10 minutes ago I was alone in the DB longue.
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Had to remind 4 Americans (judging by the accent) that they're supposed to be silent in the silent compartment (of the Öresundståg). Poor guys, they don't have trains in their country, how would they know (besides the inscriptions in English on the back of every seat)?! But if they want asylum in Europe they're gonna have to learn to behave!
Why on Earth is the heating on? It is 22°C outside 🥵
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Had to remind 4 Americans (judging by the accent) that they're supposed to be silent in the silent compartment (of the Öresundståg). Poor guys, they don't have trains in their country, how would they know (besides the inscriptions in English on the back of every seat)?! But if they want asylum in Europe they're gonna have to learn to behave!
Why on Earth is the heating on? It is 22°C outside 🥵
This is all of Malmö I'm going to see today. Hope I have some time for it on the way back. Would be nice if I could get there during the Malmö festival, but I doubt it. Last 2 summers I ended up in Malmö during the festival without being aware that there would be a festival.
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This is all of Malmö I'm going to see today. Hope I have some time for it on the way back. Would be nice if I could get there during the Malmö festival, but I doubt it. Last 2 summers I ended up in Malmö during the festival without being aware that there would be a festival.
https://www.malmofestivalen.se/Malmö - Oslo direct train (Vy) has A/C on (it is 24°C like outside but without it it would be way hotter), and the silent compartment is really silent 🥰
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Oops, "normal" washing machine program in Norway is cotton, right
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Oops, "normal" washing machine program in Norway is cotton, right
I hope I still have something to wear after this laundry cycle I only lost one sock. The washing machine ate it. They should feed their appliances better, taking into account that they charge 70NOK for washing and drying each.
In other news, seeing floating saunas reminded me of the most Norwegian headline ever: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/floating-sauna-rescues-motorists-whose-tesla-plunged-into-oslo-fjord
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I only lost one sock. The washing machine ate it. They should feed their appliances better, taking into account that they charge 70NOK for washing and drying each.
In other news, seeing floating saunas reminded me of the most Norwegian headline ever: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/floating-sauna-rescues-motorists-whose-tesla-plunged-into-oslo-fjord
Sports teams really should shower and change between the match and boarding a train
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Sports teams really should shower and change between the match and boarding a train
I couldn't choose the quiet coach. The woman sitting diagonally in front of me hasn't stopped talking on the phone since we left Oslo, over 3 hours ago. First she talked to "pappa", then to "mamma", guess it's distant relatives now. She's drinking this: https://www.vinmonopolet.no/Land/Italia/Wine-Cup-Merlot/p/2288804
4 more hours of this
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I couldn't choose the quiet coach. The woman sitting diagonally in front of me hasn't stopped talking on the phone since we left Oslo, over 3 hours ago. First she talked to "pappa", then to "mamma", guess it's distant relatives now. She's drinking this: https://www.vinmonopolet.no/Land/Italia/Wine-Cup-Merlot/p/2288804
4 more hours of this
Yes I am listening to something, yes I do have the noise cancellation at the maximum. I try to stay close to the railway stations because I'm carrying 25 kg, but this is ridiculous, I am basically staying on Platform 1.
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The guy diagonally in front of me has been in a video call with a female presenting person for 30ish minutes. Should I peek between the seats and ask her to tell him to put his shoes back on because his feet smell terribly?
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The Sun does set, but "Today it does not get darker than Civil Twilight." which means you can still read newspapers outside with no additional light (the definition we learned when people still read on paper). https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/norway/bodo
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The Sun does set, but "Today it does not get darker than Civil Twilight." which means you can still read newspapers outside with no additional light (the definition we learned when people still read on paper). https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/norway/bodo
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I'm at the Norwegian Aviation Museum and a guide is dusting the missiles with a Swiffer. They allowed me to take a photo of them but I will not publish it here.
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It is almost midnight (I know I know DST shifts it and Bodø is almost in the centre of the time zone, so local midnight is around 1AM). It's a white night but luckily it seems like it won't be a tropical white night, the temperature should drop under 20°C for a few hours.
Bodø Stormen (The Storm) 🥰 I have a thing for libraries
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It is almost midnight (I know I know DST shifts it and Bodø is almost in the centre of the time zone, so local midnight is around 1AM). It's a white night but luckily it seems like it won't be a tropical white night, the temperature should drop under 20°C for a few hours.
Bodø Stormen (The Storm) 🥰 I have a thing for libraries
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Vegan food options are not great in Norway in general, not even in bigger cities (oh how I regret not having that all-you-can-eat buffet for 199NOK in Trondheim), and even lacto-vegetarians I shared the kitchen with complained about a lack of options in Oslo compared to other European cities.
I am in a rather small town now, just over 14 000 residents, and comparing it with similar sized towns in Germany, it is pretty much the same for vegans, but, I expected more from very touristy places, this is where the trains from Sweden end and the gateway to Lofoten.
That being said, usually there is a place that offers a vegan burger and fries, but I have had 4 vegan burgers since I arrived to the Arctic, and I had to throw one away, I just couldn't force myself to eat burgers anymore.
I had some supermarket salads with chickpeas and avocado added. Yesterday during the bus ride I ate a block of smoked tofu, with no sides.
When it comes to supermarkets, the better ones usually have 1 kind of vegan cheese, some vegan mince, and perhaps some vegan salami. Not every supermarket has soya milk, but usually at least there is some Oatly, and some Alpro yoghurts. There's even Oatly Turkish yoghurt.
Meny is the best supermarket for vegans, but not available here.
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Vegan food options are not great in Norway in general, not even in bigger cities (oh how I regret not having that all-you-can-eat buffet for 199NOK in Trondheim), and even lacto-vegetarians I shared the kitchen with complained about a lack of options in Oslo compared to other European cities.
I am in a rather small town now, just over 14 000 residents, and comparing it with similar sized towns in Germany, it is pretty much the same for vegans, but, I expected more from very touristy places, this is where the trains from Sweden end and the gateway to Lofoten.
That being said, usually there is a place that offers a vegan burger and fries, but I have had 4 vegan burgers since I arrived to the Arctic, and I had to throw one away, I just couldn't force myself to eat burgers anymore.
I had some supermarket salads with chickpeas and avocado added. Yesterday during the bus ride I ate a block of smoked tofu, with no sides.
When it comes to supermarkets, the better ones usually have 1 kind of vegan cheese, some vegan mince, and perhaps some vegan salami. Not every supermarket has soya milk, but usually at least there is some Oatly, and some Alpro yoghurts. There's even Oatly Turkish yoghurt.
Meny is the best supermarket for vegans, but not available here.
So, today I cooked a black bean and vegan mince stew, I ate it with Norwegian potato pancakes, and I have enough for tomorrow as well (won't have the kitchen anymore, but there should be a fridge).
Offering only vegan burger (or vegan pizza) is just lazy. They stock up on frozen Beyond burgers so that they can say they offer vegan food. But who can eat burgers every day? Is it so difficult to make a vegan stew? I am sure not only vegans would eat it. They could batch cook in the morning and keep it warm in insulated pots, like Backstube (a Norwegian bakery chain pretending to be German) keeps their carrot soup (now I regret not having that when I had a chance).
Make 3 kinds of vegan soup (leek & potato, minestrone, cream of broccoli), 3 kinds of vegan stew (bean stew, curry, goulash, paprikash) a day, and sell them to tourists about to board trains (trickier to eat on the bus), offer a discount if they use their own containers.
Maybe I should move to the Arctic Norway and open a vegan soup and stew restaurant
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So, today I cooked a black bean and vegan mince stew, I ate it with Norwegian potato pancakes, and I have enough for tomorrow as well (won't have the kitchen anymore, but there should be a fridge).
Offering only vegan burger (or vegan pizza) is just lazy. They stock up on frozen Beyond burgers so that they can say they offer vegan food. But who can eat burgers every day? Is it so difficult to make a vegan stew? I am sure not only vegans would eat it. They could batch cook in the morning and keep it warm in insulated pots, like Backstube (a Norwegian bakery chain pretending to be German) keeps their carrot soup (now I regret not having that when I had a chance).
Make 3 kinds of vegan soup (leek & potato, minestrone, cream of broccoli), 3 kinds of vegan stew (bean stew, curry, goulash, paprikash) a day, and sell them to tourists about to board trains (trickier to eat on the bus), offer a discount if they use their own containers.
Maybe I should move to the Arctic Norway and open a vegan soup and stew restaurant
Finally I have some use of my jacket and long sleeved shirts I've been carrying in my backpack for 13 days.
