Asker which has failed to melt |
 | A good view from the Crusher |
 | A better view from the Crusher (if it wasn't for the shite on the screen) |
 | A fantastic view from the Crusher! |
 | A mountain stream |
 | The view down the road from Stavanger Bed & Breakfast |
| SUNDAY 16.04.2006 - A CAFFEINE-FUELLED NIGHT OUT IN STAVANGER | |
 | Allan gets very frindly with a statue |
 | Reena and Charlie find the microscopic roundabout amusing |
 | Jemma and Allan - swingers? |
 | Hannah having fun |
 | Allan having more fun |
 | Hannah's new boyfriend |
 | I can only describe this as ""Mad Hatters"" |
 | The final insult before we left in an attempt to regain some maturity |
 | White wooden houses in Old Stavanger |
 | A view down the hill |
 | Further down the hill, where it gets steeper... |
 | We did it! A group shot of the six of us - taken by a man who emerged to take the bin out, or similar... |
 | Allan, in the blue light |
 | Allan, looking strangely like the Eddie from Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - the one inside the cover with the crystal ball... |
 | I'm blue as well... |
 | Charlie, looking evil |
 | Still the blue madness continues... |
 | ...how much fun can you have with blue lights, anyway? |
 | It had to happen, didn't it? |
 | This, as well... Necrowizard On Tour: Part Three! |
 | Charlie gets friendly with a large anchor |
 | Allan attempts to be as ugly as a mask in a bizarre shop window |
 | ""Cousin It"" *Addams Family music* |
| MONDAY 17.04.2006 - THE SIGHTS OUTSIDE STAVANGER AND SANDNES | |
 | The Swords In The Stone (date: 1983. Bah!) |
 | Warriors Of The Swords |
 | Valkyries Of The Swords |
 | The Swords: MySpace angle |
 | I am defending my homeland... again, this time from the West coast |
 | A view of the sea, in grim Norwegian rain |
 | The hill fort at Ytraberget |
 | Ytraberget's remaining wall |
 | Shouldn't Jemma *coughconvictcough* be doing this? |
 | What's this tent doing here? |
 | Primitive cave people |
 | One stone cross... |
 | ...and the other |
 | One of us had to keep some necro in the trip. |
 | Allan farted in the Crusher and was duly punished |
| MONDAY 17.04.2006 - MOUNTAINS AND LAKES | |
 | Snowy mountains, seen from the Crusher |
 | The river leading into Ørsdalvatnet |
 | Ørsdalvatnet - the edge of the world, when it's as misty as this |
 | Oppi Fjellet - looking down |
 | It looks like I am right on the edge of the cliff. Not far from the truth... |
 | Jemma joins us up the mountain... for all of a minute. |
 | Charlie, precariously close to the edge |
 | Is that a UFO over the mountain? |
 | Yes, we are this sad. |
 | Mountains, lakes, twisty roads, all the way to Kristiansand. |
 | Allan throwing rocks at the frozen lake in an attempt to break through it. |
 | He failed - miserably. |
 | Hannah, Allan and Charlie - possibly standing on the lake. |
 | Allan builds a snowball. One of many. Most of these would be aimed at Hannah... |
 | ...who is having none of it! |
 | A proper panoramic view at Sirdalsvatnet - the light changed midway through the shot... |
 | A smaller view, but probably better |
 | Hannah and Charlie, guarding Sirdalsvatnet from invaders |
 | ...an invader? |
 | Allan, fishing the Viking way - with a wooden spear? |
| MONDAY 17.04.2006 - HEADING TOWARDS SØGNE | |
 | We... |
 | ...all... |
 | ...fall... |
 | ...down! |
 | Where's my dinner? (this time there actually was dinner, at a pricey restaurant in Mandal) |
 | Inside the Liane Gård |
 | Inside the Liane Gård |
| TUESDAY 18.04.2006 - NOT LEAVING THE LIANE GÅRD UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE | |
 | A view from the Liane Gård apartment |
 | The other part of the Liane Gård |
 | On the rocks outside |
 | On the rocks outside |
 | A mini-panorama of the Liane Gård's fjord |
 | Allan, first up on the rock |
 | ...followed by three more... |
 | A closer shot, with Allan in a lethal position |
 | ...Allan sees sense. |
 | The view from the top of the rock |
 | A group shot outside the Liane Gård, with the Crusher |
 | The whole house, still with us outside |
| TUESDAY 18.04.2006 - GRIMSTAD | |
 | Grimstad harbour |
 | Charlie having Stavanger-on-a-Sunday-evening fun |
 | The brilliantly clear water in the harbour - doesn't show up so well here |
 | Ice cream for everyone... except Reena |
 | Another comedy sign |
| TUESDAY 18.04.2006 - ARSING AROUND IN THE SNOW... AGAIN | |
 | Arsing around in the snow on the way to Larvik |
 | Hannah... in trouble |
 | Hannah... in more trouble |
 | Hannah... in even more trouble |
 | ...she still hasn't got the hang of it. |
 | Knee-deep snow: great to jump in! |
 | ...not great to run in, but Allan tries it... |
 | Top bombing! |
 | We all fall down... in near-synchronisation. |
 | Allan makes a snow angel |
 | BANZAI! |
| TUESDAY 18.04.2006 - OUTSIDE LARVIK | |
 | Sunset over Larvik |
 | Allan's mad new hairstyle |
 | Allan's very scary tongue |
| WEDNESDAY 19.04.2006 - THE WARRIORS' RETURN | |
 | The Seierstad Gjestegård in the morning |
 | The Crusher, in all its majesty |
 | Wednesday morning... and the caffeine of Sunday evening still hasn't left Hannah's system yet... |