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THE DIY ISSUE

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10. MAKE YOUR OWN IDEA CONFERENCE The story of TEDxTrondheim

12. FROM SUKKER, FROM SCRATCH 10 years of handiwork in Bakklandet 14. DIY MUSIC Riot Factory is Scandinavia’s most promising indie label 16. THE DIY ISSUE Leo Johnson introduces us to community in London and Trondheim 22. UPCYCLE YOUR LIFE Upcycle and redesign 27. PREVIEWS & LISTINGS 46. WHAT’S BREAKING / TRONDHEIM TECH News from Tech City T H E L I ST trd TH E TH IR D ISS UE

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If we actually take the time to think about it, ’do-it-yourself ’ (DIY) isn’t really such a novel concept at all, is it? Humans have been doing-it for themselves since the dawn of time. So why is this re-emerging term becoming so trendy these days?

For me, DIY was a sort of anthem when I was growing up. Being raised in the ’North America 90s’, meant a time of industrial outsourcing, where every consumer product was shipped from Asia, and nearly all entertainment was mass-produced. Back then, it was a status symbol to have other people do pretty much everything for you: decorate your home, make your food, design your clothing, provide you with art. It was defintely a revolutionary statement to be DIY in the 90s because this implicated doing things on your own terms, not those dictated by the market.

Lately, there has been a societal shift back to DIY. It turns out, outsourcing wasn’t really all that fun. Despite being ’over-qualified’ in some respects, people in Trondheim are finding greater enjoyment in making things themselves, together with others.

Spring is a time for cleaning out closets, planting seeds, ’dugnad’ing’ it up and quite generally, being handson. The List has traversed the city of Trondheim and even extended our search all the way to London, to bring you some really great examples of today’s DIY. Trondheim is ripe with communities spending their free-time creating things together on a small-scale basis.

In this issue of The List we reveal the backstage story of TEDxTrondheim, who saw a need for sharing some local and international ideas, so they started their own TED conference. As well as Sukker, a group of handicrafters who enjoyed making their own clothes and gifts so much that they use their free time managing a collective store. Take also Technoport’s master of ceremonies, London-based Leo Johnson, who realised he didn’t know the name of even one of his neighbours, so he started a neighbourhood-based winery. If one pays attention, there are examples of DIY all over Trondheim: pop-up architecture and design projects, urban-gardening, beer-making, music labels, and the list goes on.

If you have been on the search for creative people who share some of your own interests… look no further.This issue of The List uncovers truly the best parts of DIY Trondheim, so put those hands of yours in use and flip the page.

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Do it myself?

Words: Wil Lee-Wright

When I was growing up I was never that handy with a hammer or a drill. But like most boys I idolised my dad and thought he was a proper handyman, a regular builder bob, who could fix anything from a plug to a windowpane. It was only later on in life that I discovered he could only fix plugs and windowpanes – they were his workman party tricks.

I still had a kid’s toolbox when I was a student, with tin tools painted in bright blue.

Knocking a few picture hooks up at university and mending the occasional puncture was not exactly rocket science.

So Norway was a baptism of fire. Being a man in Norway means being good at DIY… or being able to kill something. I’m not big on the latter and so, as a dreadlocked environmentalist when I first moved here, I learnt to wield a sledge hammer pretty darn quick.

Up in the wilds of Nord Trøndelag this was equally useful for self-defence as it was for putting up party tents in the summer.

Of course the Norwegian society is favourable to homework. As a small business owner I often bemoan on the short Norwegian working hours to friends back home (when they are not stuck on the tube that is, suckers!), but I always follow up this point with a defence of the Norwegian working culture. The clichéd Norwegian worker might laze about with coffee breaks all day before heading home at 3.30pm, but when they get

home they put on their overalls and immediately starts ‘pussing up’.

The self fixer attitude is obviously partly enforced by the extreme circumstances of the country. It is freezing, wet, windy, exposed and the buildings are made out of wood.

Didn’t anyone ever read the Three Little Piggies!? We are also privileged to have a great economy, which allows many of us to get on the property ladder relatively early on (and onto a regular ladder soon after, to start painting the peeling woodwork of the do-up-job we have purchased). Though of course it is the same economy which makes labour so expensive and therefore drives us up those ladder and into the fuse boxes in the first place.

The result of this equation is a nation of well-equipped, skilled up semi-professionals.

When was the last time you saw a purple thumb nail in Norway? That’s not to say we are without incident: a bloated sense of self-importance in the tool shed is a recipe for disaster in any culture, when placed in the hands of part-timer. A buddy of mine embarked on a big renovation job outside of town, calling upon different friends for different skills, repaying them with beer and pizza, as you do.

On one particularly sunny summer afternoon he had a friend helping him clear some woodland before sitting down to enjoy a

“ Å pusse opp: to refurbish, a way of life in Norway.

long evening of sampling the homebrew. My friend and his wife hit the sack, but the other guy stayed up and got it into his head to carry on clearing the garden under the midnight sun. The couple woke to an almighty crash the next morning when their favourite oak tree came crashing down. Ouch!

And then there is the list work… the god-forsaking list work, the bane of my life.

Do we even have lists in the UK? I can’t even remember what we call this stuff: skirting boards go between the floor and the wall, but what about the bit by the ceiling? Well, maybe we just never got round to putting it up, which is true in several corners of my house here in Trondheim.

But there is something romantic about the bodges and blunders. When my grandmother died (shortly after my grandfather) and we went down to clear out their house, my dad was brought to tears by the sight of his dad’s bloody fingerprint in the window putty; from a forty-year-old fix on one of dad’s cricket shots. The men in my family never could complete a job without cutting themselves – it runs in the family.

And yet I still can’t fix a plug or a windowpane. That’s someone else’s territory: I have to have a reason to invite the old man over don’t I?!

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Cansu Birgen Cansu is an engineer working in NTNU, who has written in several blogs, newspapers and magazines about sustainability, especially for spreading the knowledge gained through her Industrial Ecology background.

She joined TEDxTrondheim as a speaker coach to help them unlock their potential and spread inspiration. Cansu currently juggles a few hobbies including an urban gardening project in Trondheim, as well as an improv theatre. She has degrees, emplyment and volunteer experience in engineering and life sciences from Turkey, Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.

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Lacie Goff Lacie Goff is a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California now based in Trondheim. She has also worked as a writer in New York, Illinois and Italy, specialising in writing about travel and culture.

Twenty-three-year old Lacie received her bachelors in Communication with an emphasis in Journalism in Los Angeles and is now continuing her education at NTNU. An active blogger, Lacie loves getting involved with Norwegian culture and experiencing Trondheim through a Californian’s eyes.

Runa is a partner in the award-winning architecture firm, Bjørke Architecture. Bjørke works with a variety of different architectural projects, particularly those based on user-centred approaches which convey how buildings and the possibility of outdoor ‘city rooms’ can be used to create value, inspire activity and happiness – and through this, good health.

Anders first moved to Trondheim in 2006 to study industrial design at NTNU. Upon graduation he founded Nice, a design studio, together with colleagues and friends Ida Brobakke and Jonas Asheim. They are on a mission to make sense of complexity through design, whether that means improving healthcare, tackling challenges in the energy sector or simply making a smashing app.

Sylvia Stølan Thor Richard Thor Richard is the editor of TrondheimTech, an independent news source for technology and entrepreneurial activity in and connected to Trondheim. He has a varied background ranging from being President of the Student Peace Prize to Head of Communication at Norwegian Centres of Expertise. Thor Richard has a Masters, in Political Science from NTNU.

Sylvia drew the illustration for the front page.

Her work is identified by colorful and multilayered illustrations, everyday surrealism, the beauty of everyday objects.

Since graduating from the School of Arts in Utrecht, Holland she has been worked for a range of different clients in the Netherlands and Norway.

Sylvia illustrates for clients such City Lade & Sorgenfri, but also does a bit of teaching in illustration & graphic design at NKH. After 9 years in Holland she was drawn back to Trondheim by the summer months: “when you are woken up by the sun at 4am and can go fishing at 11pm.”

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Greenhouse filmfestival Rethink the spaces around you! What is probably Trondheim’s smallest film festival is held in this 16m2 greenhouse every november. Here the local neighbours gather in the autumn evening for big screen experiences.

HydroBox Open source decentralized cooperative farming?

It might sound greek, but designer Alexander Jayko is working to allow easy and efficient farming from the countertop. His hydroponic garden kit is made from household parts with automated watering and lighting controlled right from the phone.

Looped Upcycling Starting with old tubes and rubber tires, Looped Upcycling have used inventive patchwork techniques to breathe new life into the material, creating everything from laptop sleeves to seating.

The designers, Kikki Stokstad Haug and Simon van Kampen, recently won the Heimtextil Young creations award in Germany for their work.

DESIGN IT Mobile Sauna An old disused caravan is getting its second life as a mobile sauna thanks to architects Siri Ullsfoss Afseth, Lydia Høyem Anker and Julie Nordhagen.

After retrofitting the interior with a woodburning stove and seating - you might see this sauna make its appearance around Trondheim next summer.

about the curators The project examples on these pages have been curated by Bjørke Architecture firm and Nice design firm, both established in Trondheim. Bjørke and Nice have collaborated on several significant projects in Norway, that explore the interaction between a user-centred design approach, architecture and technology. One noteworthy example in Trondheim city centre is the design concept behind the new Tourist and Visit Centre for Visit Trondheim and Trøndelag Tourism.

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Dispatchwork Dispatchwork is an international network of guerrilla brickbuilders. Using colourful Lego bricks to repair broken walls and lighten up the urban landscape, their plastic interventions can be spotted around Trondheim.

Basse The original DIY-sport?

An old schoolyard and street-corner activity, basse still has a dedicated following in Trondheim. You can easily make your own by cutting up an old bike tire and tying it up in a ’ball’, then stop by www. basse.no to learn the rules and get playing.

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Clubhouse lounge seating The new clubhouse for local football club Trond IL at Rosenborgbanen was part of a community effort led by Bjørke Arkitektur. One of the results was this outdoor lounge, with seating made from old leftover goal nets, that gives players and crew and locals a flexible hangout space.

Tea house

Art collective RAKE

The outdoors season is painfully short in Trondheim, but there are ways to extend it!

Using scrap materials and old spare parts, the architects at Bjørke Arkitektur built this ’tea house’ pavillion in their own backyard.

An independent exhibition space focusing on art and architecture. RAKE is the result of a student workshop (TreStykker 2011) where architecture students from around Norway came together to design and construct an exhibition space using materials from a nearby, derelict office building.

RAKE was moved to Brattøra in autumn 2014 and will be relaunched during spring 2015.

The DIY tradition has deep roots in Norwegian culture. It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, and for generations living off subsistence farming or fishing in a tough climate, this was all the more true. This mindset has given us concepts like ‘dugnad’ - a tradition of hands-on community based problem solving.

DIY projects capture the spirit of design succinctly. They are responses to the first-hand needs of their inventors, they are often spontaneous and collaborative, and they are made using the tools and materials at hand.

We often find great inspiration in these types of projects. Here we present a few glimpses of the DIY creativity that can be spotted around Trondheim. What is your DIY?

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Make your own idea conference: TEDxTrondheim Words: Cansu Birgen TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global idea exchange format originating from the U.S. in the mid 1980s. TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event, but continued out of popularity with annual conference series that took off in 1990.

“I thought, Trondheim is far too cool not to have a TEDx, so I got the ball rolling.”

The story of TEDxTrondheim started with the initiative of a curious, motivated and inspired man, Martin Hassel. After attending Milestone - a TEDGlobal event in 2011, for which he was a volunteer translator - Martin realized that he wanted to be more involved and begun looking for options.

“I kept Googling ‘TEDxTrondheim’ but it always came up blank. I couldn’t believe that the city that has UKA and ISFiT, didn’t have a TEDx. I kept thinking that somebody should make TEDxTrondheim happen. Somebody. I had no clue how to make such an event in reality, but surely somebody would...” says Martin Hassel.

That ‘somebody’ was Martin himself, now the founder and curator of TEDxTrondheim. Martin started TEDxTrondheim with a hope of creating a team full of ambition, motivation and creativity to share ideas worth spreading, so that everyone could experience the truly awesome experience of TED. “I always knew I couldn’t do it by myself. I needed a team of dedicated volunteers, and an effective way of attracting right people to work together,” says Martin. With no budget and no others to help, he set up a blank website at www.tedxtrondheim.com only containing a TEDxTrondheim logo. The only information was his contact e-mail at the bottom of the page (one had to scroll down to find it). Martin theorised that anyone Googling ‘TEDxTrondheim’ would find the page, and anyone dedicated enough to find his e-mail and contact him would be a great

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partner to turn TEDxTrondheim into reality.

Anna become the first volunteer by finding her way through the blank website and has now been a TEDxTrondheim volunteer for more than four years. The team expanded quickly and reached 20 volunteers, all with the ambition of learning and doing at the same time. After about a year, the team organised the first TEDx-event in Storsalen at Samfundet with about 400 paying guests.

“Volunteers with a great variety of backgrounds work together to achieve something with their own

resources and free will. TEDxTrondheim team has always had a majority of foreigners. This is partly because English is our official language, both at the events, online and internally, but also because TED is more known outside of Norway,” explains Martin.

Volunteering for any organisation or event provides socializing opportunity and gives the sense of belonging to a group, but the TEDx community is also a global movement, and the feeling of having made our own event and the great feedback from the audience gives such a joy,” he adds. Another attracting point of TEDxTrondheim is that volunteers have

the opportunity to do ‘everything’ themselves.

For example, there is a carpenter making stage design elements, a video producer making promo videos, a designer making art installations and a lot of people doing a wide range of things in the team.

The volunteers originate from nearly 20 different countries, so there are a lot of lot of different opin-

ions, interests, goals, skills and backgrounds, meaning each person in the team adds flavours the events they are involved in. It is in the TED spirit to be curious and open minded, towards other people, other cultures, other ideas and new ways of doing things.

Does TEDxTrondheim reflect this?

“TEDxTrondheim team is very different from all the other teams I have been in, and I have been in a wide range of groups,” Martin replies without hesitation.

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From Sukker,

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From Scratch Words: Lacie Goff Photos: Rory Matthews

Nestled amongst the cozy old buildings that line the main street of Bakklandet in Trondheim, is a boutique that is doing things anything but old-fashioned.

In fact, the spunky, energetic individuals behind the creative collective Sukker are really poster children for the modern-day spirit of DIY, innovation and creative design. Proposed to become a highway during the 1970s, today the main street of Bakklandet has become known for its unique and charming atmosphere. Its here you will find a landmark, what can be considered an original and in-person version of Etsy – the handmade boutique Sukker was the first of its kind to open in this historical area.

Sukker was established in 2005 by a group of design innovators who longed for a local arena in Trondheim for people who shared their interests. They wanted a community for designer-fellowship and inspiration.

And in true do-it-yourself spirit, when they couldn’t find what they were looking for, they decided to start it themselves.

Today, the design collective consists of 11 members plus additional commissioned contributors who showcase their work in the store. The treasures that are sold at Sukker include anything from hand-crafted jewellery, to belts made from refurbished car seatbelts, to animal-shaped ‘sofa friend’ pillows and so much more. Every visit to Sukker is like a treasure hunt because, being handmade, everything is one of a kind. Now Sukker is gearing up to celebrate its 10th birthday this June, and has undergone a facelift to prepare for the occasion.

Some Polishing Up Sukker took a breather to complete some renovations in late January this year and reopened on February 14th, right in time for the sweetness of Valentine’s Day. Entering a decade of creativity, the collective community joined forces to revitalise the store. While the wooden floors have been polished and a new coat of paint applied to the historical walls and that imperfectly slanted ceiling, the awesome concept of Sukker remains exactly the same as from its very first day. This group of designers is more close-knit and in-

vested together than ever before. And when I say invested, I mean seriously invested. All members of the Sukker design collective dedicate their spare time to designing and creating for Sukker, in addition to their day-jobs. They do this out of passion. In our 21st century society where everything seems to be centred on making a profit, Sukker stands out for putting their creativity and design first, well above consumer commodity. Yet they need not worry because despite these priorities, their hand-crafted products have a tendency to fly off the shelves.

“It was really fun to experience that people were willing to pay for what you make. You know? That’s cool.

Just sitting at home making things for myself and like, my mum and stuff, wasn’t really that inspiring. But then suddenly people would actually pay money for it, that was cool,” states Sukker member Maria Bøe.

Speaking of being invested, Sukker’s customer base is arguably as dedicated as the designers themselves.

They have both drop-in customers as well as a large group of devoted regulars, who really understand and appreciate the core values of Sukker as a concept.

“They shop from local sources, they support local sources, they appreciate it and they’re willing to pay. So it’s the same people over and over coming in, like once a month to buy gifts for their friends, family, themselves,” says member Eva Taucar. “You pay for high quality and local design that’s actually made where you live, not something imported from China.”

No amateurs here The designers behind Sukker are most certainly not amateurs. The standard of their items reflect the fact that each member has obviously been creating products for a good number of years. What for each of them started as a hobby, has now been amped up to the next level by being shared with the general public.

“I don’t think you reach our standards if you started just this year. We wanted to produce high quality products, so everyone has been working many years,” shares member Gro Synnøve Rygh Færevåg.

That high level of craftsmanship shines through in their products. It is that quality that sets them apart from other areas of the DIY world. Not to mention, the greatest thing is that with everything being a oneof-a-kind piece of art, there’s always a good reason to stop by and check out what’s new. Products change from season to season, and fear not, because the quality of craftwork never goes out of style.

Looking Forward Within the newly revitalised Sukker store, we can still expect to find the same sweetly unique products, but you may find some new concepts in addition, such as the proposed line of Sukker products made by designer collaborations. Their sky-high standards are reaching a new level in the interest of spreading the word about their store. They will always manage to keep the Sukker experience exciting for customers.

With opening hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 until 16:00, there has never been a better time to stop in to Sukker to find some sugar and spice and everything nice.

Words: Jaya Thomlison, Photos: Riot Factory

The List caught up with Scandinavia’s most promising up and coming indie label, Riot Factory, kickstarted right here in town.

Meet Arne, Stian and Jonny, the dudes who introduced you to impressive Norwegian artists like Highasakite and a favourite Christmas past-time, Alternative ‘julekalender’ among another music-related side projects. This is Do-it-yourself music. Riot Factory will tell you how easy (and hard) it is to start your own record label.

Hi guys, I think everyone is really keen to hear, just why exactly did you go ‘DIY’ and start an independent music label?

Hi! Ok, so this is our story. Back in January 2011 we sat down over a few beers, some good food and we got creative. We’d already been in bands, worked in recording studios, been on big tours, dj’ed all over, booked great bands to small festivals, had our own record stores and generally just been massively interested in music since...forever. It was time to combine all that diverse experience with our obvious enthusiasm and see what we could do if we really set our minds to it. Also, we always wanted to be important. Haha!

unknown ways. We were spending time together, so we thought, why not make it musically productive.

How does one go from ’I like music, we like music’ to ’let’s start a label’?

Starting a label is really not all that difficult. Just find some good bands and a badass logo, make some good plans...and start working. It’s really not much more to it then that. Now, running a label over time is a different gig entirely, but if you’ve got some luck and some talent and know how to have fun along the way it’s really rewarding!

How much work does it actually take to manage a DIY music label?

It depends. We have 14 artists signed right now and obviously that makes for a lot of work. We’ve never really counted the hours, but yeah - it’s quite a big job. But as we said earlier, as long as you know to have fun along the way, the hours can just keep on coming. We’ll fill them with good times no matter what.

That sounds just about right. What was the motivation behind the three of you joining forces?

We’re just good friends so it made sense that it had to be the three of us. We compliment each other in

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opportunity for more people to hear some of the really good music we liked hearing ourselves, bands who probably might not have otherwise gotten the exposure.

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Let’s get detailed then, tell me a little bit about your two companies.

Well, we are an artist label. This means give advice before, during and after a musical release, actually, advise and lead throughout the entire process. We like to call ourselves an indie label. Not just because we’re independent from the so-called major labels, but also because all the music we release quite easily can be categorised as indie. What ‘indie’ actually consists of these days is an entirely different story altogether, but we feel that our musical compass is calibrated the way we want it to be. You won’t find anything mainstream on Riot Factory, but then again most of the great music that is made today, is made quite far from the mainstream.

From the very beginning, Riot Factory started receiving a lot of emails from interesting bands that we had never heard of, but didn’t quite fit in to our Riot Factory roster at the time. That’s why we started a second company, called No Forevers, situated in Oslo and run by Jonny, where we could take some of these bands in and help them release music on their own, but guide them along the path. We’ve been working in the music industry for many years and collected some knowledge along the way that we like to share.

Basically from day one we there have been all sorts of interesting bands reaching out to Riot Factory and this has been on a steady incline. We can’t connect with all of them, we’re always growing, but also see a need for spin-off projects.

What is your vision for Riot Factory now? Have you moved from hobby to business? Next steps?

World domination! Seriously, we want the world (to quote a great song by Dråpe). The thing is, we’re not afraid of hairy goals. Hairy goals are never wrong as long as you do each step on the way to the best of your abilities. If the ultimate long-shot hairy goal fails, then you’ll still have reached a lot of your other objectives on the way, right?

Good strategic planning, the right collaborators, travelling around to meet great people and expand our network, finding the next great artist and laying secret plans are all amongst our dayto-day tasks. Our next step? Continue doing the right things, I suppose.

Do you have any advice for all the hidden entertainment and music hobbyists out there who want to up the ante?

The best advice we can give is: be open about your ambitions. Talk to people, make friends and have fun. Most people are good guys. Meet, talk, learn. The connections and steps forward will come on their own. Easy, right?

So, where can we find you?

We’re hosting an afterwork music and fun bonanza at DIGS in April. Come and hear our bands, great songs, pop some balloons, see some artsy videos and meets loads of nice people!

Do-it-yourself over to the Riot Factory event at DIGS and get yourself some new inspiration, wherever it takes you.

What types of bands do you sign?

We have a mantra, slogan, or whatever you might call it. “We work with artists that make magic – music that rebels against indifference.” Anything goes as long as the artist makes good music, we like it, and they are a great person. We really like nice people.

What are your ambitions for these artists?

We like to see our bands travel the world and have had them almost anywhere you can think of. A short

selection: Canada, USA, Mexico, Japan, Australia, England, France, Spain, Iceland, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Germany as well as up here in the north. Hopefully we can add even more countries to this roster throughout 2015.

Since we started in 2011 we’ve worked with Norwegian, Danish and Swedish acts such as Dråpe, Sleep Party People, Highasaskite, Angelica’s Elegy, Scarlet Chives, Bendik, Ludvig Moon, Pelbo and loads more. We’re doing our 100th release this autumn!

10 APRIL Riot Factory Presents Beer-Meet-Dance @DIGS

Price: FREE Time: 18:00 DIGS after-work dinner special and drinks, 20:00 Riot Factory presents..

Website: riotfactory.no digs.no

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THE ROAR OF THE COMMUNITY BBC World News Sustainability expert Leo Johnson is back in town to host the annual Technoport conference for the third year running. The List hooked up with him in London to

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get the inside scoop on why his new interests have turned ’community’.

It’s springtime. The city is greening, people are buzzing and we’re getting ready to welcome back a familiar face and self-proclaimed lover of Trondheim, the BBC’s own green-thumbed, green-thinking sustainability expert, Leo Johnson.

Words: Jaya Thomlison, Wil Lee-Wright.

Photos: Wil Lee Wright

Leo’s roster of sustainability-focussed interests are evidenced in his authored publications and projects.

To name a few: BBC World social enterprise host, presenter of BBC World News one square mile, Co-Founder of Sustainable Finance, Founder of Unthinkable Drinkable and the list goes on. It might be easier to call him a sustainability guru - though he shirked at this title when The List met up with him at his pad in Queen’s Park, London.

For the past three years Leo has cleared his busy

project schedule for a trip up north to humour the Trondheim public with compassionate, yet distinctly British wit, as the Master of Ceremonies for Technoport’s annual conference. He wouldn’t attribute his interest in Trondheim to the usual tech or research hubs that typically draw international experts. Simply put, Leo likes Trondheim’s vibe.

“I love the way Trondheim is on top of itself. It is a bit like the Greek polis, keeping the medieval, hilltop town spirit. It also has an amazing spirit. I can see all

sorts of nationalities and alternative communities are evident. It does tech in a not so ’jerking off ’ Silicon Valley way…it’s got a real touch.”

Speaking of this hilltop town, Leo holds a special place in his heart for green spaces, so it was two thumbs-up with the news that Trondheim kommune is assigning 1.5 million NOK towards the development of four community gardening locations across central Trondheim (sites: Bakklandet, Saupstad, Leangenbukta and possibly Ringvebukta). He is not the

only Brit we know with a love for urban gardening, let’s just say that Leo’s Technoport visit will include a stop at Stephen Barstow’s farm in Malvik, to try his salad made of 537 varieties (see the Extreme Salad man, page 19).

The List heard a rumour about a new bottom-up community-wine making project in London and got the sense Leo’s hands were involved. Approaching the topic revealed an entirely unexpected and existential revelation…

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Leo is from a family steeped in politics (most notably his brother, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London). And although he is quite distinct – ‘the green sheep of the family’ – there are overlaps. His father, Stanley, is a noted author on environmental issues and Leo himself considered politics, when was approached by the Green Party last year. Leo turned down this opportunity, but he had already begun on a path to accept that some of the sustainability issues he had been commentating on to others, were absent in his own life.

“I moved into this neighbourhood four years ago but up until last summer I wasn’t acquainted with a single soul! I had no top-soil; I was just someone living in this house. I had no roots.”

Leo explains how at that point he was struck by a mainstream media headline that had most of London awestruck. The story was of an elderly woman who, heartbreakingly, had passed away in her apartment and was left undiscovered for six years. In an area made up of relatively grand Victorian terraces it is just about understandable that the smell might not have penetrated the neighbours’ consciousness, but what did it say about the community that they could allow someone to disappear so?

Leo learned of this news shortly after tearing his Achilles tendon, which rendered him immobile and feeling pretty isolated. As he hobbled around the block on crutches, finitely aware of his surroundings, he bumped into a woman he recognised. “I thought to myself, this woman is from my street, I need to talk to her. So I make this lame comment about the weather and she responded: ‘oh, I know you – you’re that man that is always on his mobile’. I just thought, I am a really sad looser. I talk about community sustainability stuff and yet I am completely disconnected from everything going on around me. This woman lives 12 doors down from me, and we had never spoken before.”

It was about then that Leo felt the lowest of the low, but this small interaction but made “a huge impact” on his life.The next day he was taking the same route, hobbling on his crutches, when he stopped and noticed that there were grapes growing everywhere, previously invisible to him. There was an 80odd year old man (gaining on him) that Leo felt he just had to stop and contact: “excuse me, do you know how to make wine?” The man stopped dead in his tracks and turned to say, with complete conviction: “The soles of my feet are still stained from the wine that I crushed as a child back home in Italy.”

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Case #1: Monkey Brew Jorge Solheim, co-founder of the award-winning ‘best homebrew in Norway’ Monkey Brew, encourages all those beer-making dreamers out there to follow their passion Less than a year ago a group of friends and former roomies from Trondheim, floored Norway’s National Cup for Homebrew, in Oslo when they walked away with three gold medals and three silver (out of eight). To put the icing on the cake, or rather the head on the beer, they were named ‘Best Homebrew in Norway 2014’. ”It’s kind of a way of life, making stuff on your own.”

Trondheim’s recent influx of local micro-brewies reflects a trend on the rise. To the extent that Adresseavisa cast a rumour Trondheim is about to take on yet another identity, as ’beer capital of Norway’. This is likely a turn-on for the city’s 35,000 students, and pairs well their ’Norway’s best student city’ rep.

Monkey Brew is a local small-scale brewery made up of Jorg Solheim, Bjarke Vang and Pål Rolfsen, who made their start in 2008 while NTNU. They started by incoporating brewing into their weekly household schedule and went from there. While it is a slight departure from their formal education in science and humanities, they are now spending time doing something they really love, making beer. ”I went to NTNU and studied science and religion, which has nothing to do with making beer …or maybe everything, haha. I got into beer-making because it was fun and I have a bit of history behind making things” recalls Solheim.

Monkey Brew is a good example of how mutal interests between friends, a common love for something, and a little pat on the back can take can kick-start a hobby into proffesionalism. ”Making beer took so much time. We loved spending time doing it, so we figured it would be good to make a living from it so we could spend even more time brewing beer.”

Monkey Brew is in the works of commercialising, hopefully producing enough to send accross Norway.

And since they make their own beer, soda and even their own hotsauce, so we’re greatly anticipating the openining of their cafe and bar in the Spring. They brew many varieties, any of which could be our next favourite ’fredagspils’ (after-work beer). ”The situation with the beer scene in the 1970s and 1980s was that there were just a few breweries who made a lot of one type of beer, with no variety. I would rather see a lot of small breweries making many varieties. We would really like to do some collaborations with other small breweries to find new tastes and new inspirations.”

Monkey Brew’s advice for people who are into making beer? ”Don’t underestimate the product. Focus on what you really love doing and be good at it. Take the chance.”

table Google map of the grapevines around Queen’s Park, London and had wanted to make wine from the time he immigrated to London. He harboured this deeply-seeded longing for relieving the wine of his childhood and had, for years, been unable to ignore the grapevines woven extensively nearby his home (likely the remnants from Roman times). In

true community form, Paolo needed Leo to re-ignite his spirit for wine making, and Leo needed Paolo to bind him to his neighbourhood.

“So we walked the streets of the neighbourhood and he showed me these locations. In that direction there was a house with a hundred kilos of grapes

Case #2: Steven Barstow The Extreme Salad Man

Stephen Barstow once ordered a pizza that took six years to arrive.This was not, however, an everyday margherita on the back of a lost pizza delivery boy’s bike. Instead it was a homemade traditional Sicilian calzone, with 56 native Mediterranean ingredients, all of which Stephen grew in his garden on the edge of the Trondheim Fjord.

grow tomatoes or chillies outside; that wont work.

Grow the plants which do.”

The Extreme Salad Man, as Stephen came to be known after breaking the world record for a salad with the most varieties (537), is no stranger to going the extra mile for his dinner. An Englishman who made Norway his home in ‘81, Stephen has dedicated over 30 years to building his Edible Garden in Malvik, with plants from all over the world.

“The global vegetable economy is based on no more than about 100 species, and those are available anywhere, at any time, globally. It is an industry and it is these same 100 that are grown everywhere, and that is at the expense of local varieties.

It is these varieties that I’m growing; plants which are grown on a small scale around the world, which have not got in to the mainstream, but are nevertheless really good, and really valuable.”

The garden is home to approximately 8,500 different edible plants, including 2,000 distinct species, ranging from Japanese Angelica Tree to Norwegian Purple Potatoes. The seeds of both the plan and plant came from Stephen’s travels, though the extent of the project was largely down to a bet he had with himself.

“To start with it was because I was a vegetarian when I moved to Norway and that was a big shock. Moving from a country where there were perhaps one million vegetarians to a country were there were just a handful. And the ones that were didn’t dare admit it!”

“It seemed as though vegetables were illegal in Norway. Most people told me it was because it is too cold to grow here, but I took that as a challenge.The trick is that you don’t try and copy what the rest of the world is growing. Don’t try and

Stephen rues the fact that whilst the variety of vegetables available in Norwegian shops has increased in the time he has lived here, on a global scale it has actually gone down.

Seasonality is key. Even in a garden of 2,000 vegetables you are going to be limited by what is available and when. But this is “good for your health and your mental health” argues Stephen, because different seasons bring something new and fresh to look forward to. “It’s always changing, it’s always interesting.”

“I use old preserving techniques. Traditionally most vegetables were harvested in the springtime. Look at the traditions of the Laplanders, the Saami. It is not often spoken about, but they were big vegetable eaters. They harvested huge amounts of vegetables in the spring and lacto-fermented them to preserve. Lactofermintation has become popular again and there are courses all over the country.”

Stephen also runs courses (see below) and has a book out, Around the World in 80 Plants. The book takes the reader on a tour of the world’s edible a plants, all of which can be found in Stephen’s garden. To order the book (200 NOK) send an email to sbartstow2@gmail.com.

Course in Hitra, (Helgebostad) April 24-25.

Details: edimentals.com

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“Clockwise from top left: Agamemnon Otero at Brondesbury Edible Overground plantation; a juicer made from Apeel; Alkesh Parmar with his Celebration Chandelier; Leo Johnson with a bottle of NW6; Paulo.

that had year after year fallen to the ground unused. Round the back of another there was over 40, down there another 60… So we decided, there and then, we were going to be wine makers and brand it the Napa Valley of the North. We knocked on the doors and said ‘I know this is crazy but we want to make wine. Do you have some grapes?!’

Everyone gave them freely.”

Paolo and Leo embarked upon a six month long quest to rally their neighbours, one by one, and collect what became enough grapes to create hundreds of bottles of ‘nearly decent’ wine.

Everything was a product of their own interconnected efforts; they trampled the grapes, they stirred the pulp, they created the pleasant fermen-

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making something together with someone. There is nothing better than to create bonds with someone. You know, we are all taught that we are just consumers.

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tation of the wine. In its essence it was traditional winemaking: a self-initiated community project to integrate all archetypes of a village, or a city. They outsourced the volunteer graphic design for the labels to neighbour Jon up the street, and even though he printed the labels with the wrong year (2015 instead of 2014), their bonds grew. “We put the wrong date on the bottle! It was a small mistake, a tiny mistake… hehe! Me and the guys responsible are bonded in error.”

When the wine was finally bottled, after many missteps, over 50 neighbours crammed into Leo’s little garden, waiting to celebrate the fruits of their community-based labour in the form of their new wine, labelled ‘NW6’.

And how does the wine taste? “Well, we did a blind taste test against the cheapest wine we could find from the local off license. We tried NW6 first and people kind of turned their noses up at it, but when they got the cheap plonk, their faces all lit up and exclaimed that it was proper wine! You could say it was a sweet backstory, but a bitter aftertaste!”

From Leo’s position, you can rely on community, you reach out to your neighbours, but you might have to accept some flaws now and again. Leo has since officially entitled the project Unthinkabled Drinkable and plans to bottle up to 500 bottles

with his neighbours next year. They have a vision to expand their franchise to cider and grappa – and who knows, perhaps they’ll even start a community market. Inspired by his community interaction, Leo has gone on to teaming-up with one of London’s leading forces for community urban-farming and energy projects, Agamemnon Otero.

Agamemnon is founder of Repowering London, Director of Vauxhall and Brixton Energy Solar, and the driving force behind Edible London, The Edible Bus Stop and Edible Overground. He calls himself a “social wellbeing architect”. Agamemnon could be said to be an inspiration to Leo in that he was very much living the life he preached. In January this year his project with Groundwork London, to transform 50 of London’s overground stations into ‘Energy Gardens’, beat off competition form hundreds of other UK community project to win £750,000 investment from the Postcode Lottery. Quite a growth from a personal project to plant a few herbs at a Brixton bus stop.

“It is not an allotment, it is a community garden.

Which means it is everyone’s. Everybody has a share in it, we all come and harvest, we all come to plant it. It’s about really rethinking our living spaces… The same is true [of energy]. £13billion each year leaves London to 6 multinational energy companies,” explains Agamemnon, who plans to install solar panels on the participating overground

Case #3: Skate ramp

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At Lademoen you can find one of Norway’s very finest indoor skateparks. Trikkestallen, run by the local skate community TSA (Trondheim Skate Association). It is always jam-packed with skaters, scooters and bmxer. And with all those slams, grabs and power slides, the skate park needs to be maintained continuously to uphold its status. So every December a large portion of the park is rebuilt by volunteers in the classic ‘Dugnad’ ways of Norway.

The first thing you need to do is to measure the area where you are building your skateramp, use cardboard or plywood sheets to line it up.

Obviously these guys and girls have pipe loads of experience in building skateparks, but it’s actually quite a simple task if you want to build your mini-ramp.

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Top tip: take big pieces of cardboard to a ramp you already know and like, and use it as a template to plot the curves of your own ramp.

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Here’s how: What you need:

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Draw the curves arches on the skateramp directly on the cardboard or plywood.

Now measure the flat area between the arches, including length and depth.

Build the structural framework of the ramp (using 36x98 structural timber), starting with the towers/standing platforms at either end.

Use your templates to plot the dimensions. If you have little experience with construction this is a good time to ask for help For the standing surface at the top, and the sides of the ramp, use 1200x2400x18mm plywood.

The ramp surface itself must be the same thickness but is cut out of two pieces of 1200x2400x9mm plywood, and doubled up. That way it is easier to bend to shape.

Top tip: save money buying cheap plywood for the sides and bottom layer of the ramp surface, but use top quality for the top layer and get years more life out of your ramp. We recommend birch.

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Finally add the rail. You need a steel tube. Remember to make room for this when cutting out the arches and laying down the layers at the top of the ramp.

If you want to try out some ramps before creating your own then check out Trikkestallen (Mellomveien 32, 7047 Trondheim). For everyone who has ever built a BMX ramp in their drive with a plank and milk crate, we all know there is a bit of trial and error, but don’t be afraid to give it a go. And above all else, remember to where a helmet when you try out you latest construction.

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Case study #4: Camphill Rotvoll

From Top: Stephen Barstow in his Målvik garden; a bottle if the mislabelled NW6 2014; Art Hotel, in Brattøra Trondhime; the functional rooftop veg garden at the Culpeper Pub, London.

stations, to power information boards and, thereafter, the local community. “Community gardening is therefore about creating energy in both senses of the word: community energy and electrical energy.”

Norway lags behind the UK in regards to energy efficiency (Norwegians use twice as much energy per capita as their British neighbours), but when it comes to making things, balancing materials and recycling, London residents could a take a tip or two from ‘dyktige’ Norwegians. Norway, and particularly Trondheim, is a leader at finding ways of reusing raw materials for energy, or for DIY projects (see case study 3), or building urban community spaces out of old wood (see Art Hotel, pictured above, single hotel rooms in urban environments, fashioned entirely out or reclaimed materials). Leo concedes this point to his Norwegian-based visitors, although kudos to Alkesh Parmar, who was introduced to The List the following day. Alkesh is based at Goldfinger, a maker-space in West London, and has created a new

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Originally established as a home for people with life challenges and special needs, Camphill Rotvoll is now a small farm with their own bakery, safteri and weavery. Their farming is based on bio-dynamic principles and they produce a variety of organic herbs, vegetables and berries. They manufacture organic bread, jams, juices and teas which are supplied to some schools and kindergartens in Trondheim. It is possible to buy their products at a shop located on the farm or during the autumn market arranged each year. Camphill Rotvoll welcome volunteers all year round to contribute and take part in their activities.

Contact: Camphill Rotvoll, Hans Collins vei 5, 7053 Ranheim Telefone: +4773 82 68 50 (kl. 9-12, man.-fre.)

E-mail: velkommen@camphill-rotvoll.no Website: rotvoll.camphill.no

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Knowledge economies like those shared between London and Trondheim are experiencing an increase in the enterprise of ‘hobby-turned-commerce’.

In Western cultures one can outsource nearly everything from food delivery to car washing, from feeding your children at day-care to hand-delivered, tailored clothing. But despite the fact that products and services are often less expensive and faster to purchase in, there is a trend towards hobbyism in London and Trondheim that just won’t relent. Leo’s journey of hobbyism through grapes can be compared and contrasted to a new trend of small-scale beer breweries in Trondheim (we just won’t compare the taste! See Monkey Brew case study 1).

Though whereas Leo sustainability journey began with High Finance and is increasingly localising, many enterprises in Trondheim are finding ways of scaling up their passions and making a living out if it.

“I think there is nothing like making something to-

gether with someone,” eulogises Leo. “There is nothing better than that to create bonds with someone.

You know, we are all taught that we are just consumers. Because of the NW6 project we feel like we have moved from consumer to, something not a million-miles-away from citizens, where we actually care for one another. I love the density of interchange with others, the dance between strangers.”

If some of these principles ring true for those of you living in Trondheim, and while you’re waiting for the proposed urban gardening spaces in Trondheim, take a trip over to Camphill Rotvoll, a community-based farm just outside of the city (See Camphill Rotvoll, case study 4).

Read up on Leo’s Unthinkable Drinkable project, or meet him on March 18th – 19th at Technoport Conference 2015 (tickets: technoport.no).

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This year’s opening film is the premiere of the Norwegian production ‘Kvinner i For Store Herreskjorter’, a funny and playful production filmed entirely in Trondheim. Free ‘Work in Progress’ events gives

filmmakers the opportunity to tell stories, show clips from on going projects and reveal some of the film magic happening behind the scenes.

For those who enjoy a good scare, there’s Ramaskrik horror program with both classic and new films ready to make you jump out of your seat. For the youngest, there’s also Kosmokids program. More information on kosmorama.no including full program.

3 MARCH Kvinner i For Store Herreskjorter Nova Kinosenter 18:30 (premiere)

7 MARCH Lady and the Tramp Nova Kinosenter 14:00 (pasta included!)

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It’s that time of the year again! Starting on the 2nd of March, Trondheim will become the film capital of Norway for a full week. Kosmorama International Film Festival brings small scale productions and large international productions to enthusiasts before they have ever been mentioned anywhere else (or almost anyway). This year the festival features more than 90 films from all over the world, hosting parties, quizzes and seminars. There is something for all tastes, and special events for children – the showing of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp which will include spaghetti and meatballs after the viewing! The festival is celebrating its 10-year jubilee this year.

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Jakob Kaas is bucking the 21st century trend: after many years of operating an online business he is taking his product to the street. On 9th March, All Good Clean Records opens their first vinyl store, up the top of Nonnegate. The website is an encyclopaedia for Scandinavian record collectors, collating blogs, listings stores and providing advice. Jakob also participates in record fairs and, of course, plays a lot of vinyl.

Since moving to Trondheim from Denmark in 2011 he has been building his company online.

He loves Trondheim and its rock music scene, but has craved something to sink his teeth into.

So he is turning his passion into his day job and opening a record store and café, All Good Clean Records, Kaffebar & Vinylspinneri. The shop/café will specialise in handcrafted coffee and first issues rock, punk and metal 9 MARCH Nonnegate 25 Usual opening hours: Weds 12-17:00 / Thurs 12-19:00 / Fri 12-15:00 / Sat 12-16:00

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Do you suffer from symptoms of mass exodus from the city centre during Easter? If you are in need of something both social and relaxing, it might be time for a trip to the sandy coastline of Stokkøya. The famed design hotel Stokkøya Sjøsenter is a perfect getaway for people who don’t own their own cottage, or just want a luxury break. Take a day or weekend trip to Stokkøya Ocean Centre and Beach Bar and get just the right blend of urban comfort with outdoor activities. Stokkøya Sjøsenter has arranged an action packed week of jazz concerts, wine tasting, ultimate local cuisine with fresh local seafood and dj events.

Kayaking, paddle-boarding and bike trips are favourite options for kids, while adults can enjoy set dinner menus prepared by top-performing resident and guest chefs. April is the start of the sunny season, so be prepared for some fantastic sunsets. It is an ultimate blend of everything vacation within a couple hours of Trondheim. Meet with a group of soon-tobe-new friends and enjoy a glass of wine and bowl of mussels at this beautiful Norwegian beach-side location for their annual weekend jazz event.

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21 M A R C H Wine tasting 15:00 400 NOK Dinner and Dance 19:00 850 NOK

5 -7 A PR I L Jazz Festival with Erling Aksdal Trio + John Pål Inderberg 14:00-16:00 (set menu available)

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Råkkenråkk Fiskebåll arrange concerts and other fun events for kids at Byscenen in Trondheim. A disco with lights, loud music and soap bubbles, as well as concerts with a variety of artists, including Norwegian children’s hero Maj Britt Andersen… it’s no wonder that the arrangement has taken off and become a success.

The next show will be on March 15th, featuring Meg og Kammeraten Min. The band released their second children’s album, ‘Ostepop’, in February, and it has been very well received. Dagens Næringsliv even said that “it is directly irresponsible to not introduce your kids to Meg og Kammeraten Min”.

So there you go, see you on 15th!

15 M A R C H Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 Trondheim 13:30 (Doors open 13:00) 65 NOK (kids 0-2 free of charge)

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S MODERN TIMES: TSO performs Charlie Chaplin’s great classic from 1936 introduced the world to his iconic character ‘Little Tramp’; a factory worker struggling to survive in the modern, post-industrialized world. Set slap-bang in the middle of the Great Depression, the movie is an effervescent commentary on industrialization and man as a slave to the machine. Quite literally in some scenes, as Chaplin is force fed by a feeding machine and suffers a nervous breakdown at the hands of an accelerating assembly line.

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The sporting event of the year in Trondheim is upon us! Granåsen is hosting the skiing world cup in jump and combined on the 12th March. Yet again the biggest ski jumping stars are visiting our beautiful hills to compete in this ski flying classic.

Granåsen is no stranger to grand sports events.

The hill has been hosting World Cup since 1996 and even held a Nordic Ski Championships in 1997. But, this year’s event is also of historical significance. Next to ski jumping competition, Granåsen will host the first-ever combination race on snow for girls.

The music in Modern Times was composed by Chaplin himself, in collaboration with Alfred Newman. This performance of this all time movie classic will be accompanied by a full Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

This is one silent movie that will not stay quiet.

19 MARCH Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30 330 / 290 / 120 NOK

Modern Times was Chaplin’s last silent movie and marked his transition onto ‘talkies’. This film was already behind the times, however, as the movie industry had long since embraced the talking picture. It was also the first time Chaplin’s voice was heard on screen when he sung the Nonsense Song.

Amongst gardeners, making your own cut-flower arrangements is one of the pure pleasures of gardening. But it’s not as easy as it might seem, with possibilities ranging from floral candelabras to table swags. So in conjunction with the Flora exhibition, Nordenfieldske KIM have teamed up with Mester Grønn who is holding a mini crash course in table-top floral arrangements. Flowers and equipment provided.

It’s also free, so pocket your sheers and send an email to formidling@nkim.no to book your spot.

A PR I L 2 3 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 5 18-20:00 Free

Last year’s winner, Anders Bardal, is competing after pausing for a couple weeks because of a wrist injury, and if recent world record breaking flights from Norway’s Anders Fannemel (251m), Slovenia’s Peter Prevc (250m) and Germany’s Severin Freund (245m) are any indication, 12th of March promises to be a full-blown sky jumping spectacle.

12 MARCH Granåsen Skisenter, 7026 Trondheim 14.00 Combination sky jumping 16.30 Combination cross-country 10km 19.00 Ski jumping Tribune area – 250 NOK / Spectator area – 100 NOK

SATURDAY CLOTHES SWAP: out with the old, in with the old This simple but genius idea was brought to Trondheim after being picked up in Poland.

A countermeasure to the consumerism we all know way to well: we buy loads of stuff, which we don’t really need and we will never use. People chuck their undesirable belongings in the bin and replace them with new stuff that after a while also ends up in the same bin. It’s a vicious circle and, in the words of Gamma Ray, it’s time to break freeee!

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Preparations for the race are going smoothly.

“There’s still much work to be done, but I have a certain impression that committee leaders have good control over the job,” says Erik Andersen, head of the organizing committee for the World Cup in Granåsen. Reassuring words when you are flying through the air at 100kmh!

MARCH 28 DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 12-15:00 Free

So bring your undesirable clothing (as long they are in a OK condition) to this swap meet and trade it for new/ old things. Maybe you can find some cool vintage treasures? All the clothes that are leftovers after the swap will be given to Fretex and Vår Frue Church.

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As mentioned by Stephen Barstow (page 19), Norway has not always been the most welcoming destination for vegetarians and vegans. But the times are a changin’.

Trondheim Vegan Fair is the very first of its kind in Norway and, as organiser Emma Jarvis points out, vegetarianism and veganism have become much more accepted in Norway.

“People are not so confrontational, they are more intrigued about what veganism entails, they are learning what it is all about. You still get a lot of weird questions though, like ‘do you eat garlic?’”

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“We have already had to move the location of the Fair (from DIGS to Verkstedhallen) because the response has been so incredible,” reveals Emma. Over 350 people have signed up on Facebook at the time of print, months before the event.

Community has always been a big part of being vegan, as it is inspiring and supportive to have guidance. So much of the food we eat has meat and dairy products secreted into it, meaning patrons of this particular culinary lifestyle have to put a lot more time into making their own food. The benefits however are clear: healthier, more environmentally friendly, and conscious-cleansing food is a recipe for a longer life. Even if most of it is spent in the kitchen or foraging in the woods, that’s not a bad trade in!

In order to inspire more engagement, the Vegan Fair is free to enter and open to people from all culinary backgrounds. There will be stalls selling vegan speciality products (including dairy free cheese and meat free ‘meats’) and vegan neutral products from producers such as LUSH, as well as information from organisations such as NOAH (for animal rights) and the Norwegian Vegan Society, who are sponsoring the event.

There will also be cookery classes (with a couple of special guests to be announced) and on the Sunday after you can sign up to walking tour looking for edible plants in Trondheim.

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ROSENBORG v AALESUND: football returns Rosenborg welcome Aalesund to Lerkendal Stadion on 6 April as the Norwegian Premier League season gets underway. The golden era of 13 consecutive titles in the nineties and naughties is fast becoming a distant memory for Rosenborg fans, but hopes are high that Norway’s most successful club can claim the title for the first time since 2010.The visitors will present a somewhat unknown challenge, with new boss Harald Aabrekk and some promising young talent from Iceland, Sweden and Finland looking to build on a positive ending to 2014 for the Sunnmøre club.

Last season, Rosenborg struggled for form and following embarrassing defeat to city neighbours Ranheim in the Norwegian Cup and Irish minnows Silgo Rovers in the UEFA Cup, Per Joar Hansen was shown the door. New head coach Kåre Ingebrigtsen inspired the team to nine wins in the their last ten games, claiming a runners-up spot that seemed impossible just a few months before. The 4-1 demolition of Strømsgodset in the final game suggests Rosenborg will be serious contenders this time around.

start at NOK 215, with discounts available on child, senior and family tickets. If you fancy a whole season of Norwegian football, season card deals are available from just NOK 2298 for one adult and one child.

Also kicking off this month is the newly rebranded OBOS-ligaen (Norway’s second tier) and local hopefuls Ranheim should continue to punch above their weight. Look out for the ‘friendly’ between these two local rivals in the run up to the seasons start.

MARCH 6 Rosenborg v Ranheim, Lerkendal Stadium

Over the winter, Rosenborg lost USA international midfielder Mikkel “Mix” Diskerud to the lure of playing alongside David Villa in the new MLS franchise New York City FC. Key to success in 2015 will be the form of striker Alexander Søderlund, who despite scoring 13 league goals last season was frustratingly inconsistent in front of goal.

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APRIL 6 Rosenborg v Aalesund, Lerkendal Stadium 18:00

APRIL 12 Ranheim v Sandnes Ulf, DNB Arena

Match tickets are available online from rbk.no and

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By the time you will have read this, Kosmorama will be well on the way, or have come and gone. But there is a whole glut of other film activities going on in Trondheim throughout the year. We spoke to Renate Kroken, board-member at Trondheim Film Club, about their activities for the coming semester. “In Trondheim Filmklubb we constantly ask ourselves what part to play in the new way people watch movies. So this semester we are trying something different. Instead of showing one movie a week at Nova Kino, we are now focusing on two different topics and concentrating our screenings around them. The topic this semester is bullying,” explains Renate.

Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One are DJ pioneer’s who have been tearing up dance floors since the early 90’s. Under the group name Scratch Perverts their reputation as one of the world´s most progressive DJ collectives is unparalleled and their trophy cabinet is bursting: two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One´s World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut’s back to back World ITF Scratching crowns, and countless showcases and gigs all over the world.

selves into any one genre. In their words and their world, Hip-Hop is all about keeping that steady vibe.

Expect dupstep, drum’n’bass, hip-hop and everything in between when they take on BrukBar/Blæst, but most of all expect dancing, as the Scratch Perverts are supreme sonic architects, slaying every club they touch.

APRIL 11 BrukBar/Blæst , Tmv-kaia 17 23:00

Prestige aside, the Scratch Perverts always have the B-boy present in their minds when they pave the dance-floors with good vibes rather then lock them-

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They have also started a collaboration with BrukBar/ Blæst referred to as The Sunday Film Club, which will show mostly entertaining action and cult movies every other Sunday. You need to be a member of Trondheim Filmklubb to see the film – or buy a membership on the door. There will also be a continuation of their popular FilmQuiz (in Norwegian) at bær&bar.

Membership in Trondheim Filmklubb: 100 NOK includes first film Films then cost: 50 NOK or free at BrukBar/Blæst A-membership: 400 NOK – unlimited films

17-18 M A R C H Mini film festival, focus on: Bullying Nova

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What’s on

Concerts 01 M A R - 2 6 A P R

06 M A R

06 MAR

08 MAR

Lørdag på Søndag - every Sunday

Norwegian singersongwriter Tønes

Manifest Release Party

Ælgesæter Tramp & Trøkk

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 21:00-23:00, FREE At Antikvariatet Sundays are the new Saturdays. Don’t sit at home and dwell on the coming week, come and join in the jam!

Instruments available to borrow for free.

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 22:00, 300 NOK Songwriter Tønes doubles-up as a copywriter, something that gives him a distinct advantage when it comes to writing lyrics.

Will realease his new album ”Sån av Salve” in 2015.

03 M A R

Skog

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, FREE Band from the woods playing songs about sunshine and sorrow.

05 M A R

Frode Alnes and Blåserne

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 19:30, 200 / 150 / 100 NOK 28 of The Norwegian Royal Air-Forces horn blowers have teamed up with one of Norway’s more succesful artist and songwriters over the past 30-years.

05 M A R

Pop Clubben

Harem, Nowhere Men og Harlekin

06 M A R

Cold Creek + supp: Drango Cold Creek Sukkerhuset Scene, Sverres gate 15 21:30, 50 / 0 NOK Melodic tunes from Magnus Mikalsen, with a bit of a Bon Iver twist.

06 M A R

Kjartan Gaulfossen & Erlend Smithee - Record Release Party

Manifest Familien, Dronningens gate 11 21:30, 100 NOK Aggressive, dark and twisted modern trash metal.

Ine Hoem

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 21:00, 225/185/100 NOK Local talent Ine Hoem is releasing her new album ’Angerville’.

07 MAR

Emerald – A tribute to Thin Lizzy Emerald

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 22:00, 295 NOK Phil Lynott’s present’s Thin Lizzys songs in the spirit they were original performed.

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 100 NOK Trondheim rappers, featured on NRK P3’s

07 MAR

Urørt. Release concert for “Rein by“.

Mattis Kleppen solo

Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60 14:00, 150/100 NOK This guy uses a bass guitar in a uniqe way to make it sound like a fiddle.

05 M A R

07 MAR

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 21:00, 80/60 NOK Hot synths and cold vocals, or was it the other way around? This electropop band plays on bird noise and sheet metal.

05 M A R

06 M A R

Frode Alnes and Blåserne

Bjugn Kulturhus, Campus Fosen KF, 7160 Bjugn 19:00, 200 NOK 28 of The Norwegian Royal Air-Forces brass players have teamed up with one of Norway’s more successful artist and songwriters over the past 30-years.

Simon Lynge

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5, 7011 Trondheim 21:00, 170 NOK Danish/Greenlander Singer songwriter.

06 M A R

Geir Engen Band

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 Trondheim 22:00, FREE Live music.

your feet and sing along. Recommended.

06 MAR

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 20:00, 150 NOK 60’s and 70’s music in the concert hall.

Mihle

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, tba NOK Cultivating the music of Trøndelag, stamp

Ove Engen

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Energetic troubadour.

07 MAR

Arne Åsmund

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 21:00, tba NOK Singer songwriter with honest and dark lyrics.

08 MAR - 09 MAR

Hanne Tveter

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, tba NOK Fusion between Norwegian folk and flamenco.

10 MAR

Steve Wynn

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 21:00, 220 NOK Steve from Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Miracle 3 etc.

10 MAR

Panda Panda

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, FREE Fresh new noise quintet from Trondheim.

11 MAR

Hør, Hør! - album evening with Tre Smp Kinesere

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 19:00, 50 NOK Local favourites Tre Små Kinesere play the record of their seminal album, 365 Fri, 25 years after it was released. And take questions.

11 MAR

Queenie Remember Wembley

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44, 7010 Trondheim 19:30, 390 NOK Queen coverband show.

12 MAR

50/50: Lumikide

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 Trondheim 21:00, 50 NOK First of Brukbar/Blæst’s 50 kroner Thursday concerts. Experimental price, experimental pop by Lumikide.

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Concerts 13 M A R

14 MAR

19 MAR

20 M A R

Kollwitz

Biru Baby

Karolina Strassmeyer med The Brazz Brothers

Blue Aspic

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 150 NOK Chilling, post-punk metal breeze, out of Bodø.

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 80/60 NOK Sami rock band - previously known as Cyaneed.

14 MAR 13 M A R

Sean Rowe

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 20:00, 220 NOK Singer songwriter from New York.

13 M A R

1974: Tribute to ABBA

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 390 NOK ABBA coverband show.

13 M A R

Clearwaters

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Credence Clearwater cover band.

13 M A R - 14 M A R

Bel Canto

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7131 Brekstad 21:00 / 19:00, 250 / 100 NOK Music group from Tromsø, with guests.

14 M A R

Charlotte Audestad

Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter, Leksdalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal 21:00, tba NOK Singer songwriter with intimate and funny lyrics. Out of town.

14 M A R

Juicer & Heroinne

Sukkerhuset Scene, Sverres gate 15, 7011 Trondheim 22:30, 110 / 60 NOK Tough Trøndelag rock and Arctic desert rock. Killed Dead Records brings you some unearthed quality.

Hanne Bergheim & Ragnar Haug

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Double concert: both have strong traditions in text and song writing, so expect deep expression.

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 18:00, 200/100 NOK Sax player Karolina joined by the Brazz Brothers.

19 MAR

KUUK

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, 150 NOK Bonkers female rap group from Oslo.

14 MAR

20 M A R

Ian & Ryan

Broen + Invader Ace

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Live music with top duo.

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 150 NOK Mystic floaty journey pop, supported (or followed) by Invader Ace’s alternative dance music.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Live music. Swing and blues.

20 M A R

Concert with High Funky Five & Sticky Forks

Kultursenteret ISAK, Prinsens Gate 44, 7011 Trondheim FREE

21 M A R

Ida Jenshus

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 21:00, 250 NOK Ida spellbinds her audience with melanchoIly pop melodies mixed with a strong country rock influence. Launching her newest album in the spring and up for popsoloist at Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian grammy equivalent).

15 MAR

Bjørn Alterhaug’s 70th

Bjørn Alterhaug, Ola Kvernberg and Pål Inderhaug Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 Trondheim 14:00, 150/100 NOK Ringve is celebrating Bjørn’s birthday with a special concert.

20 M A R

Kåre & The Cavemen

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 Trondheim 22:00, 280/220 NOK Garage rock band from Oslo, also know as Euroboys. Norwegain classic.

21 M A R

Gabrielle

17 MAR

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 190/140 NOK Electro pop singer who flirts regularly with hip-hop.

CONCRETE STEPS

Familien, Dronningens gate 11, 7011 Trondheim 22:00, FREE Hardcore rock band known for playing super fast.

20 M A R - 21 M A R

NM i Janitsjar 18 MAR

Menno Gootjes (FOCUS) & Dr. Bekken

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 21:00, 220 NOK Dutch guitarist Menno from the band Focus does and exclusive concert with pianoman Dr. Bekken.

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 14:00, 200/50 NOK Norwegian Championship in marching band music.

21 M A R

ATTAN + MØRKEMAKT

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50 21:00, 100 NOK This is Metal!

20 M A R

21 M A R

Open String Dep. vs. Julie

Viggos Venner

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE These musicians have turned their music into a boys against girls competition for one night. Play your bets please!

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE “Folk’n’roll”: backyard shows, rattle orchestra, stompbox and harmonica, guitar and bass box. Plus a little mandolin.

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What’s on

Concerts 21 M A R

Dag Erik Oksvold

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Live music from Fosen musician.

24 M A R

Rockheim’s Allsangkafe: Listeners’ Choice

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 13:00, 70 NOK Rockheim’s house band plays the good ol’ tunes in their own way. Theme: Ønskekonserten, (Listeners’ Choice’), an NRK radio show running since 60’s.

25 M A R

Sabaton (SE)

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 20:00, 375 NOK Swedish hard rock band touring Norway for the first time in years, and apparently this will be their most costly tour ever!

27 MAR

09 APR

11 A P R

Thomas Løseth Trio

Pop Clubben

Rival Sons (US)

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE A band who have appeared on Norwegian Pop Idol.

SirenQueen + Barnacle

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50 21:00, tba NOK Hard Rock!

28 MAR

Hallvard Gaardløs

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Young songwriter from Toten. American indie.

28 MAR

Rune Kleveland & Maria Solli Sjøvåg Duo

01 A P R

Rockheim’s Wednesday Concert: GO4IT GO4IT

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14 18:30, FREE ”GO4IT” is Trondheim Kommune’s culture school’s take on a collaboration within pop/rock/world & jazz.

26 M A R

Møster! & The Young Mothers

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 20:00, 80/60 NOK Experimental jazz evening with two bands housing some of Norway’s finest jazzers.

26 M A R

Tommy Tokyo

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, 150 NOK Award-winning Norwegian rock singersongwriter.

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 20:00, 150 NOK 60’s and 70’s music in the concert hall.

Bands will be announced on rockheim.no

28 MAR

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Soul pop and rock hits!

25 M A R

Bands tba

Jaa9 & OnklP

Oppdal Kulturhus, Inge Krokanns veg 2, 7340 Oppdal 21:00, 295 NOK Once a game changer on the national rap scene, always dirty, still relevant duo from Lillehammer. Out of town (playing Trondheim later in month) .

06 A P R - 06 M A R

NATT&DAG concert & magazine release

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 21:00, FREE Come to DIGS for a fun evening with NATT&DAG, there is a rumor about a special rap concert.

50/50: Lint

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 50 NOK Brukbar/Blæst’s 50 kroner Thursday concerts. Mellodic post and noise rock, from these Bergen guitar heroes.

11 A P R

The Back Pages 09 APR

Leisure Suit Lovers & Disco-Tema

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 20:00, 80/60 NOK Samfundet’s own in-house disco band.

09 APR

Frøkedal & Familien FRØKEDAL & FAMILIEN

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 21:00, 170 NOK Dark and melodic, inspired by everything from 60’s folk music to minimalistic pop.

10 A P R

The Fjords

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 150 NOK Petter Vågans solo project, music is aimed at the heart, not the head.

10 A P R

Jaa9 & OnklP

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 250/200 NOK Once a game changer on the national rap scene, always dirty, still relevant duo from Lillehammer.

10 A P R

Dig Deeper

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 Trondheim 21:00, 100 NOK Epic, psychedelic rock!

10 A P R 09 A P R

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 350/280 NOK Classic blues rock in a fresh wrapping.

Bohemen

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Norwegian pop and rock.

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50 21:00, 100 NOK Four-piece rockband from Oslo.

11 A P R

Rock’n’Roll Adventure 1964-1975

Bjugn Kulturhus, Campus Fosen KF, 7160 Bjugn 19:00, 350 NOK Rock’n’roll tribute by Åge Sten Nilson and friends. Out of town.

11 A P R

Smiley

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Solo show.

14 A P R

Texas Five concert

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 20:00, 50 NOK This quintet make their own compositions, inspired by the American jazz tradition.

16 A P R

Shevils and Barren Womb

Familien, Dronningens gate 11, 22:00, 100 NOK Shevils, a hardcore punk band from Oslo joined by local noise mongers, Barren Womb.

17 A P R

Casa Murilo

Sukkerhuset Scene, Sverres gate 15 22:30, 210 / 150 NOK English/Norwegian rock band. Support to be announced.

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Concerts 17 A P R

18 APR

24 A P R

25 A P R

Carnival Kids

Frode Haarstad

Daniel Norgren (SE)

Knut Dahle

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 80/60 NOK Eclectic, heavy rock/post-hard core.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 Trondheim 22:00, FREE Oppdal’s finest.

17 A P R

Staut

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 375 NOK Norwegian folkrock band.

17 A P R

Hold The Line

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE TOTO tribute band.

17 A P R

Wild Things Run Fast a tribute to Joni Mitchell

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 Trondheim 21:00, tba NOK The beautiful songs of Joni Mitchell interpreted in both new and old ways.

18 A P R - 19 A P R

Seigmen + Dunderbeist

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19,22:00/21:00:00, 380 NOK One of Norway’s much loved rock bands.

Originating in the 90’s and now gracing our stage to mark their new-studio album!

Playing two concecutive nights (18th is already sold-out).

18 APR

Nidaroskvartetten

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 14:00, 100 NOK Nidaroskvartetten has been around for seventy years and aim to be here for another seventy.

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 22:00, 295 NOK Swedish singer-songwriter Daniel is touring europe to celebrate the launch of his new album ”Alabursy” in the spring.

24 A P R

The Sadies (Ca)

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 200 NOK Canadian Rock / country and western band, formed in Toronto 1994.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE Elton John night.

29 A P R

Rockheim’s Allsangkafe: Humour

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 13:00, 70 NOK Rockheim’s house band revitalise some oldies. Theme: humour

24 A P R 21 APR

Concert with Sandra Borøy and band

Kultursenteret ISAK, Prinsens Gate 44, 19:00, FREE Jazz / pop.

Daniel Kvammen

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 80/60 NOK Acoustic guitar and smart lyrics that shift between light and dark.

30 A P R

Cloroform

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 21:00, 250 NOK Post punk from the guys who brought you Cracked Wide Open and Hey you Let’s Kiss.

24 A P R 22 APR

Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg (US)

Dagens Ungdom

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK No fuss, pure pop with Norwegian lyrics

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 21:00, 250 NOK Drummer from the Ramones and Misfits, with his latest band. Dust off

24 A P R

the T-shirt…

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 22:00, FREE

30 A P R

Shortskirts

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, 125 NOK Local surf-rock band.

Soulmates

24 A P R

Charlie Rackstead

23 APR 18 A P R

Jonas Alaska

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 200/150 NOK Story telling singer songwriter, armed with an acoustic guitar.

Nagel

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 21:00, 80/60 NOK Indie rock from Bodø.

23 APR

MONOLITHIC

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 20:00, 200 NOK This American/Norwegian has translated Norwegian pop and rock classics to English, with his own twist.

25 A P R

The Beatles 1964

Bjugn Kulturhus, Campus Fosen KF, 7160 Bjugn 19:00, 350 NOK A musical look back at the Beatles’ magnificant career.

Familien, Dronningens gate 11 22:00, tba NOK Norwegian metal band.

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Jazz, blues and classical 01 M A R

07 M A R

Poulenc Sekstett chamber music

12 Tenors in Concert

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 13:00, FREE Sextet: piano and wind. Free.

01 M A R

Morten Stai Quintet

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Stavanger jazz man accompanied by Anders Gleditsch (keys), John Fosse Solvang (bone), Thorleifur Davidsson (harp) & Aleksi Otto Antero Heinola (skins) & Charlie Haden (bass). Melody and good times.

02 M A R - 06 M A R

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 18:00, From 120 NOK Obsession and desire: Alexander Pushkin´s drama as a grand opera (Tchaikowsky).

Strong feelings and dramatic fates are woven together in the love story about the cynical and selfish nobleman Eugene

19 MAR

Chamber music: Brassmusikk

Det Norske Blåseensemble The Mission

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 435 NOK Musical journey with opera, swing, pop, classical and broadway music

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, 13:00, FREE Brass concert with TSO’s solo trompeter Hans Petter Stangnes and his colleagues.

07 M A R

15 M A R

Kroks Jazz Cafe: Vikelven Jazzband

Mozarts Requiem

20 M A R

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 20:00, 300/350 NOK The masterpiece preformed by Nidarosdomens boys choir and orchestra.

Bjugn Kulturhus, 7160 Bjugn 18:00, 200 / 100 NOK With 3500 concerts under their belts, this lot should perform! Out of town.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 14:00, FREE

08 M A R

We are women

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 15:00, 140 NOK International Women’s Day. Musical views on men, love and life as a woman. Arias and duets. Food, coffee and snacks inc.

08 M A R

Chamber music: Perler fra barokken

Onegin and the innocent girl Tatjana.

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 13:00, FREE

02 M A R

12 MAR

Monkey Plot

Russian with Chang - TSO

Nidarosdomens Boys Choir

15 M A R

Sunday Concert

Vår Frue kirke, Kongens gate 5 14:00, FREE English chorus music from the 1500’s, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Sheppard.

16 M A R

Jazz trio

13 MAR

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Sing-along, month’s artist and open mic

04 M A R

Tonestormerne Erlend Skomsvoll

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 175/125 NOK A movie about Trondheim Jazz orchestra’s collaboration with Chick Corea + Solo concert by Erlend Skomsvoll.

14 MAR

Aleksandersen, Pedersen & Dalakopa Storstuggu, Storstuggu, 7374 Røros 21:00, 450 NOK Part of Røros Vinterfestspill, with Åge Aleksandersen, Gunnar Pedersen (guitar) og Dalakopa. Out of town.

06 M A R

14 MAR

Tsarsten & the Freudian Slippers

Joey De Francesco Trio + Rønnings Jazzmaskin

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, tba NOK Jazz. ... from another dimension

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Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 275/125 NOK

Trondheim Soloists annual Trondheim concert

20 M A R

Moskus, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 21:00, 220 NOK Jazz, folk and americana duo.

Lamentationes

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, tba NOK 12-piece jazz band from NTNU’s Jazz academy.

20 M A R

Arvvas

03 M A R - 0 3 N O V

Bånntrøkkofon - jazz

The Brazz Brothers

16 M A R

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Jazz trio with Oscar Grönberg, Peder Waern and Truls Rønning

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 07:12, 250/200/150 NOK Vocal music from the 16th Century, preformed by six-voice acappella group, the Nordic Voices.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 200/100 NOK A musical meeting between European art music and Indian traditional music .

Frimurerlogen, Kongens gate 3 19:30, 250/100 NOK Mozart’s Divertimento F-dur KV 138, Schnittke’s Moz-Art a la Haydn, Vaugan Williams’ Fantasia. Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagete.

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 120 NOK Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Concerto, a charming mixture of innocence and refinement, followed by Shostakovich’s intense and ghostly 10th Symphony; a “sunrise for the future”. Conducted by Han-Na Chang.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 150/125/100 NOK An improvised journey through desert-blues, American country rock, Norwegian cluster and Japanese Noh Theatre.

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18 M A R

Viseklubben Maja

Open Mic

Panter Tanter Vår Frue kirke, Kongens gate 5 20:00, FREE Panter Tanter hosts, performing songs by Russian singer and poet Vladimir Vysotsky

21 M A R

Vårtegn - Mining Choir

Falkbergetsalen, Røros Hotel, Røros 18:00, 250 NOK Choir singing their best hits. Out of town.

21 M A R

Kroks Jazz Cafe: Sintef Storband

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Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 14:00, FREE.

Carion Wind Quintet

22 M A R

18 M A R Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 200/100 NOK Norwegian International Wind Festival presents a wind quintet out of the ordinary.

19 M A R

Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times - live performance TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 225 NOK Charlie Chaplin’s classic Modern Times.

The silent film will be accompanied by a full orchestra. This is film art.

Chamber Music: Romantikk with Trio Luna Trondheim Folkebibliotek 13:00, FREE Romantic chamber music concert.

22 M A R

Stabat mater

Nidarosdomens jentekor / TSO Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 20:00, 250/200 NOK Barokk piece Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, directed by Andrew Parrott.

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What’s on

Jazz, blues and classical 24 M A R

05 A P R

16 APR

25 A P R

Masterkonsert: Skogen Sällström

Pie Jesu

Luftforsvarets Musikkorps Illegal Songs

Kroks Jazz Cafe: Erlend Jentoft Band

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, FREE There and Back Again; a fiddler’s journey - how Norwegian folk music has inspired classical and contemporary music.

26 M A R

Paganini Variations TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 120 NOK Soloist Lukas Geniusas plays Brahms Symphoni No. 1 alongside Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Rafael Payare.

27 M A R

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 18:00, 150/100 NOK 11-year-old soprano Aksel Johannes Rykkvin and cantor Magne H. Draagen.

10 APR

Debussy La Mer Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 120 NOK The Four Sea Interludes are from Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes orchestral suite.

Music which portrays the ebb and flow of the sea, and the conversation between the waves and the wind, accompanied by Ravels Concert for the Left Hand; an introspective piano piece played entirely with one hand. Conducted by Han-Na Chang.

11 APR

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 19:30, 250/200 NOK Bach’s classical piece telling the story of Jesus’ suffering .

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 450 NOK Big Band Jazz.

27 M A R

Thomas Torstrup kvartett

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Jazz pianist, organist and composer from Stavanger, schooled at NTNU.

27 M A R

FRI FORM 12: Grönberg/Haugerud + Ballister Grönberg/Haugerud and Ballister Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 150/100 NOK ’Fri Form’ improvised music.

28 M A R

Kroks Jazz Cafe: Bjørn Krokfoss Sextet Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 14:00, Free NOK Live jazz on a Saturday afternoon

29 M A R

Jesu 7 ord på korset

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 19:30, 200/150 NOK A dramatic show with organ and dance.

With French composer Charles Tournemires.

Glenn Miller Orchestra

11 APR

Det Swinger!

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:00, 220 NOK 50-piece choir joined by local heroes JaZZmaZZørene.

11 APR

Annbjørg Lien - modern folk Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 21:00, TBA NOK Modern folk music with a all star team of musicians

Brad Mehldau Trio

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 395/225 NOK An irresistible blend of song shapes, ambiance and impressionism.

Sarah Neufeld and Colin Stetson 19 APR

Emilia Amper

Stiklestad Kirke, Leksdalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal 18:00, 200 / 180 / 100 NOK Swedish nyckelharpa player (cross between harp, steel guitar and violin), playing alongside five Trondheim Soloists.

19 APR

Lengselens bønn

Nidarosdomens Oratoriekor Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 18:00, 220/180 NOK Salm 42, Hear my prayer by F. Mendelssohn and Surrexit a mortuis av C.-M. Wido.

21 A P R

Emilia Amper m. Kvartett fra Trondheimsolistene Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, tba NOK Traditional folk music and art music.

West Side Story and Korngold TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 120 NOK Charles Ives work, The Unanswered Question, from 1906.

16 APR

24 A P R

Schubert’s Symphon #4 Tragic

Skaun Storband versus Difference

TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, From 120 NOK Reinghold Glières’s old-fashioned Harp Concerto from 1938 and Schubert´s 4th Symphony from 1816. Conducted by Francesco Angelico.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 14:00, Free NOK Live jazz on a Saturday afternoon

Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson (Bon Iver/Arcade Fire)

23 A P R 15 APR

Erlend Jentoft Band

25 A P R

TSO

Johannespasjonen Nidaros Church Choir

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 19:30, 200 / 150 / 100 NOK Air force corps brass band perform the previously banned songs of the Norwegian resistance. Viva Norge!

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 21:00, tba NOK Contemporary electro-acoustic, avant-folk, drone, industrial, minimalism & beyond.

26 A P R

From Denmark with love

Nidarosdomens jentekor and Haderslev Domkirkes Pigekor Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11 20:00, 150/00 NOK Nidarosdomen’s girl choi and Haderslev Domkirkes Pigekor.

28 A P R

FRI FORM13

Gjerstad/Toyozumi duo + Ward/ Lash/Knedal Andersen Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 20:00, 150/100 NOK Fri Form is a series of concerts series with improvised music.

29 A P R

Super Wednesday with Young Talents TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 305 / 275 / 100 NOK A concert is to expose and promote talented young musicians people in the Trondheim area.

Frøya Kultur- og Kompetansesenter, Sistranda, 7260 Frøya 20:00, 300 NOK Big band from Skaun take on rock’n’roll band Difference. Out of town.

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What’s on

Art and exhibitions 20 S E P - 18 J A N

Christine Cheung – The Long Blank

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Trondheim Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Canadian artist, Christine Cheung’s works gives the spectator a sense of an aftermath. The artworks appear to be the remains, fragments, or traces of something that just occurred.

05 F E B - 05 M AY

Daniel Rybakken

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 5, 7013 Trondheim 12:00, 80/60 NOK Exhibition of the young designer Daniel Rybakken’s lamp designs and light installations. Tour on 15th March.

01 M A R

13 M A R - 17 M A R

26 M A R

Under 40

Punktet exhibition

Paper cutting workshop for adults

KIT, Innherredsveien 7, Trondheim 12:00, Free NOK Exhibition which presents eleven different young Architect Offices who have partners under 40.

Kjøpmansgata 27 tba, Free NOK Exhbition with Øyvind Sørfjordmo og Mikael André Jacobsson

05 M A R

Comedy in Norwegian music – De Gærne Har’e Godt

Artist Tal Gerd Tinglum Gerd Tinglum

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B 18:30, 80/40 NOK

06 M A R - 3 1 M AY

Pileflett - exhibition

Englegalleriet, Leira , 7110 Rissa Fri 14:00-22:00, 30 NOK Spring exhibition by Lene Jacobsen.

06 M A R - 1 5 M A R

Strøtanker (tankedryss & avstandsbarrierer) 19 F E B - 15 M A R

The Silent Speaker - Part II Regina (Maria) Möller Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Fjordgata 11, 7010 Trondheim Wed-Fri 11-18:00 / Sat-Sun 12-18:00, A three-part art installation by Regina (Maria) Möller, at the halfway stage.

First there was a contextual piece in Levanger, now we see the solo show, then culminates in forthcoming Avant Garden performance. The Silent Speaker embodies “silence”, “delay” and “the invisible”. In this exhibition (part II of the trilogy) Möller extends The Curtain to The Costume – interweaving patterns of symbols / sign languages with patterns of clothing.

27 F E B - 0 2 M A R

NKH exhibition with Amnesty International

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30, 7011 Trondheim FREE Norges Kreative Høyskole have teamed up with Amnesty International and made a project exhibition on houses.

KIT, Innherredsveien 7, Trondheim 18:00, FREE Dialogue between Inger Margrethe Hove Laustsen and Maximilian Schmölz becomes the artistic medium for their production of works.

07 M A R

Omvisning: RAKE - Like Pinning Jelly to the Wall

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 13:00, 80/40 NOK Guided tour of the exhibition ’Like Pinning Jelly to the Wall’

08 M A R

Tour in the Hannah Ryggen exhibit on women’s day.

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 5, 7013 Trondheim 14:00, 80/60 NOK Experience Ryggen’s powerful and politically relevant tapestries. In Norwegian.

12 MAR

Slavs and Tatars - Long Legged Linguistics

01 M A R

Mari Hofstad Gunnes

Omvisning Gerd Tinglum Pentiment

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B 18:30, 80/40 NOK

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B 13:00, 250/80/50 NOK

19 M A R

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 19:00, FREE Exhibition opening, cost thereafter 120 / 90 / 60 NOK

20 M A R - 30 M A R

Exhibition: Rikke Flensberg Babel, Mellomveien 4, 7042 Trondheim Tue-Fri 14:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 12:0016:00, FREE Exhibition by Rikke Flensberg

20 M A R - 29 M A R

It’s About Time

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum 18:00, FREE Just what the label says, who says you shouldn’t play with scissors?

26 M A R

Kunstnerens valg: Erlend Leirdal TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B, 18:30, 80/40 NOK

26 M A R - 0 9 A P R

Petter Buhagen & Ingri Haraldsen: Turbidity

Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Wed-Fri 11-18:00 / Sat-Sun 12-18:00 Turbidity is the optical characteristic that causes light to be scattered and absorbed.

0 9 A P R - 12 A P R

Nobody Passes

KIT, Innherredsveien 7, Trondheim 18:00, FREE Presentation of workshop results by guest lecturer Veronika Radulovic

KIT, Innherredsveien 7, Trondheim 18:00, Free NOK France Rose & Helle Grondahl.

21 M A R

17 A P R - 21 A P R

Open Stage: Dance

Punktet exhibition

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 19:00, 100/80 NOK Get a closer look at what’s going on in the region’s contemporary dance field: Choreographies, work-in-progress, and discussions.

24 M A R - 25 M A R

White on White 6 – Queer Sells’ by White on White

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 19:00, 200/130 NOK The duo White on White reveal the secret recipe of their future success on the art-market: presenting a montage of signifiers of the mainstream with signifiers of a possible minority-status, a «pinkwashing» of their trademark into a strategic combination of Whiteness and Queerness.

Bakke Gård tba, Free NOK Exhibition with David Breida

18 APR

Flora – the museum blossoms Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, 14:00, FREE Exhibition opening; Flora – the museum blossoms

18 APR

Tour: Bleken and Sitter Nymontering

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 13:00, 80/40 NOK Opening of Bleken and Sitter exhibition

25 M A R

24 A P R

Utstillingsåpning: Requiem

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Borgny Svalastog Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60 18:00, FREE Exhibition open, artist Borgny Svalastog.

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14 19:00, Entrance FREE Exhibtion opening at Rockheim Galleri.

Photos of the Backstreet Girls by Morten Andersen.

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Theatre & Comedy 02 M A R - 14 M A R

12 MAR

27 M A R - 28 M A R

Lille Eyolf

Stand Up Evening

Mot i Brøsta

14 MAR - 15 MAR

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 18:30, 545 NOK Stand up show with well known Norwegian comedian trio. in Norwegian.

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens gate 18-20 20:00 week, 18:30 Sat, 295/250/170 NOK Little Eyolf, drama by Henrik Ibsen about a disturbed family and their oldest son the disabled Little Eyolf. (In Norwegian)

02 M A R - 13 M A R

Suffløren

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens gate 18-20 18:00, 200/175/150 NOK The Prompter – A love tribute to the theatre. In Norwegian.

03 M A R - 2 8 A P R

Kleintirsdag - every Tuesday Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4, 20:00, FREE Karaoke. In Norwegian?

03 M A R

Den tredje scene

Ila Brainnstasjon, Ilevollen 32B 20.00, FREE Storytelling, spoken word, poetry, slam and standup come head-to-head. Great storytellers share their personal tales.

04 M A R - 0 5 M A R

Hertz’ by Sidney Leoni (FR)

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 19:00, 200/130 NOK In complete darkness Sidney Leonis «Hertz» destabilizes the convention of «watching a performance» by challenging our accustomed use of our senses.

05 M A R - 30 A P R

Supertorsdag - every Thurs

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, 50 NOK Stand up comedy. In Norwegian.

Varieté Europa’ by Tea Tupajić (HR)

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 19:00, 200/130 NOK Tea Tupajić has invited four completely different people to take part in this performance about European life: her insurance agent, her tax inspector, a doctor in the emergency room and a nude figure model. An intimate, up-close and personal portrait of these people and their lives.

19 MAR - 21 MAR

High School Musical

Dampsaga Kulturhus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 18:30, 220/100 NOK Students and teachers from Steinkjer culture school put on their own version of the beloved Disney musical. Out of town.

Open Stage for Dance

Teaterhuset Avant Garden 19:00, 100 / 80 NOK Open Stage is an event where dance artists can show short choreographies and work-in-progress, and discuss their work together with an audience.

21 MAR - 20 JUN

The Sound of Music

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, 70 NOK Impro comedy. In Norwegian.

05 M A R

24 MAR - 28 MAR

Magic Night

Ørlandsrevyen

11 M A R - 13 M A R

Bly i Baken - theatre/show

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 20:00, 250 NOK The ministry of health’s annual show (a ’revy’ - Norwegian type of cabaret), including talks about everyday activities in a humouristic manner. In Norwegian.

09 APR

Stand Up evening

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, 50 NOK Stand up comedy. In Norwegian.

1 0 A P R - 12 A P R

Ses i min nästa pjäs – Et drama

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 19:00, 200/130 NOK A socially committed documentary theatre performance about the influx of neoliberal thinking in the art field – and in society in general. In Norwegian.

23 A P R

Stand Up evening

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, 50 NOK Stand up comedy. In Norwegian.

26 A P R

Multiplié Dance Film

Nova Kinosenter, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5, 7011 Trondheim 18:00, tba NOK As a part of Minimalen Short Film Festival, DansiT presents a series of 9 exiting dance films.

30 A P R

Magic Night

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, Free NOK Hat full of magic men, including Bjørn David “Davido” Fevåg

1 4 A P R - 17 A P R

There - dance performance 21 MAR

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens gate 18-20 19:00 on weekdays and 18:00 on Saturdays, 425/350/200 NOK World famous musical. In Norwegian.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, FREE Hat full of magic men, including Kevin Lunde (from the telly).

Else Kåss Furuseth, Sigrid Bonde Tusvik and Henriette Steenstrup

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7131 Brekstad 20:00 / 19:00, 250 NOK A ’revy’ is an amateur dramatical performance in Norway. A funny show about people living in the area, in Norwegian. Tue and Thur 8pm, Friday and Saturday 7pm.

26 MAR

Stand Up evening

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens gate 18-20, 19:30, 275/250/195 NOK Award winning dance performance, which crosses over to theatre by Jo Strømgren Company.

15 APR

Al Murray - ’The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor’ Al Murray

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:30, 460 NOK British stand-up comedian.

18 APR

Teatresport championship

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim TBA, TBA NOK Trondheim championship is arranged in conjunction with Rockehim’s humour exhibition.

18 APR

Oriental evening

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 19:00, 340 NOK Oriental night with 50 belly dancers.

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass 20:00, 50 NOK Stand up comedy. In Norwegian.

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What’s on

Nightlife 06 M A R

Østfrost

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK Pump organ and Viola based organic and delicate music.

06 M A R

Eddie C

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3 23:00, FREE One of the Slo Mo/Edits/Disco scene’s heaviest hitters will make you dance

07 M A R

SOUNDCLASH m/ Mira Mark vs. EmmTee & Braek Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 23:00, 100 NOK This dub fi dub Sound Clash is a DJ competition between Trondheim vs. Oslo / Male vs. Female. The only allowed genres are; ragga, dancehall and jungle music.

07 M A R

Tent up high

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 Trondheim 23:59, 80/60 NOK Brand new Trondheim based band, tales tells of funky and solid pop rock.

07 M A R

14 MAR

21 M A R

11 APR

Raw Juice

Whose House??!!

Scratch Perverts (UK)

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 23:00, 100 NOK This popular electronic music night never fails to deliver.

Ferdarhag

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK 80s post-punk alternative rock band with dark songs.

14 MAR

Klima Kontroll

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3 23:00, 100 NOK Funk, soul and disco organically grown in a Brazilian climate

20 MAR

Fleur De Lis

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 Trondheim 23:59, 80/60 NOK Oslo post rock band with a large spectrum of fuzz gear.

20 MAR

13 M A R

Familien, Dronningens gate 11, 7011 Trondheim 22:00, 60 NOK Local Ragga Sound Crew.

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 23:00, 50 NOK Don dada in the Norwegian techno scene.

11 APR 21 M A R

Solvind

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK Energized pop rock quartet serves colourful music.

21 M A R

Frekk+Freidig RAGGABALDER + LAMBSBREAD

Thomas Urv

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 23:00, 100 NOK Legendary turntablists from UK. If you are in the know, you are in the queue.

14 MAR

DJ Buddy Smiles

Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16 22:00, FREE Soul, soul and soul.

Brukbar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17 23:00, 100 NOK Local club scene flagship by DJ trio who are known to get dancey during their own sets

RAGGABALDER+LAMBSBREAD

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3 23:00, 100 NOK NRK P3’s Marie Komissar promises explicit lyrics and booty shaking

21 M A R

DJ Håvve

Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16 22:00, Free NOK Rock dude plays strictly Rock n Roll.

Friendship

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK Young rock trio with drummer vocalist!

17 APR

Dröm

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK Electro pop in Norwegian, inspired by Röyksopp and Jaga Jazzist.

18 APR

Quick Quick Obey (DK9) Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK Psycadelic electropop.

28 M A R

25 M AY - 25 A P R

Sidesprang

Elektrosamfundet

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3 23:00, 100 NOK Local dudes from Raw Juice dive into the deep house, house and disco pool for this club night

10 A P R

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 22:00, 100/50 NOK Electronic music takes over all the Samdundet venues for one evening. The acts are a heavily gaurded secretm but one thing’s for sure this will sell out, so get your tikets early.

Pistolshrimp 13 M A R

Marble Pools

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 23:59, 80/60 NOK One girl solo band, with punk singer Ida Dorthea Horpestad.

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 23:59, 80/60 NOK Electronic and harmonic pop band with tropical vibes.

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Festivals, Food and Markets 01 M N OAVR -- 09 30 NAOP VR

OrgelfestRotvoll Camphill

Hans Collins Various locations vei 5, 7053 Ranheim Various prices(mon-Fri), FREE 09:00-12:00 Trondheim Small farm international with their own organ bakery, festival. safteri Nidarosdomen and weavery. shows off its brand new Steinmeyer Organ. Lots of free concerts in various locations. See website for individu01 M A Rwww.orgelfest.no al listings

Eco-sale

0 1 NOVEMBER Andersen&Gundersen

12:00, FREE Transformfestival: Barnas 2015’s first eco-sale by Andersen&GunTransform dersen - get your eco-honey, coffee and 12:00 rice - to mention but a few. Mainly local Concerts, workshops from around the producers. world and, of course, face painting. Closes 16:00

02 M A R - 0 8 M A R 02 N O V - 00 J A N Kosmorama

Nova Kinosenter, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 Transformfestivalen og Various start times, 100 / 90 / 80 NOK Ringve: Internasjonal mu(discounts available on ticket books) sikkdag Trondheim’s premier film festival, with more than 90 films fromAlle all 60, over7041 the world.

Ringve Museum, Lade See 100 previews. / 50 / 0 NOK Last day of Trondheim’s World Music festival. Free entry for those in national 05 M A R costume.

Green Drinks

DIGS,NOlav 07 O V Tryggvasons - 09 N O V gate 30 18:00, FREE Startup Green DrinksWeekend is an informal event that happens monthly and is open to anyone Startup Weekend interested in environmental issues.

Green DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Drinks is now Gate 30, 7011 relaunching Trondheim at DIGS. Fri 18:00, 600 NOK No 05talk, M AallRaction.

- 0 8 Launch M A R a startup business in just 54 hours!

Over Rørosvidda horse and sleigh 09 N O V - 07 D E C

Vauldalen Fjellhotell, Vauldalen, 7370 Hagen Sunday Market Brekkebygd Hagen,web, Nedre 75 check tbaBaklandet NOK Green market (until along Four-day trip inevery horseSunday and sledge, Christmas begins in town).forSelling the winter market roads used by traders huneverything fromStaying homemade hummus dreds of years. in farms.

Contact to kohlrabiFjellhotell (some sortfor ofmore turnip!).

Vauldalen infoTheir (regular falafels recommended. evening are tours ouit to cabin and back, with dinner, for 810 NOK).

10 06 NMOAVR - 15 N O V

Trondheim Fine Italian Wine Course Dokumentarfestivalt To Rom og Kjøkken, Carl Johans gate 5

Dokkhuset, 4 17:30, 1300 Dokkparken NOK Improve your nose. about fine Italian prices from 60450Learn (Festivalpass) wines at one ofFestival Trondheim’s bestreportage resDocumentary covering taurants. Price includes two hour course, in many different fields, see page 38 for followed by three course meal. Possible for friends to join for meal, 950 NOK including food and wine.

06 A R - 07 M A R moreMdetails.

UKM - Ungdommens Kulturmønstring

1Kultursenteret 1 N O V & 9 ISAK, D E CPrinsens Gate 44 18:00, Free NOK Strikkekveld The Youth cultural rally is a network of small which the youth Annaslocal Cafe,festivals, Nedre Bakklandet 22 can participate 18:00, FREEwith any kind of expressions.

Knitting evening with professionals on 07hand M Ato R teach you how to do proper knitting in great atmosphere . Beginners Fine Dining - food welcome.

And again on 9thcourse December.

level 2

To Rom og Kjøkken, Carl Johans gate 5 12:00, 1950 NOK 11 NOVEMBER Take your cooking to the next level and learn how to get the most out quality Winemaker’s Dinner ingredients, everything from halibut to 2 Rom og Kjokken, Carl Johans Gate 5 scallops, king crab to veal. Course includes 19:00, 985elements NOK of preparing food, such the tricky Four courseand dinner with wine tasting Creas filleting shellfish purification. ate and enjoy a 5-course meal. Drinks not included (525 NOK extra for wine package).

Level 1 5 N1Orepeated V E M B on E R14 March.

Trøndersk CD & Platemesse 07 M A R

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 Trondheim winter market Trondheim Torget, Kongens Gate, 7013 Trondheim 11:00 - 16:00, 50 NOK 11:00, FREE Vinyl and cd faire. Dig the crates for hidden Market gems place where you can buy food directly from a wide range of local producer’s.

29 NOV - 30 NOV 12 MAR - 15 MAR

Julemarket Vinterfestspill - Røros Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 Festival Trondheim

Røros centre, Kjerkgata 29, 7374 12:00 -city 18:00, FREE Various locations, Various NOK Christmas market with all the classic stalls Chamber musicbut, festival this UNESCO and trimmings holdin the press!

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12 MAR - 13 MAR

Psykologidagene - Psychology Festival

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim FREE Two-days of psychology speeches, aimed at the psychology bu open for eveyone.

Free, register in advance, see psykologidagene.no for more info.

1 4/ 03 / 2 01 5

Jan-Ole Hesselberg lecture: Fornuft & følelser

Trondheim Folkebibliotek 13:00, FREE Is your brain playing tricks on you? 100 years of psychological research suggest so. Tonight we try and trick our own brains.

30 M 14 NA OR V E- M15B EMRA R

Julesøndag Girls’ weekend

Stiklestad Ringve Museum, Nasjonale LadeKultursenter, Alle 60, 7041 Trondheim Leksdalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal 150 /1230 tba, 100 / 400 1130 (family) / 1030 NOK NOK ”Christmas Sunday”.

Venninnehelg’ - girls’ weekend We all lovefull a Christof food, masand fun market, concerts. and this Priceone includes has a chocolate hotel. workshop.

19 M A R 6 DECEMBER

French evening EtRom julemarked med Sukker To og Kjøkken, Carl Johans gate 5 16:00, 895 NOK og venner

To Rom og Kjokkenspace, has been by DIGS Co-working Olavselected Tryggvasons the Ministry Alain Ducasse and as GateFrench 30, 7011 Trondheim one of 1000 restaurants worldwide to celi10:00,French FREE gastronomy. 6 course menu, brate The from Bakklandet’s winedesigners menu available for 695 NOK’Sukker’ extra. are hosting a Christmas market. There will be jewelery, clothing, accessories and 20 A R to buy. graficMprints

Beer Tasting Course

To Rom og Kjøkken, Carl Johans gate 5 717:30, D E C1300 E MNOK BER Understanding Norwegian and internationChristmas in the al beers, including beer and food combiArchbishop’s Palace nations. Price includes two hour course, followed by three course meal. Possible for Erkebispegården, Nidarosdomen friends to join for meal Sun 12:00-16:00, FREE(920 NOK including food and beer).

Christmas Fair, horse and sleigh, theater, concerts and Christmas workshops. Read moreMon 21 A www.nidarosdomen.no R

Trondheim easter market

Torget, Kongens Gate, 7013 Trondheim 11:00, 12 D EFREE C - 21 D E C Market place where you can buy food Julemarkedet i Trondheim directly from a wide range of local producer’s. en førjulsfestival

Torget, Kongens Gate, 7013 24 MAR Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00, Sun 12:00-19:00, FREE Senior University: tour of Annual Christmas market in the centre of Erkebispegården Trondheim with local foods, music and a Erkebispegården, Kongsgårds gate 1b café lavvo.

11:00, 80 / 0 NOK Tour of the old Arshbishop’s Palace, beside Meet up at Indre O U T ONidarosdommen.

F TOWN Kongsgård.

04 NOV - 09 NOV 25 M A R

Himar Folk Festival Trondheim Vegan Fair Hilmar

Verkstedhallen, Strandveien Festival pass 950 / 500, day 29, pass, Thurs 11:00,/ Fri FREE 400 550 / Sat 600 NOK Guilt-free indulgence food, products and Going since 2003, thisofSteinkjer-based workshops. previews.attraction and folk festival See is a growing warming edition to the “mørketid”

28 M A R 21 N O V - 22 N O V

Klesbyttedag #2 MakerCamp Fosen DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30, 7011

Torgsenteret 12:00, FREE Brekstad, Yrjars gate 1, 7130 Brekstad Clothing swap event. Bring clothes and go back home with some new clothes.

0 3 A PFREE R 10:00,

Creative workshop for small and big Erling Næss evening inventors.

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, 50 NOK 22 N Oplayer, V E M who B E Rnow writes, sings and Ex-RBK makes his own adverts.

Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad 19:00 Julebord with food from Ørland Kysthotel

29 N O V E M B E R

Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad

11 A P R

Vinyl 19:00 and CD Fair

Julebord with food from Byscenen, Kongens gateØrland 19 Kysthotel 11:00, 50 NOK The largest CD and Record sale in Midt Norge. Cash for entry.

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Lutefiskaften Farmers market - Trondheim Stiklestad Nasjonale LeksTorget, Kongens Gate,Kultursenter, 7013 Trondheim dalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal 11:00, FREE 19:00, 395 NOK Market place where you can buy food ”Lutefisk” is dried fish soaked in paint directly from a wide range of local stripper to create a jellowy texture. This producer’s. is an evening in celebration of the typical Norwegian 19 A P R Christmas dish. Call 74 04 42 00 for booking

Flash course in the ukulele

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 11:00 and 14:00, tba NOK 0 5 DPaul E C Hoff - 0 Baltzersen.

7 D E C From 6 and up.

With Brung your own instrument and sign up at Christmas market Røros rockheim@rockheim.no Røros city centre, Kjerkgata 29, 7374 Rorøs 22 A P R - 26 A P R 11:00-18:00, FREE This old mining town is theFilm Christmas Minimalen Short bomb daddy!

Festival

Nova Kinosenter, Olav Tryggvasonsgate 5 tba, tba NOK Life is …

06 DECEMBER

Uthaug Songlag og Slank Bakfra Farmers market - Stjørdal Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 25 A P R

Stjødal Brekstad 11:00, 19:00 FREE Market you Ørland can buyKysthotel food Julebordplace withwhere food from directly from a wide range of local producer’s.

30 A P R

Nattrock

Kultursenteret ISAK, Prinsens Gate 44 18:00, FREE Three stages, more than 20 bands

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Workshops 03 F E B - 2 7 A P R

11 MAR

21 M A R

14 A P R

Allmennquiz - every Monday

CocoaHeads – Hackfest

Literary Lunch: Hallbjørn Rønning and Lilly Storslett

CocoaHeads – meetup

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 19:30, 20 NOK Everyman’s quiz. In Norwegian.

03 M A R - 2 8 A P R

VITforum - every Tuesday

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 18:00-20:00, FREE The Scientific Theory Forum (NTNU) is an interdisciplinary forum whose mission is to promote discussion, research and teaching, as well as more general scientific discussion.

05 M A R

Trondheim XP & Agile Meetup

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 18:00, FREE

05 M A R

Vinterkonferansen

Handelshøyskolen , Klæbuveien 72 08:00, 600/125 NOK Vinterkonferansen 2015 is the 31st of its kind, a conference created by students at TØH for students and Trondheim Businesses. The theme for 2015 is innovation.

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 17:30, FREE CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X.

11 MAR

Jabb #22 - Jab #27

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 19:30, FREE Jabb is a series of informal meetings created for discussion of projects and interests.

Jab #23 is 18 March, #24 is 25 March, #25 is 15 April, #26 is 22 April, #27 is 29 April.

Language varies.

14 MAR

NTNU Fremtidscamp

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30, 7011 Trondheim 15:00, FREE NTNU Fremtidscamp is a place where enthusiastic youth from all around Norway meet for an exciting and educational weekend in Trondheim.

17 MAR

Senior University: Min Churchill by Marvin Wiseth

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 11:00, 80 / 0 NOK Lecture by ex-mayor, Marvin Wiseth, concerning Winston Churchill. In Norwegian.

10 M A R

Literary Parlour: Den Største Forbrytelsen Trondheim Folkebibliotek 19:00, FREE Speeches commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, with nonfiction author Marte Brekke Michelet and songs by the Comedian Harmonists. In Norwegian, free but apply in advance.

10 M A R

Literary Parlour: Roar Ræstad

Trondheim Folkebibliotek 19:00, 100 / 50 NOK Author of Sovende Hunder discusses his book about Trondheim under occupation

19 MAR - 20 MAR

Stiklestadseminaret

Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter, Leksdalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal Start Time tba, 975 NOK From 2013 to 2030. Day of speeches about Norway as a nation. In Norwegian.

19 MAR

IxDA

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 17:30, FREE An informal academic meetup for people who work with or is interested in user experience.

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 12:00, FREE Book chat with actor Hallbjørn and librarian Lilly. Bring your lunch, tea and coffee served!

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30, 7011 Trondheim 17:30, Free NOK CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X.

16 A P R 23 M A R

Nordens Dag - talks

Trondheim Folkebibliotek 16:00, FREE Talks about issues in the Nordic countries, on the 53rd anniversary of Helsingforsavtalen (the founding agreement between Nordic countries). In Norwegian.

Send email to tove.hassel@norden.no for more information.

24 M A R

Literary Parlour: Monica Kristensen

Trondheim Folkebibliotek 18:30, 65 NOK Glacier expert and crime-novelist Monica gives a lecture about Svalbard and talks about her five novels based there. In Norwegian.

Instrumental knowledge: Analog Syntese

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 19:00, 120/90/60 NOK Instrumental knowledge with Bjørn Ole Rasch.

21 A P R

Senior university: grandparents against global warming

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 11:00, NOK A lecture about the grandparents against climate change campaign- is it working?

26 M A R

NNUG-workshop

DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons gate 30 14:00, FREE Norwegian .NET User Group is an independent group of computer developers and architects that work with Microsoft technologies and focus on experience exchange and best practices.

27 M A R

Luftforsvarets Musikkorps Easter quiz

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 12:00, 150/100/75 NOK Easter quiz: get your brain right before your head out into the cold. Coffee and cake included in the price. In Norwegian.

0 9 M AY

Pil i hagen - workshop

Englegalleriet, Leira , 7110 Rissa 14:00-22:00, 30 NOK An outside workshop making wicker fences, benches and flower holders.

20 M A R - 22 M A R

Making baskets!

Englegalleriet, Leira , 7110 Rissa tba, 30 NOK Wicker basking-making class!

07 APR

Comic book workshop

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1 20:00, 80/40 NOK Comic book workshop with Norwegian cartoonist Flu Hartberg.

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Sports 01 N MOAVR - 09 N O V

Orgelfest Byåsen Elite v. Tertnes

Nidarøhallen Various locations D, Klostergata 90, 7030 Various prices Trondheim Trondheim 18:00, 100 international / 50 NOK organ festival.

Nidarosdomen shows off its brand new Women’s handball.

Steinmeyer Organ. Lots of free concerts in various locations. See website for individual listings www.orgelfest.no

06 M A R

0 1 N O V E M B -E R Rosenborg Ranheim

Abrahallen, Stavsjøvegen 25, Transformfestival: Barnas 7550 Hommelvik Transform 18:00, 50 / 0 NOK 12:00 Training match (and local derby!)

Concerts, workshops from around the world and, of course, face painting. Closes 06 16:00M A R - 0 8 M A R

Åre Ski Centre - Swedish 02 N O V - 00Tour JAN Slopestyle Åre Skisenter, Bondevägen 52,og 830 13 Åre Transformfestivalen 13:00, FREE Ringve: Internasjonal muBig air comp’ in one of Sweden’s best sikkdag parks, Åre Ambilight Snow Park. Finals on Sunday from 13:00.

Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 100 / 50 / 0 NOK Last day of Trondheim’s World Music festival.

08 M AFree R entry for those in national costume.

Kolstad v Koll HK

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13 07 N O V - 09 N O V 18:00, 150 / 75 NOK Trondheim handball.

Startupmen’s Weekend

Startup Weekend

09 AR DIGSM Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim58km Ski Rensfjellrennet Fri 18:00, 600 NOK Race No talk, all action. Launch a startup

Støren business in just 54 hours!

10:00, 1000/1200 NOK 58km cross-country ski race between 09 NO V Selbu.

- 07 To D Emake C things harder Støren and competitors must carry a rucksack with Hagen Sunday extra clothes.

With the Market last minute cancelHagen,ofNedre Baklandet lation the race last year75 (no snow, in NorGreenGo market every Sunday (untileveryone way? figure!) we’re guessing Christmas market begins in town).this Selling is even more excited to complete year! everything from hummus For more info seehomemade rensfjellrennet.no to kohlrabi (some sort of turnip!). Their falafels 09 M Aare R recommended.

- 12 M A R

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World Cup in Ski Jumping

Granåsen Skisenter, Granåsen Skisenter, 7026 Trondheim 11 NOV & 9 DEC 17:00, 200 / 100 NOK Massive air at the men’s ski jumping Strikkekveld world Annascup.

Cafe, Nedre Bakklandet 22 18:00, FREE Knitting evening with professionals 12 MAR on hand to teach you how to do proper knitting in great atmosphere . Beginners Rosenborg - Haugesund welcome. And again on 9th25, December.

Abrahallen, Stavsjøvegen 7550 Hommelvik 18:00, 50 / 0 NOK Training match

11 NOVEMBER 1Winemaker’s 3 M A R - 1 4 M ADinner R

2 Rom og Kjokken, Carl Johans Gate 5 Åre Ski Centre - Women’s 19:00, 985 NOK Alpine Cup Four courseWorld dinner with wine tasting Åre Skisenter, Bondevägen 52, 830 13 Åre, Sweden 15:30 Friday, 15 NO V E M10:00 B E RSaturday Slalom and Giant Slalom.

Trøndersk CD & Platemesse 1Byscenen, 4 M A R Kongens gate 19, 7012

Trondheim Åre Ski Centre - Piece of 11:00 - 16:00, 50 NOK Cake Vinyl and cd faire. Dig the crates for hidden Åre Skisenter, Bondevägen 52, 830 13 Åre gems 00:00, NOK Sweden’s only snowboard competition inspired 2 9 N Oand V - organised 3 0 N O Vby girls, for girls!

See pieceofcakesb.com for more info.

Julemarket

Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 1Trondheim 6 MAR 12:00 - 18:00, FREE Rosenborg - Stabæk Christmas market with all the Abrahallen, Stavsjøvegen 25,classic stalls and trimmings but, hold the press! There 7550 Hommelvik is also a spectacular lightshow mapping 18:00, / 0 NOK the old 50 castle Training match

Travløp races

Mountain Safety Course

Dokumentarfestivalt

21 MAR - 22 MAR

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 11 M A R prices from 60- 450 (Festivalpass) Documentary Festival covering reportage Byåsen Elite v. HK Halden in many different fields, see 90 page 38 for Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata 18:30, 100 / 50 NOK Penultimate home game of the season, in women’s handball.

Storlirennet 36km freestyle Julesøndag Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 ski race

Trondheim Storlien 150 / 100 / 400 (family) 08:30, 1000/200 NOK NOK ”Christmas Sunday”. all lovetoa Meråker, ChristSki race from Storlien,We Sweden, mas market, and one has a chocolate Norway.

Open to this everyone.

Early-bird workshop. discounts available. For more info see storlirennet.no

6 DECEMBER 22 M A R

Et julemarked med Sukker Kolstad v Fjellhammer og venner Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078

DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Trondheim Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim 16:00, 150 / 75 NOK 10:00,handball.

FREE Men’s Last game of the season.

The designers from Bakklandet’s ’Sukker’ are hosting a Christmas market. There will be jewelery, clothing, accessories and 27 MA R grafic prints to buy.

Rosenborg - Kristiansund Abrahallen, Stavsjøvegen 25, 7550 7 D EHommelvik CEMBER 18:00, 50 / 0 NOK Christmas Training match in the

Archbishop’s Palace

28 M A R - 16 M AR Erkebispegården, Nidarosdomen Sun 12:00-16:00, FREE Påskeferie programme at Christmas Fair, horse and sleigh, theater, Vassfjellet concerts and Christmas workshops. Read more on www.nidarosdomen.no Vassfjellet Ski Centre, Tulluan, 7540 Klæbu Easter activities. See vassfjellet.com for more info.

12 D E C - 21 D E C 28 M A R - 29 M iATrondheim R Julemarkedet -

Flyktningerennet en førjulsfestival - ski race

Kveeidet, Lierne,Gate, Nord-Trøndelag Torget, Kongens 7013 10:00, 200/500/550 Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00,NOK Sun 12:00-19:00, Flyktningerennet is a race (12, 18 or 44 KM) FREE to commemorate who fledcentre from NorAnnual Christmasthose market in the of way to Sweden the second world Trondheim with during local foods, music and a war. lavvo.

Starting in Nordli and finishing in café Gäddede. Celebrating its 65th anniversary.

16 MAR - 27 APR Leangen Travbane, Tungaveien 1, 7047 Trondheim 18:00, FREE Modern horse and chariot racing every Monday (except 2nd and 9th March). Lay your bets.

Ute Hallen, Ormen Langes vei 15, 10 N O V - 15 N O V 17:15-20:30 / 16:30-19:00, 1190 NOK Everything you need to know to travel Trondheim safely in the mountains in winter.

30 M 22 N OAVRE M B E R

Six Reds National Snooker Championship

Brøsetvegen 168, Trondheim 10:00, FREE Six Reds snooker is a fast and exciting type of snooker. The event will bring together the best players in Norway.

O U TMOAF RT O 28 -W 29N M A R

Ice Fishing Festival 04 NOV - 09 NOV

Vauldalen Fjellhotell, Vauldalen, 7370 Brekkebygd Himar Folk Festival check Hilmarweb, tba NOK Huge icepass fishing competition, of Festival 950 / 500, day over pass,one Thurs Norway’s best trout spots.

400 / Fri 550 / Sat 600 NOK Going since 2003, this Steinkjer-based folk festival is a growing attraction and 28 M A Redition to the “mørketid” warming

Byåsen Elite v. Storhammer 21 N O V - 22 N O V Håndball Elite Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata MakerCamp Fosen 90, 7030

16:00, 100 / 50 NOK Yrjars gate 1, 7130 Torgsenteret Brekstad, Last women’s handball match of the Brekstad season.

10:00, FREE Creative workshop for small and big

0 5 APR inventors.

Red Bull Home Run

22 N O V E MBondevägen BER Åre Skisenter, 52, 830 13 Åre, Sweden Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden 17:45, FREE Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Absolute chaos downhill race. First past Brekstad the post!

19:00 Julebord with food from Ørland Kysthotel 06 APR

Rosenborg - Aalesund

Lerkendal 29 N O V Stadion, E M B E RKlæbuveien 125 18:00, adult 215-395 / child, student, OAP Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden 90-255 NOK Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata Opening game of the season

6, 7130 Brekstad 0 8 APR 19:00

Julebord with food from Ørland Kysthotel

Monsterbakken Vassfjellet

Vassfjellet Ski Centre, Tulluan, 7540 Klæbu Mixed discipline ski races. Choose between telemark, corss country skis, runnign 29 NO V E M B you E R name it. Up and shoes, miniskis… down.

Lutefiskaften

Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter, Leks12 APR dalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal Rosenborg 19:00, 395 NOK - Strømsgodset ”Lutefisk” is dried fish soaked in 125 paint Lerkendal Stadion, Klæbuveien stripperadult to create a jellowy texture.

This 18:00, 215-395 / child, student, OAP is an evening in celebration of the typical 90-255 NOK Norwegian Christmas dish. Call 74 04 42 2nd home game of the season 00 for booking

12 APR

Ranheim v. Sandnes Ulf 05 DEC - 07 DEC

DnB Arena, Ranheimsvegen 166 18:00, 150 / 100market / 50 NOK Røros Christmas Ranheim’s first home game of the Røros city centre, Kjerkgata 29, 7374 newly-named OBOS-ligaen (second tier of Rorøs professional football).

11:00-18:00, FREE This old mining town is the Christmas 24 P R - 27 A P R bombAdaddy!

Wedge Climbing Course

Ute Hallen, Ormen Langes vei 15 18-20:00 0 6 D E C/E10-18:00 M B E R / 09-16:00, 2795 NOK Weekend course, in the climbing centre on Friday and then out atog Kaldklova on Uthaug Songlag Slank Agdenes Saturday and Sunday.

Bakfra

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 26 A P R Brekstad Ranheim v. Folio 19:00 Julebord with food from Ørland DnB Arena, Ranheimsvegen 166Kysthotel 18:00, 150 / 100 / 50 NOK 4th game of the season.

30 A P R

Rosenborg - Start

Lerkendal Stadion, Klæbuveien 125 20:00, adult 215-395 / child, student, OAP 90-255 NOK 3rd home game of the season

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Kids and family 01 M A R - 2 6 A P R

Open Farm

Voll Gård, Gamle Jonsvannsveien 1 11:00-15:00, 50 NOK (under 1’s free) Come and pet the animals!

07 M A R - 2 6 A P R

15 M A R

0 7 A P R - 24 J U N

Children’s hour

Childrens disco: Råkkenråll Fiskebåll presents Meg og Kameraten min

Babyswimming

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 12:00 Sat-Sun, 120/90/60 NOK At midday each Saturday and Sunday it’s children’s hour at Rockheim. Experience secret rooms, and much much, more. Meet before 12 in the foyer.

14 MAR

Children’s University: Psychology

01 M A R

Pirbadet: playtime

Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Peter Egges plass 1, 7011 Trondheim 12:00, FREE Psychologist Svein Øverland gives classes on mind exploration for inquisitive chldren, ages 8-12. Free, but need to register in advance.

Pirbadet, Havnegate 12 12.00-15.00, 145/55 NOK Playtime for families with little ’uns.

The warmer pool is opened up and filled with toys! Every Saturday and Sunday entrance fee through normal ticket. Family tickets available.

Pirbadet: mum, dad and baby

Pirbadet, Havnegate 12 13.00-13.45, 145/55 NOK Playtime for mum, dad and baby at Pirbadet. Every Tuesday - entrance fee through normal ticket. Family tickets available.

Best suited for babies 3-15 months.

06 M A R - 08 M A R

UKM Trondheim - Norwegian Youth Festivals of Art Kultursenteret ISAK, Prinsens Gate 44, 7011 Trondheim 19:00, FREE Singing, dancing, weaving, painting competitions etc Only your imagination to limit you (400 local festivals, 19 regional and one national festival, which is in Trondheim in June). Other dates for surrounding Kommunes - see ukm.no for details

Family Sunday with Gerd Tinglum – Pentiment

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B 12:00, 250/80/50 NOK Family Sunday! How to tell a story without pictures and letters? Artist Gerd Tinglum teatches you to ’write your own painting’

17 M A R

Pippi Langstrømpe

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44, 16:30 and 18:30, 195 NOK Pippi Longstocking musical.

Åre Ski Centre - Olympic Day

03 M A R

15 M A R

09 APR

Swimming and life-saving classes

Varies locations, Various pricing Swimming, diving and life-saving classes for children through Trondheim swimming club. Lots of different levels, ages and times. See www.tslk.no for more information.

12 APR

02 M A R - 03 M A R Åre Skisenter, Bondevägen 52, 830 13 Åre, Sweden 11:00-16:00, FREE Try out different Olympic-related sports, including Biathlon, ice hockey, cross country and tennis!

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 13:30, 65 NOK Råkenråll Fiskebåll - the childrens disco is this time featuring musicians Martin Haglfors and Håkon Gebhardt from MEG og Kameraten. Allowing all kids to play in a world of storys, songs, dans and games.

Pirbadet, Havnegate 12 Varies, 1995 NOK Pirbadet holds lots of babyswimming classes throughout spring - different levels from 0 months up. 10 week long classes which admits two adults. See pirbadet.no for more information.

21 M A R 14 MAR

Open House with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 11:00, FREE Visit the orchestra. Open house for children and their families - meet the musicians and their instruments. Doors open at 11:00.

Free, open until 15:00.

14 MAR

Bismarck presents The Bear

TSO

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44, 7010 Trondheim 14:00, From 135 NOK Film showing accompanied by live orchestra, apparently hosted by a penguin called Bismarck. Showing the beautiful film The Bear, from the maker of the Snowman (Raymond Briggs).

Family Sunday: Homage to Knutsen and Ludvigsen

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 7010 Trondheim 12:00 and 14:00, 400/150/100 NOK For adults and children over 6.

21 M A R

Pippi Langstrømpe

Surnadal kulturhus, Svartvassvegen 1, 6650 Surnadal 14:00, 195 NOK Pippi Longstocking musical: Also touring other venues around Trøndelag.

24 M A R - 25 M A R

Sirkus Animaro

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44 18:00, 100/60 NOK Circus! A magical journey with known characters from the animated world.

Childrens disco: Råkkenråll Fiskebåll

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19 13:00, 50 NOK Råkkenråll Fiskebåll invites to the regular childrens-disco! Music, disco-lights and a soap bubble machine. What more can a parent ask for?

12 APR

Peer, du lyver!

Falkbergetsalen, Røros Hotel, Røros 17:00, 210 / 170 / 0 NOK A rewrite of Peer Gynt aimed at children.

The story of a little boy with big dreams.

Suitable for children from 6 years.

19 APR

Family Sunday: Bleken and Sitter

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 12:00, 250/80/50 NOK An investigation of Bleken and Sitter’s techniques and colors, Try out the different techniques in the workshop yourself

25 A P R - 26 A P R

To the lighthouse – for kids 29 M A R - 20 M A R

Easter paper cut workshop for families Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, 14:00, FREE What the label says - fun for the whole

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5 15:00 on the 25th and 17:00 on the 26th, 150/75 NOK Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse presented for kids – and grownups – from the age of ten +/-. In Norwegian.

famliy!

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Alma’s

DIGS

Ni Muser

DIGS café has Trondheim’s freshest coffee, breakfast, warm lunches, Saturday brunches, local beers and Friday after-work meals.

Ni Muser is an art cafe/Gallery, with new exhibitions each month. Priding themselves in making homemade dishes right there in the kitchen, they offer a wide selection of locally produced beers and ales, and homemade cakes using their chefs’ own recipes.

We’re your new local stop for sampling the city’s best upand-coming local producers, served up in a dynamic hangout and meeting place. Come relax, work, meet, or greet in our café At Alma’s you can choose from the menu for both lunch and dinner, and enjoy delicious food amongst green plants and flamingos. You could sit at the ten meter long bar or pop downstairs to the bar Boxer, where two Shuffleboards, a kicker table, an old school flipper game, burgers and rock & pop on the sound system await.

Olav Tryggvasons gate 30, 7011 Trondheim Mon - Tue 8-15, Weds - Thu 8 - 23. Fri 8 -23, Sat 11 - 17

Kongens gt 19, Trondheim 7012

Bispegata 9, 7012 Trondheim

Mon - Thu 11:00 - 23:00, Fri - Sat 11:00 - 24:00

Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00

Bror Bror is a bar and BBQ-hotspot located in Nordre gate, central Trondheim. We specialize on craft beers and rum, along side burgers and southern California-style BBQ. We smoke our own meat and we cook it in a charcoal fired grill. Come as you are - a quick drink, a full meal or a night out, Bror welcomes you!

Folk & Fe Folk & Fe is an eatery at Bakklandet whose desire is to spread joy through traditional dishes, delivered in a new and exciting way. This concept wants to take you back to the roots and tradition of local ingredients. The restaurant is based on the concept of shared experiences over a good meal. Meat, poultry and fish are served on wooden plates or stone. Unpretentious, cosy and lasting.

Olav Trygvassons gate 29 7011, Trondheim Mon - Tues 11:00 - 00:30, Wed - Sat 11:00 - 02:30, Sun 13:00 - 02:30

Credo The ground floor restaurant is Credo’s flagship: multi-course menus with first-class produce from the region. Expect cultivated fine dining, taking traditional ingredients and techniques to the next level. The second floor bistro is more informal and rustic, but with same great food. The bistro is now also open on Sundays for lunch.

To Rom og Kjøkken

Nedre Bakklandet 6 7014, Trondheim Tue-Sun 16:00-23:00

Frida

Run by Roar Hildonen and Alexander Skjefte – both with a great passion for food and drink - To Rom og Kjøkken focuses on the best produce from Trøndelag. It is the largest food region in Norway with a wide variety of seafood and other delicious local, small scale products. Taking inspiration from Mediterranean cuisine, and using first class ingredients in a unique way with no compromise. They also boast an extensive selection of 500 wines and 120 beers.

Carl Johans gt. 5 7010, Trondheim Mon - Thu 16:00 - 01:00, Fri - Sat 16:00 - 02:00

Frida is a 100% authentic Mexican restaurant that wants to show you that Mexican food is more than just tacos. With the finest ingredients imported all the way from Mexico mixed with local fresh produce and homemade salsa, you will surely not be disappointed.

Want to see your restaurant here?

Call 906 27 288 or email aleks@thelist.is Ørjaveita 4 7010, Trondheim Restaurant: Mon-Sat 18:00 -23:00 Bistro: Mon - Fri 16:00 - 24:00, Sat 18:00 - 24:00, Sat lunch, 13:00 - 15:00

Fjordgata 15, 7010 Trondheim Sun-Thu 16:00-22:30, Fri-Sat 16:00-23:30

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What’s Breaking Words: David Nikel

A Greater Future for Trondheim?

The City of Trondheim could soon expand by joining up with its neighbouring municipalities to establish a newly integrated, even larger city region. Earlier this year in January a large majority of the City Council were in favour of pursuing a plan that investigates the potential to merge Trondheim with some or all of Malvik, Klæbu, Melhus and Skaun. An extended greater Trondhiem regional municipality could take over responsibilities for services such as secondary education, public health, roads and public transport from the province.There is also the potential for an expanded Trondheim to achieve provincial status, such as in Oslo.

“Although cooperation in the Trondheim region in many ways is already good, a larger municipality will allow for quicker and better decisions to be made in landuse planning, transportation and urban development. Today many councils must agree on these topics, which can be a time-consuming process,” says Sigmund Knutsen from Trondheim kommune.

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) is pushing for Trondheim’s administration to expand, in agreement with the Chamber of Commerce (NiT) in the greater region of Trondheim.

“We believe that a merged municipality will provide greater attention in the international market for business development, tourism and our international players in research and industry. Trondheim as a regional brand will bring clear political, administrative and economic benefits for the entire region,” states Knutsen.

Spreading the NTNU Name Meanwhile in the educational sector, the Board of NTNU recently approved a merger with university colleges in Gjøvik, Ålesund and Sør-Trøndelag. This is a part of national process where the universities are challenged to look at closer collaboration and shared resources.

“I see great academic gains from this merger,” states NTNU Rector Gunnar Bovim.

“We will establish a unified university in Trondheim covering most of our educational areas at all levels. Parallel to this, closer cooperation with SINTEF will create greater opportunities for research at NTNU. From an international perspective, this is an important contribution to achieving the high ambitions Trondheim has as a research city.”

NTNU will become Norway’s largest university, with close to 40,000 students.

Bovim states “Merging with the university colleges in Gjøvik and Ålesund will strengthen the academic opportunities in technology”. The three university colleges have a strong technological profile, and this will help to spread the NTNU-brand across the country.

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Thor Richard Isaksen Trondheim Tech is an independent news source for technology and entrepreneurial activities direct from Norway’s innovation corridor, in the Tech Capital.

CRUNCH NTNU has expanded and is on route to becoming Norway’s largest university after accepting that several colleges use NTNU’s logo over their main door. Which is a good thing. Or a bad thing. Or completely irrelevant.

The sympathy of the entire Norwegian innovation network fell on the family startup Blaaster.The family who invested millions into the wind turbine company could not get the publicly owned energy companies to use their product and had to shut down operations.

Regardless, a new child is born at NTNU. This one is called Seram Coating AS and immediately entered Teknisk Ukeblad list for most exciting Norwegian startups for 2015. Also on the list, local startups Kahoot!, Novelda, Petrostreamz and ..

So sorry, Mrs Prime Minister, but cleantech is now officially dead. Venture Funds won’t touch it, so we suggest that you stop funding cleantech research and focus on life extension for the slowly dying oil and gas business.

AssiTech. Who also recently got invested in by a new early stage fund in Nord-Trøndelag with the catchy name “The early stage fund in Nord-Trøndelag”. Kudos for creativity.

Two prominent innovation companies in Trondheim got new leadership. Both of them want to recruit the hottest startups in town, and rumours have it they’re be moving in together. We wish the happy couple all the best.

Former SIVA-boss, climate skeptic, and bowtie enthusiast, Erik Haugane, invited business leaders to his cabin to discuss new business cases. Rumours has it that he is looking to become an active angel investor.

Probably not in cleantech though.

Technoport has released their program and Atari-mastermind and pizza-entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell is coming to Trondheim. Quite a catch for the conference, which is held on 18th and 19th March (see Tech List insert for details).

One of them, often called just LEN, is expanding and opening an office in Nord-Trøndelag, Steinkjer to be precise. We are not entirely sure want they are looking to find there in terms of hot startup material, but we wish them luck.

Head of the region’s biggest power supplier, Ståle Gjersvold, believes that new regulatory framework will soon hit the power producers and force them to think green and renewable. Almost like a storm or a tidal wave. Go figure.

Good news! This year’s Impello-analysis presented numbers suggesting that there is a wave of new tech startups in Trondheim, which continues the good trend from previous years.

The other one, called NTNU Accel, recently came under criticism for having a very masculine boardroom. There has been no reply from the company on this issue yet, but we can guess that the board feels that they are treated unfairly. Almost in a judgemental or discriminatory manner.

The energy producer Biokraft are building a 400 million NOK biogas production facility in Skogn. The factory is going to be the biggest in Scandinavia and will produce biogas equivalent to 120 GWh. The neighbours are probably worried about the smell.

TrondheimTech has got a new design! Check it out on our webpage.

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Oi! Trøndersk Food Festival & Brewery Festival in Trondheim

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Welcome to #Oifølelsen at Norway’s leading food festival 30 July - 1 August 2015.