HUTTING IN THE NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINS

摘要

It is raining as I drive through Stavanger on the Norwegian coast, but as town turns into country-side, the rain turns into snow, painting the Landscape a brilliant white. I am with architect Hanne Kruse, driving through Hunnedalen to Sirdalen, where we will visit a hut designed by her firm, Link Architecture. The mountains around us reach skywards, the contours of their peaks obscured by the snow. When we reach the valley, the final stretch has to be covered on foot. Twenty-five centimetres of snow have fallen overnight, reaching up to the middle of our thighs, but the destination makes it all worthwhile. The hut stands on a north-facing mountainside, with jaw-dropping views of the slalom area at Alsheia and no fewer than seven mountain peaks stretching out behind one another. The snow hushes all sound and wipes away all thoughts of city life.