Takk for det gamle/Thank you for the old one, we say to each other when the new year approaches in Norway! It is a good custom, in my opinion to thank friends and family for making the year richer, and so much better. So thank you for following me this last year & decade, and I wish you a happy and healthy new year! I hope it will be one that makes us grow, not physically but mentally, that is! I also hope it will bring lots of happiness and shared pleasures!

Above is a the amazing door and exterior of Trondenes Church in Harstad in Northern Norway, photographed by Michael. Trondenes Church is the northernmost medival stone church of  Norway and the world’s northernmost surviving medieval building dating back to around 1435.