The plan was to take the funicular to the top of town. And walk back down. But, the funicular was closed for repairs and I am way to old to be climbing up mountains. Even big hills, for that matter.
There was just a knock at my door, the hotel delivered tea and cookies to me. For no apparent reason. It was a lovely surprise.
Well, since the funicular was out of service, I headed to the “fortress”. The buildings were closed, this being the off season. But I walked around.
The WW2 museum was open. Been thinking a lot about WW2 on this trip. Part of it is Ukraine. Part of it is walking through towns in the North that were completely destroyed by the Germans or Nazis as the Germans would have me call them. And other towns were undamaged.
Norway had a rather checkered WW2 history. They were officially neutral. But, they were occupied by the Nazis. My dinner mate from Switzerland said “there are neutral countries but not necessarily neutral citizens”. She was referring to Switzerland during the war. The implication being that many Swiss supported the Nazis.
The museum made much of the resistance fighters. But also made it clear that many supported the Nazis. And, indeed those northern cities that were not damaged by the Nazis as they retreated were the cities that cooperated with the Nazis.
The hardest part of the museum was the “facing history” part. After the war Norway sent 1,200 small children born of Norwegian mothers and German fathers to Australia. Without their mothers. That’s harsh. Other things were mentioned, but this was the worse.
Next on tap, the Leprosy Museum. You know I love strange museums. But alas it too is closed until April.
So, I go in search of wall art and/or graffiti. It is sometimes hard to tell the difference, but…
Well, it’s not really on the church, it’s on a construction fence attached to the church.
I wonder if the bee was able to fly with that load of pollen?