Today Margrethe took me in the tram to Lian (‘Li means ‘hill’ and Lian means something like ‘many hills’), nearly 9 km from Trondheim city centre, approximately 230 meters over sea level. The views from the tram are stunning as it makes its way up and at the end of the line there is a beautiful forest and a frozen lake. On top of the hill there is a grand looking restaurant. A lot of people was going here to ski. It was raining so I had to be careful with my camera, but I will go back again on a clearer day. There was much more snow there than in the city and there is a very special silence up there, only broken by the chunks of snow falling from the trees and the occasional walkers.
This is the frozen lake. The little trees in the foreground are on a tiny island in the middle of the lake.
Margrethe told me the driver of this tram bears the typical local mustache. It is not very appreciable in the image but it is quite an impressive mustache indeed. A person from Trøndelag (this county) is called a Trønder. I have found a lot of images of these Trønderbart (Trønder mustache).