Broken Column Challenge Taken

photo from Gard Karlsen webpage
(the one we have yet to get a close-up of)

November 12, 2008 Challenge was given to find them all?!
May 29, 2009 Challenge accepted & half-way done thru the list of 23...

How many others before us have tried & failed we don't know...
Could be many a local school project as well, but find no webpages as proof...

There's only 1 local webpage to be found, besides the Rogaland's Museum webpage (they do own it all afterall) & their link to a Broken Column map...

Here you can see one attempt at finding them all & the photographs...
(except they didn't go into the private house, while we were allowed--but then we still have to get a boat to go out to rock awash off an island near Hundvag for a close up photo, so I guess we're even) www.gardkarlsen.com/broken_column.htm

Ours will be another successful attempt, started today - very successfully - were granted access to more than imagined (15 done) & we'll find a boat yet to make it to the island for the rock awash one at close range...

To be finished sometime next week (8 to go) - then we'll proudly post it all on Facebook followed by a link on the Rain in Stavanger Blog soon after...

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Here following is from Gard Karlsen's page...

What is Broken Column?

According to http://www.stavanger-web.com/

23 iron sculptures, all 1.95 meters tall, have been placed in and around Stavanger's City Center. Some have been erected outdoors and some inside shops, schools and even a private home.

The artwork is made by Antony Gormley, a London-based sculpter also known for Another Place.

It took 4 years to decide whether or not to place the figures in Stavanger.
The project is financed by the Municipality of Stavanger, Stavanger Art Society and Rogaland Art Museum.
Each sculpture is fitted 1.95 meters lower than the previous.

The first iron man is placed at the Art museum some 40 meters above sea level. The last sculpture is found in the sea just outside of Natvigs Minde downtown Stavanger.

I first encountered Mr. Gormley's work at the Sola beach when Another Place took place. Another Place was 100 sculptures (similar to the ones that are described above) placed on the beach and out in the water at Sola...

But now, similar sculptures are back in Broken Column and I will present som pictures of the various statues below.

The sculptures' are all 1.95 tall and they all face 10° west.

The 'Fish Market' sculpture is the one that has given the direction for the rest of the sculptures. It is loacted in the harbour and it is looking out at the sea.

Each sculpture is also placed in a specific height. Sculpture no. 1 is located at Stavanger museum of fine arts and it is located at 41.41 meters above sea level.

Sculpture number 2 is 41.41 - 1.95 = 39.45 meter above sea level and this continues until the last one located 1.23 meters below sea level at Natvigs Minde.

Please check out Mr. Gormely's page (http://www.antonygormley.com/) for more pictures of previous work.

On this page I will present pictures that I have taken of the different sculptures. I have not been able to take pictures of all of them yet but this page will be updated as soon as I take more pictures.

Please click on the Stavanger map to move to the different sculptures or just scoll down to see the photos. Click on each thumbnail to get a larger picture.

Map kindly provided by Kevin Paul Scarrott, cartographer, http://www.stavanger-guide.no/

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Or this link will take you there directly, from Home to Other Practical Maps to Broken Column Antony Gormley (Map & Views PDF)

or www.stavanger-guide.no/maps/maps_other/broken_column.pdf

2009 Swatch - FIVB World Championships

Beach Volleyball at Pulpit Rock in Norway May 25

Photo Credit:
Beach Volleyball: 2009 FIVB WCh features something unique
2009-05-15 28:00
http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

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Stavanger Norway Grand Slam Beach Volleyball

For a week in June - July the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball event comes to Stavanger, for the Norway Grand Slam event.


Conoco Phillips is the main sponsor of the event, which brings people from all over the world - and hundreds of tons of beach sand to Vaagen - the main harbour in Stavanger, with volleyball courts all around the harbour, plus a stadium built each year for the event.


In the first couple of years it was just the men that competed here, but now it is both men and women.It brings a great atmosphere - and Stavanger is popular with the players - made even more special by the visits of large cruise ships in the harbour most days. It also has one of the biggest prize-money purses.


In the days before the beach volleyball tournament a ship arrives in town carrying sand, which is then placed half a metre deep around the harbour, where the courts (about 10 of them) will be.In 2006 there was a barge in the harbour with 2 courts and a beach-bar - a nice addition.It takes about three weeks to build the main stadium, which closes the road on the north side of the harbour.


When: Thursday 25 June - Sunday 5 July 2009
Where: Vaagen harbour in central Stavanger
Website (norsk): http://www.vmstavanger.no/

Borrowed From StavangerTravel.com write up of 2007 event
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See Also Wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Beach_Volleyball_World_Championships


The 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is an upcoming beach volleyball event, which is scheduled to be held from June 26 to July 5, 2009 in Stavanger, Norway. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Norway is the first Northern European country to host the event. The city of Stavanger has earlier hosted ten Open and Grand Slam events at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

Prize Money - US$1Mil

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Another article & mention of special events for the event - Beach Volleyball on Pulpit Rock (that's surreal?!) http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

Here the original article (Norsk): www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=572749

Ida, Missing Link, in Oslo

The Norway Post, Doorway to Norway

May 21, 2009 Thursday

In New York, an international team of scientists, led by Jorn Hurum of the Natural History Museum in Oslo on Tuesday unveiled a well preserved fossil of what they claim to be "the Missing Link".

The beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old, lemur-like creature was unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, by the city's mayor. It has been named Ida, after Jorn Hurum's daughter.

Ida was discovered in the 1980s in a fossil treasure-trove called Messel Pit, near Darmstadt in Germany. For much of the intervening period, it has been in a private collection.

The investigation of the fossil's significance was led by Jorn Hurum, who said to BBC that the fossil creature was "the closest thing we can get to a direct ancestor" and described the discovery as "a dream come true".

He said the team concluded that she was not simply another lemur, but a new species. They have called her Darwinius masillae, to celebrate her place of origin and the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin...

But Dr Hurum believes that the missing link is exactly what Ida is.

He told BBC News that the key to proving this lay in the detail of the foot. The shape of a bone in the foot called the talus looks "almost anthropoid".

The fossil will now be put on display at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. NOK 2.2 million has been granted to upgrade security at the museum, NRK reports.

(NRK/BBC)
Rolleiv Solholm

Read more of this article at... http://www.norwaypost.no/

Read more about the UNESCO world heritage site of Germany's "Grube Messel" or Messel Pit at... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messel_Pit

Note: Anyone read "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body" by Neil Shubin? Then you'd really have perked up at not just the mention of "missing link" but also the detail of the "foot" on this fossil in particular...if you're in the Yahoo Book Group in Stavanger then you would of read this book for the 200th Anniv. of Darwin's birth & about 150 yrs since the publication of his famous theory & you'd understand more about the why & how fossils tell us so much more about ourselves than you'd ever imagine...even better this one is in our own backyard nearly, to Stavanger, just over in Oslo--Road Trip?!

Cafes, Bakeries, Restaurants - Stavanger

From activity of Stavanger-Chamber
http://www.stavanger-chamber.no/

Talk today at Skagen Bageri, Skagen 18 about food & drinks Stavanger...
Our speaker Catherine made us a list, am sharing here...

The Norwegians may like to chat about politics I've been told, but it seems the English speakers enjoy talking about food & drinks?!

From the hand-out list...

Cafe's
Name - Location - other info (ie webpage or food/drink, etc.)
Boker og Borst - Ovre Holmegate 32 - the cafe with all the books in the windows, am told there are English books in the back & as well they often have live music there in the evenings
Cafe Com Stavanger AS - Solvberggate 15
Checkpoint Charlie Hard Rock Cafe, Lars Hertervigs Gate 5 - http://www.checkpoint.no/
Cafe Francais, Le - Lars Hertervigs Gate 6 - French coffees, pastries, sweets, toasties & cakes to order
Harbour Cafe Stavanger AS - Skagen 27
Sjokoladepiken - Ovre Holmegate 27 - handmade chocolates, cakes to order (plus, my note - some evenings poetry readings, though I think in Norwegian some poets may read in English...See earlier posting below)
Steam Kaffebar - Klubbgate 5 - Coffee Card, so after card is stamped full you get a free coffee (plus, my note - Newsmans Coffee does too & was told ChocoBoco also - first in Skagen, also in Madla & Kvadrat Malls; second in the movie theater at culturehouse...See earlier posting below on ChocoBoco)
Cafe Sting - Valbergjet 3 - was told they have Readings, which I suppose means people stand up to read stories or maybe poetry some evenings, also listed under restaurants as Sting AS

Bakeries

Mesterbakeren AS - Gamle Forusv 20
Vaaland Dampbakeri & Conditori - Museg 46
Baker Brun AS - klubbgate 5
Skagen Bageri AS - Skagen 18 - where we met for our foodie talk, had a Latte & a Marzipan/cream/ raspberry desert (& didn't go over a 100 kroner?!) & inside it's an old house set up with wood tables/chairs, linens & brass candle stick holders with some antiques about like old Remington typewriters, etc.
Fredriks AS - Normanns Gate 38
Hinna Bakeri - Hinnasvingene 50

Hundvag (all of the above in Stavanger - so this one over the bridge I'm guessing)
Torkelsens Eftf - Fregattv 11

Restaurants

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Akropolis Stavanger - Solvbergg 14 - Greek food
Allegro AS - Skagen 37
Al Forno - Skagen - Italian (we added this to her list)
Amici - Bakkeg 7 - simple Italian & coffee (not always open we were told)
Ankara kebab & Pizza - Ole Bullsgate - Turkish, Skewered meat & not Shwarma spit type we were told, Wednesdays adding music in the summer months

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Bevaremegvel - Skagen 12 - gourmet foods, http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/ or http://www.herlige-stavanger.no/ (my note, we had a meal here - chef's special 3 course menu, all gourmet & the veal tasted like beef...if you live here you know what it means...presentation lovely, we sat by the window & though table was small, enjoyed our meal & my spouse the wine selection - we didn't stay long enough for the live music later in the evening...was not a cheap meal, but the tastes & textures of all our courses was well worth it for a special occasion)
Big Horn Steak House Stavanger - Skanseg 1 - in the Victoria hotel, someone commented there's one also in Sandnes & to order you have a tic list you fill out & then am not sure if it's brought to you or you go to the counter to pick it up, http://www.bighorn.no/
Bilbao Bar og Restaurant - Kongsgata 41 - Tapas
Bolgen & Moi Bar & Brasseri - Kjeringholmen - in the Stavanger Oil Museum, cookbooks, view of the harbor as is right next to the water, wines, gourmet/pizza/salads (my note - since I've come here keep getting told to go here for coffee or lunch or dinner, was reserved for confirmation parties this past weekend...museum & gift shop well worth the stop too...) http://www.bolgenogmoi.no/

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Charlottenlund Restaurant - Kongsgata 45A - next to the lake in Stavanger Sentrum, http://www.charlottenlund.no/
Chicago Bar & Restaurant - Lokkeveien 26
China House AS - Salvegergata 3
China Town Restaurant - Skagen 14
City Bistro AS - Madlaveien 18 - http://www.bistrohuset.no/ (my note - on this link also mentions City Bistro & Stuer, City Brasserie & VinBar, and lastly Ingredienser shop...where I've only seen tables outdoors for coffee & gourmet food items/table items for sale inside, there may be a small menu but didn't take note...is in an old white wood building on a corner & up a few steps, with their name cut into the glass windows...)

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Dolly Dimple Kilden - Gartnerveien 16, Dolly Dimples's Laugmannsgata - Laugmannsgata 8, Dolly Dimple's Madla - Madlakrossen 6 (next to Madla Mall or AMFI,) Dolly Dimple's Torget - Kongsgardbakken 1 (my note - pizza, pizza, pizza...Italian selections more eatable than regular choices, beware if eat indoors has kid's playground area & a B-day party every time I've ever been in one...I was told once don't bother ordering for delivery, you are better off picking up - an employee at PizzaBakern told me the same thing, don't bother calling for delivery just come in to order/pick up...)

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Emilio's Tapas Bar - Solvbergata 13 - across from Akropolis & behind the Stavanger Culturehouse & next/next door to The Irishman

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Food Story AS - Hospitalsgata 15 - up from Klubbgata & Stavanger Storecenter where walkoverpass goes over the street, heading toward the red brick church/green steeple, on corner in an old white house (my note - have eaten here, organic choices & daily specials on chalkboard, some food items in the back on some shelves, see the kitchen over the counter & at our table we ordered the Foccacia sandwich sliced off a large square or a big bowl of salad full of different organic greens...was told it was very good, so were the sandwiches & coffees or teas...)

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Gaffel & Karaffel - Ovre Holmegata 20 - gourmet paired with wines, http://www.tomat.no/ (my note - can't get the page to come up in English, looks like it's in the old firestation so still painted red & has 4 sections to it, a restaurant, a party/events room, a luncheon catering/meeting room, & a champagne bar...am only guessing, since I don't read Norwegian well enough yet...)
Garman AS - Skagenkaien 10

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Hall Toll - Skansegata 2 - the old toll house, on the harbor, was told there's an outdoor seating area & an indoor seating area, so outside can get hamburgers (the best in town I'm told, so must go find out soon?!) & indoors upper scale meals with wine pairings, http://www.hall-toll.no/
Hansen Hjornet AS - Skagen 18
Harbour Cafe Stavanger AS - Skagen 27 - bowling alley inside (my note - did not know this & was told more than 1 or 2 lanes, but also means leagues to watch out for if you think you can just walk in...)
Harry Pepper - Ovre Holmegate 15 - Mexican (my note - which we were wondering if we'd find any good Mexican food, after being disappointed with Chinese/Japanese so far & though there are 2 India restaurants there seems to be differing opinions on both...I did not think that putting a name with Pepper sounded very Mexican, do you want to think of your hot pepper with hair on it? hmmm...)
Helt Ratt - Skagen 27 - Sushi maybe (my note - there were not good things said about this place, as in there have been past health concerns...have asked how to tell if a restaurant passes the country's health standards & where to go find this information out too? so, for now we're left hanging where to go find Good Sushi - without trying to make it ourselves?!)
Herlige Stavanger Restauranter AS - Breigata 5 - http://www.herlige-stavanger.no/
Hinna Bistro - Hinnasvingene 50
Hungry - Kongsgardbakken 1

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India Tandoori Restaurant AS - Valberggata 14 - India like Thai restaurants have varying opinions by different people with different tastes I imagine intown, as ExPats or not, it's curious to listen to the arguements (my note - I don't eat spicy food, so I'm outta the loop?!)

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Jans Mat & Vinhus AS - Breitorget 6/8 - gourmet with wine pairings on offer, http://www.jans.no/

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Kontoret Bar - Skagenkaien 16

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La Piazza 0r Nye La Piazza or Restaurant/Ristorante Nye La Piazza - Rosenkildetorget 1 - in the same 200 yr old white house as the Stavanger - Chamber downstairs, & I think upstairs the mayor's offices, see reference on http://www.oregano.no/ Norges beste restaurant guide (my note - I've eaten pizza here & almost Italian, do have the thin crusts but don't offer olive oil to drizzle on nor Parmesan to sprinkle all over, though do serve for one person on a ceramic pizza dish sliced with knife & fork to eat it with & afterwards our Gellato desert was a bit overdone in presentation with the fruit & cream but still not too much when you share...someone else I know ate there as a couple & were pleased too...again in a part of the old house so wooden tables & chairs & the brass candlestick - which seems to be the eating out theme here in town - linens & art on the walls & was actually Italian music being played...from the speaker, was told it has the same owner they only changed the name to "nye" or "new"...)

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Matmagazinet - Eiganesveien 1 - organic, open Sunday
Mexico Restaurant - Skagenkaien 12 - http://www.restaurant-mexico.no/
Mikado Hong Kong Garden - Ostervag 9
Mogul India - Verksgata 9
Moon House Kinesisk Restaurant - Solvberggata 9
Mortepumpen - Olav V's gate 3

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Naree Thai Restaurant - Breigata 22
NB Sorensens Dampskibsexpedition - Skagen 26 - main one in Stavanger Sentrum, also branches in Malls - Kvadrat & Madla, http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/
Åpningstider/OpeningTimes:
Mandag - Onsdag/Monday - Wednesday
11:00 - 24:00
Torsdag - Lordag/Thursday - Saturday
11.00 - 02.00
Sondag/Sunday
13:00 - 23:00
Nero - Ovre Holmgate 8 - Victoria Hotel, gourmet/wine pairings (also Big Horn Steak House in Victoria Hotel)

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Ostehuset Ost AS - Ryfylkegata - up from Klubbgata & up stairs, Organic foods I was told, (my note - ate lunch here yesterday & had a really nice hummus sandwich, you go up to order & they bring it to you like many a place here) has a warehouse or loftlike atmosphere, rows of tables or some small tables with booth seats on the back side, big windows only look down onto street or over to Stavanger Storecenter, also has gourmet foods on shelves & in cases to buy to take home, plus some modern dishware for sale (ie colorful decorated stackable espresso mugs)

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Paparazzi AS, Skagen 27
Pastabakeriet No DA - Breigata 4 - http://www.pastabakeriet.no/ , also on http://www.oregano.no/ - Norges beste restaurant guide, or Norway's Best Restaurant Guide...
OpeningTimes:
Mandag - Fredag/Monday - Friday
10:00 - 19:00/7:00
Lørdag/Saturday
10:00 - 17:00/5:00
Søndag/Sunday
Stengt/Closed
Peders Take Away - Pedersgata 7
Phileas Fogg - Skagen 27 - http://www.phileasfogg.no/
Pizzeria Al Forno - Stokkaveien 53 - Italian
Pushkin Restaurant og Bar - Ny Olavskleiveien 16 ?* - Russian & Int'l (*Lokkoveien 20 on GuleSider.no & also their webpage) http://www.russisk-restaurant.com/ See English Menu on webpage,
OpeningTimes: 17:00/5:00 Mon-Sat 14:00/2:00 Sun

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Salza Grill & Nattklubb - Nedre Strandgate 29 - http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/
Åpningstider/OpeningTimes:
Tirsdag - Lørdag/Tuesday - Saturday
18:00 - 24:00/ 6:00 - 12:00
Søndag - Mandag/Sunday - Monday
Stengt/Closed
Setra or Restaurant Setra - Nordisk Bymat - Eiganesveien 8 - high end, http://www.restaurantsetra.no/
Shanghai Restaurant - Hinnasvingene 46
Sjohuset Skagen - Skagenkaien 16
Soleado - Solvberggata 7 - Closed, but may be remodeling, windows covered in brown paper...
Stavanger Sportscafe - Skagenkaien 14 A
Sting AS - Valbergjet 3 - also listed under cafe as Cafe Sting, next to Watchtower, high end, fish restaurant, http://www.cafe-sting.no/ , see also on http://www.oregano.no/ Norges beste restaurant guide
Åbningstider/OpeningTimes:
Mandag-torsdag/Monday - Thursday kl. 12-00
Fredag-lørdag/Friday - Saturday kl. 12-03.30
Søndag/Sunday kl. 15-00/3:00
Straen Fiskerestaurant - Nedre Strandgata 15 - http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/
Åpningstider/OpeningTimes:
Mandag - Lørdag/Monday - Saturday 18.00 - 01.30/6:00 - 1:30
(kjøkken stenger kl. 22.00/10:00)
Søndag/Sunday Stengt/Closed

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Tango Bar & Kjokken - Nedre Strandgata 25
Thai Cuisine Restaurant - Kirkegata 41
Timbuktu Bar & Restaurant - Nedre Strandgata 15 - http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/
Åpningstider/OpeningTimes:
Mandag - tirsdag/Monday - Tuesday
18:00 - 24:00/6:00 - 12:00
Onsdag - lordag/Wednesday - Saturday
18:00 - 02:00
Sondag/Sunday
Stengt/Closed
(Kjøkkenet har åpent til kl. 22:00/10:00)
Tollboden - Skansegata 2

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Vertshuset Mat of Vin XO Bar - Skagen 10

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Yex - Froastolveien 2

My Found General Restaurant Links - Stavanger, Norway:
http://www.herlige-restauranter.no/
(Note: lists, Stavanger - Bevaremegvel Bar & Restaurant, NB Sorensens Dampskibsexpedition, Straen Fiskerrestaurant, Utstein Kloster Hotell, Timbuktu, Newsman Cafe & Newsman Coffeeshop, Naloyet Bar, Taket Nattklubb, Salza Grill & Bar, Cafe Express...also lists, Sandnes & Haugesund)
http://www.oregano.no/ Norges beste restaurant guide
(Note: lists 196 - Details, Table Bookings, Maps, Photos, Comments, Programs)
http://www.eatingoutstavanger.blogspot.com/
(Note: blog postings only from June/07 to Aug/08, Restaurants - Nero, Al Forno, Nero, Akropolis, Bolgen & Moi, Soleado, City Bistro)

Delizia...Delicious...

Delizia

Now serving something other than Italian ice creams, coffees, Norwegian pancakes, (in other words--sweets) sandwiches, pastas, salads (in other words--food...)

And what timing--me just back from Belgium--I love it! Brussels Waffles! Here in Stavanger!

Read below from their webpage, All About Waffles - Belgium, US & Hong Kong style (who knew?!)

Waffle

A waffle is a light batter cake cooked in a waffle iron, between two hot plates, patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic shape. The Brussels Waffle (known in the USA as the Belgian Waffle) is prepared from a yeast-leavened batter, to give a light, crisp waffle. It is often served warm by street vendors, dusted with confectioner's sugar, and sometimes topped with whipped cream or chocolate spread. It may also be served as a dessert, with fruits, whipped cream or ice cream.

The Liège waffle[1] (from the city of Liège, in eastern Belgium) is a waffle usually bought and eaten warm on the street. They are usually freshly made in small shops, but it is also possible to buy them in supermarkets. They are smaller, sweeter and denser than "Belgian waffles". The last-minute addition of nib sugar to the batter produces a caramelized sugar coating. This gives a distinctive flavor. Most are served plain, but some are vanilla or cinnamon flavored, and can be served with toppings like fruits, creams, and chocolate. The Liège waffle was invented by a cook of the prince-bishop of Liège in the 18th century.

American waffles[2], common in the United States, are made from a batter leavened with baking powder, rather than yeast, often lightened with beaten egg-whites. They are usually served as a sweet breakfast food, topped with butter and various syrups, but are also found in many different savory dishes, such as chicken and waffles. They are generally denser and thinner than the Belgian waffle. Waffles were first introduced to North America in 1620, by pilgrims who brought the method from Holland. Thomas Jefferson brought a waffle iron from France, and waffle frolics or parties became popular in the late eighteenth century. Waffles were eaten with both sweet (e.g. molasses or maple syrup) and savoury (such as kidney stew) toppings.[3] Virginia waffles[4] are made with rice or cornmeal instead of wheat-flour. In the UK, the potato waffle, is a savory frozen food in waffle shape, made of reconstituted potato, oil and seasonings. These waffles may be baked, grilled, prepared in a toaster or fried, and are used as a side dish or snack.

Hong Kong style waffle, in Hong Kong called a "grid cake" (格仔餅), is a waffle usually made and sold by street hawkers and eaten warm on the street.[citation needed] They are similar to a traditional waffle but larger, round in shape and divided into four quarters. They are usually served as a snack. Butter, peanut butter and sugar are spread on one side of the cooked waffle and then it is folded into a semi circle to eat. Egg, sugar and evaporated milk are used in the waffle recipes, giving them a sweet flavor. They are generally soft and not dense. Traditional Hong Kong style waffles are full of the flavor of yolk. Sometimes different flavors, such as chocolate and honey melon flavor are used in the recipe and create various colors.

Shop Info:

Delizia

address:
Østervåg 41,
4006 Stavanger
Norway

webpage: http://www.delizia.no/

e-mail: mailto:delizia@delizia.no

phone: +47 95 88 10 88

Note: also New--Cheese Cake Flavors Ice Creams & Coming Soon--the Falafal Sandwich, due to popular request (nothing like eating healthy at the Dessert Shoppe?! I love it!)

SmakSak Delivered

SMAKSAK

Before You Read This Note - this was all English translated from Google of Norwegian webpage...
SMAKSAK
Our menu:
This week
Pork Plomme on potato pure * (see below)
Fish and shellfish stew
Beef tenderloin

Welcome to SMAKSAK
We deliver restaurant dinner to your home address.

If you want to impress your loved one, or invite friends home to a great meal at the weekend, a meal that you have created yourself, you can on this page to choose between several dishes and they get delivered home.

The agreement contains the recipe from Heine Grov and description of how to make food step by step, and fresh ingredients from Farstad Catering porsjonert (=portions) out exactly what the recipe requires.

You can also get yourself if you will.

SMAKSAK is for those who like to eat good food at home but who think that it sometimes can be difficult to look for new recipes, run around in different stores to find the right ingredients, and then to use lot of time in the kitchen to make food.

Our goal is to make very good food available for people at home.

If you are inexperienced in the kitchen or a skilled cook, you should be able to make any individual a very good meal for 30 min.

Go to our menu at the top left of the page and click on the week and right.

Together with each right you will also vinanbefalinger. (=wine selection or choice)

You can also email messages on our menu varying letter and receive weekly courses of vinanbefalinger.

Let us introduce our chefs:
It is the famous chef Heine Grov that has made our recipes.

Here he tells a little about themselves and their careers:

I started as an apprentice chef for Fleischer Hotels in Voss, and has since Monday been chef at Restaurant Enhjørningen in Bergen, Thime Station Mad and Vins Tove on Bryne, Solstrand Fjordhotell in Os, and most recently as chef and Primus motor brand vara Jæren kitchen on Jæren Hotels in Bryne.

Books:
New Mathefte in conjunction with the launch of the Jæren kitchen, together with Ruth Hege Holst (2002), The Jæren kitchen together with Målfrid Snørteland (2005).

Prices: I have a 4 space and a 7 place in NM for kokkar (1995 and 1998)
And became Bryne Velsen trivsel price in 2006 for work with Jæren Kitchen.

(Note: I think "prices" = "prizes" & "space" the same...)

Contact Info:
Smaksak Rogaland, 4352 Kleppe

Org. nr: 993 328 596
Tel: 995 80 586 post @smaksak.no

Photo from webpage...

Copyright Smaksak Rogaland DA.

This week's new law (?) contains tenderize pork and a delicious potato pure.

The right (?) comes with a vegetable mixture consisting of 6 different vegetables and gravy with red wine and sjalottløk. (lok =garlic or onion family) This right is gluten.

Vinanbefalinger: (=Wine Selection or Choice)

Casamatta Rosso 2007. Full bodied and fruity, aromas of dark berries, herbs and pine nuts. Price about 99 NOK, - from Italy

Price for 2 persons NOK 315 (latest exchange rate about $1 = about 7 Kroner)

(Note: you can order on-line with Visa/MasterCard...if you can manage all the Norwegian or poorly translated into English webpage--I would call them or e-mail them first...)

Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper article link under Media on webpage, read this subtitle...

Ikke noe hokus pokus

Translation attempt: "Does not use Hukus Pokus"--aka no 'magic' involved right?! Hah!
I love the Norwegian sense of humor when I can read it/get it?! ;o)

(?) someone else can help with these attempts at translations...

Personal Note: am more & more tired of attempting to cook as well, ID-ing food at the grocery, paying for said high priced food, trying to prepare said food in an oven I still don't know how to cook in (no sign of instructions, even on-line) & also way/Way expensive to take out or go out so is this an alternative? hmmm...I've not tried it, I'm awaiting other ExPats to give it a go first?! Either that or will await another vacation out of the country--French, Spanish, Italian, Greek food...mmm...

Please post comment when/if you try this gourmet home delivery service in Stavanger, thanks!

Barbarian Woman, Football Player, Alexander Kjelland

Photo: Norwegian Musuem of Cultural History 1927


Magnus Vigrestad


...a sculptor born & died in Stavanger, Norway 1887 - 1957 known for his statue of Alexander Kjelland overlooking the harbor with his top hat & cape standing nearly in front of the old medieval church/cathedral (Domkirke) in Stavanger Sentrum where there's usually a fruit & vegetable market on weekends at his feet...
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I've read (in translation again) that he did not get paid for this famous statue & did not attend the ceremony to dedicate/unveil the statue, since he didn't own any fine clothes & even when he was offered a suit to attend he declined & said basically if he couldn't come/was not worthy in his own clothes then he'd just rather stay away & so he did...

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One of his quotes in the translations:



"Eg måtte jo bli et herligt menneske, far min var tømmermann og mor mi het Maria" - from Wikipedia in Norwegian & elsewhere...



"I had to become a wonderful human, my father was a carpenter and my mother's name was Mary" - someone else has translated that quote to English...

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Photo: Erling Jensen
(Note: you can drive by this statue across from the Stadion & I have - now will have to go back & take my own photo another time, then I can change out both these photos...)


Other lesser known of his sculptures - the football player, made in remembrance of fallen athletes in WWII, & the bust of the painter, Kristian Marcelius Forland (that first "o" with a slash thru it, don't have a Norwegian keypad for that letter) 1891 - 1978 from Kvinesdal, Norway (have read this is in The National Gallery, which is in Oslo, Norway)
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The Egeberg prize (Kammer Lord Egeberg) is given for Norwegian sports highest rating, it was made by the sculptor & is a bronze statuette in the image of an athlete with a laurel wreath on the body, carried forward by the two sports buddies. (have read elsewhere it's for those who excel in more than one sport & cannot find a photo of it, only prize winners with medals around their necks...)

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But my favorite & it seems little known & hardly posted anywhere...


Photo: Erling Jensen
(Note: somewhere I have taken one too & will post when I find it again)

This translated from Wikipedia, a short bio with pictures, from Erling Jensen 2008...

Magnus Vigrestad made a number of sculptures. Rogaland Kunstmuseum. Barbarkvinnen, 1913 is considered as one of his best works of art. Barbarkvinnen today in Mosvannsparken, at the café. (Barbarkvinnen = Barbarian Woman)



Also from another translation it mentions...he taught with an emphasis on purerly correct anatomy & natural...he shared the fate of a number of other talented artists that province after a promising start (only to) stagnate in the local environment...lost the desire to create...died in an accident 1 December 1957 (never having the experience of his Football Player put in place 1958)

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This article in the local newspaper on-line of the largest media house, Norwegian Broadcasting - NRK Rogaland:

Stavanger municipality bought Vigrestad-figure


Stavanger kommune secured yesterday one of the bronze sculptures created by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad.



Descendents of Vigrestad sold last fourteen Vigrestad of sculptures, including three bronzes.

Published 04.11.2000 11:45.

Permalenke http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/rogaland/1.239714


Stavanger municipality bought the figure "The woman with the barrel" for forty one thousand dollars.



All three bronzes went to rogaland buyers, and one of the purchase were Per Inge Torkelsen.


Torkelsen has been involved to get to keep as many as possible of the illustrations in Rogaland.



Magnus Vigrestad is the artist who created the statue of Alexander Kielland's on the market in Stavanger.

A statue he never got paid for.


Note: there were not photos with this article...