Snowmen and Christmas decorations in Tromsø

in walkwithme •  6 years ago  (edited)

Here is a collection of snowmen and yule decorations found while walking around at the southern part of the Tromsø island.

This one is quite near our house

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position: geo:69.645423,18.921039 (geohack) - 2018-12-21 13:20:50 localtime - full quality

Some days later, with a fresh layer of snow, a cigar and a torch

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position: geo:69.645347,18.921077 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 23:05:00 localtime - full quality

This is very south of the island, captured on my walks towards Telegrafbukta and Sydspissen I found a couple of houses that was nicely decorated ... the nearest one seems to have put quite much effort into it.

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position: geo:69.629264,18.919506 (geohack) - 2018-12-22 12:32:36 localtime - full quality

Note that they even have a gnome and a lit candle at the backside of their mailboxes, to the far left of the photo. Ok, it's probably not a real candle ... I didn't investigate that part.

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The day after, a candle has been added.

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position: geo:69.628913,18.919198 (geohack) - 2018-12-23 14:05:55 localtime - full quality

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position: geo:69.629287,18.919309 (geohack) - 2018-12-22 12:33:33 localtime - full quality

Here someone has an old Beetle car that has been lit up for the holiday season.

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2018-12-22 16:23:19 localtime - full quality

Some days later they've taken in the tree.

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position: geo:69.648765,18.927265 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 23:18:30 localtime - full quality

I was to write that the people in the first house had gone "all in" ... but, no, here are some folks that really has gone "all in". Honestly, I think they've gone a bit too far - this is just getting too tacky for my taste.

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position: geo:69.635437,18.918657 (geohack) - 2018-12-23 13:29:42 localtime - full quality

This hairy one was found near to the town centre.

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position: geo:69.650054,18.951726 (geohack) - 2018-12-24 12:47:57 localtime - full quality

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position: geo:69.649955,18.917257 (geohack) - 2018-12-25 16:35:13 localtime - full quality

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position: geo:69.654243,18.933168 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 12:26:49 localtime - full quality

Same one, a bit later in the evening - and a moon.

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position: geo:69.648323,18.925369 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 23:15:32 localtime - full quality

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A big plastic gnome ... didn't see it at first.

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position: geo:69.648231,18.925025 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 23:14:25 localtime - full quality

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position: geo:69.648231,18.925025 (geohack) - 2018-12-26 23:14:54 localtime - full quality

Is it a Minecraft snowman, or is it a Frankenstein snowman?

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position: geo:69.647132,18.921993 (geohack) - 2018-12-27 23:21:38 localtime - full quality

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What is that Santa drinking :)? Hope he's done his jog well this year.
I agree with you that the house that went all in with the lights is really too much. I think you can't even sleep good inside with that many lights. If that's the owner's passion for Christmas...what can I say?
Have a nice New Year's Eve and a great 2019!

Looks like wine to me - though, one should expect him to drink "gløgg", the Norwegian variant of gluhwine, though more often than not served as an non-alcoholic drink those days. However, as a hot drink, Gløgg is rarely served from a bottle, most often from a pot.

I think you can't even sleep good inside with that many lights.

At least, they were not blinking, and not that powerful - a curtain will likely block it out

Excellent photos of snowmen and cars.
Santa Claus is probably tired of going home and giving out gifts to children. So I decided to rest and celebrate the New Year.

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