Ricky Vernio crashes suburbia!

Lake Mjøsa seen from Øverskreien at Toten, Norway, February 2026. Stock-bilde | Adobe Stock

All a suburban wasteland, thanks to Robert Moses!

"We Can Build Compact Walkable Towns Instead of Suburban Wastelands" - James Howard Kunstler

What is a Market Town?

If you go to Oslo, only go to Grünerløkka, built between 1860-1900 for the working class. They should demolish it, but Audun Engh and a few others launched a successful rebellion. Don't come with boat to Oslo, as the new Barcode is horrible. You can go with boat from Oslo to Copenhagen though, as the Oslo Fjord is beautiful, and you can turn your back to the new seaside of Oslo. The best is probably to land in the old Hanseatic town of Bergen, taking the train to Oslo, stay a couple of days at Grünerløkka, then take the ferry to Copenhagen. Not much else to see in Oslo now, except for the Vigeland Park, as most of the old, gorgeous museums are moved to new, horrific buildings by the seaside, like the Munch Museum and the National Museum. Our coastline is destroyed by wind power plants, and the countryside has become suburbanized. I live at a very old farm with loads of history, but it cannot be transferred to the next generations, as infrastructure and suburban McMansions has destroyed it all. We're in the process of moving to the rare mountain village of Lom, where they miraculously managed to maintain their identity, in contrast to the neighboring village of Vågå. It's sad, as the man who initiated the famous Neo-Romantic group of the Lillehammermalerne Painters, Kristen Holbø, was from Vågå. You might take a train to Lillehammer Art Museum to learn more about the Lillehammermalerne Painters, although that museum is a tragedy too, but it's not so big, and the walking street of Lillehammer is still worth a walk. Lom is surrounded by national parks and five of Norway's seven highest peaks. I will devote the rest of my life to photography there.

"Try your best to make a new thing which, as far as possible, reflects, respects, and honors what is there already." – Christopher Alexander