Can’t go wrong with books and architecture! Make sure to check out the Future Library project, there’s a little room about it on one of the floors, don’t remember which one. www.futurelibrary.no

Hang out in the new Deichman Library. deichman.no.

More importantly, the project has given me much inspiration on doing fieldwork as a historian, on working with local community groups, of reading and experiencing landscapes, and of exploring new forms of communication and publications. This I take with me into new projects in 2026!

Now, with 1,5 months left of the project, we move into the final stage of writing up the last three publications (two for a book the larger DigiFREN project is making and one methodological article), updating the webpage with the resources we have developed, and archiving all research materials.

We didn't just go through the history of Sørmarka as a place on our walk, we also took the participants through our methods, which have been developed and honed through a series of walks with different kinds of people over the last three years.

Surprisingly many people (and a dog!) showed up for the rephotography walk yesterday. Very happy to see how interested and enthusiastic people were. Most of them wanted to push on after the cold and windy stop at the tower - and we were rewarded with beautiful weather on the last bit of the walk.

We will also launch the field guide to historical rephotography and a set of cards that can be used to get started.

Kenya AA Gondo, V60, for those who might be interested. It’s fine. Not spectacular, but good enough for today.

You would think, yes. It did so for me. But I see that this is increasingly not the case.

We’re in a cute historic hotel in the countryside south of Sandnes.

Very nice! I grew up with them, but it’s always great to see the aurora. Yesterday was just too cloudy, alas.