This weekend there has been a lot of people in town. The weather has been lovely and there was quite a lot going on. The biggest event was a cycling race called Tour des Fjords. Norway is a country where cycling has gotten quite big over the last years. Mainly due to the fact that we’ve had a few good cyclists making it on the international scene. For those of you that follow cycling Thor Hushovd, Edwald Boasson Hagen and Alexander Kristoff might be familiar names. The former just made headline news when he was asked if he was moving away from Norway to not have to pay Tax on his earnings and answered that he wanted to stay in the country and didn’t mind paying his taxes because he was getting the benefits of having a good welfare state.
Tour des Fjords is a cycling event that goes over stages. It’s set in the region where I live and they cycle past the fjords and mountains close by. There are also stages that begins that begin and end in my city Stavanger and the neighbouring city Sandnes Most people here root for the local cyclist Alexander Kristoff who won last year. Plenty of people showed up to cheer for the cyclist as they went past and a lot of people were watching on the big screen put up in the town square and on TV. Showing of our lovely nature on TV like that is really good for tourism, so we were lucky the sun decided to pay us a visit.
Were you out cycling?
No I was not. I was out walking looking at the people cycling. You wouls have to be a lot more fit than I am to participate in this.
I’m with you. I’d rather watch than participate. I haven’t ridden a bike since I was 10. 🙂 They won’t let me on one now unless it has 3 wheels. it’s nice that the weather co-operated so you could have a good time with friends. Hope your week goes as well.
Thank you, I’ m hoping for a good week too. Hope you’ve had a great weekend and that your week is a good one.
It might be a good experience for you watching cycling in good weather of Norway! Anyway, I like the Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen. You can even check my blog here 🙂 https://engineerstoentrepreneurs.wordpress.com/
Yes, Magnus Carlsen is a very popular Norwegian and he has made chess very popular here!
Yes dear I know it. In fact I am also a chess player and a big follower of both Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.