Kick the baby

Posted by on 6 September 2008

Hi there! Having a fabulous time in Norway, but spending less time with internet access than expected. All in all my last-minute trip-planning frenzy seems to be paying off splendidly, although sometimes the best moments are those that one cannot plan for. Such as the country western festival we just encountered in a remote little town in the Lofoten Islands. Norwegians wearing cowboy outfits = adorable.

(NB – the photo is not from the country western festival, but rather a statue in a park in Oslo. It illustrates the popular Norwegian sport of Naked Baby Wrestling. This is the sport’s first national hero, Olav the Babykicker.)

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Comments (7)

  • Global Librarian
    September 6th, 2008

    Ah yes, Gustav Vigeland’s “Man Many Boys”

    I don’t think anyone knows what the artist was trying to convey…

  • cliff1976
    September 6th, 2008

    Is that holding that one baby up in the air by his peener?

  • Kirk
    September 6th, 2008

    Ooooh, I wish we had been able to find time to go to the Lofoten Islands when we were in Norway, if for no other reason that there is a town there called Å.

  • Jennie
    September 6th, 2008

    That is the best statue I have ever seen in my life. Must go to Norway now.

  • Diane Mandy
    September 8th, 2008

    too too funny!

    Glad you’re having a good time!

  • Jul
    September 8th, 2008

    Kirk, we are so on the same wavelength. I planned the whole trip around Å, and my main attraction to it was definitely its name…

  • Lulu
    September 17th, 2008

    Oh. My. Interesting statue.

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