Nidaros Cathedral: Trondheim

The focal point of Trondheim and Europe's oldest, vastest, most Northernly cathedral, Nidaros (pronounced NEE-drohs) has fascinating energy. Erected over the tomb of St. Olav, the Viking who brought Christianity to the region, building began almost 1000 years ago! It lay in ruins until post-independence in the 20's, attempts at reconstructing national Norwegian pride (according to locals I've talked to) inspired them to add the multi-statued facade, stained glass and frills. A neo-modernist Medieval monolith. Saturday they play the formidable giant pipe organ for 20 minutes of "meditation music," which turned out to sound like psychedelic Moog avant garde ambiance!! Amazing, I plan to go back every week. If not just for the space tunes, for the mouth-watering spongy waffles from the cafe, available either dressed with slabs of bitter brown national cheese, or slathered with jam and sour cream....What is happening to me here? Small brain freeze=appetite for sweets. Maybe it's due to the fact that a bottle of bourbon is like $200 and therefore, not on my menu...





























(Pyramid for you, Dad!)