Evening Sogndal

We stayed overnight in a small town on the banks of the Sognefjord. It was already quite late, and there wasn't much hope of buying anything for dinner. However, the hotel staff told me that there is still a working supermarket nearby and I went there.

This settlement has only about 7 thousand inhabitants, but nevertheless, this cozy town is perfectly landscaped, has everything you need for a comfortable life, and the local football club Sogndal is included in the Norwegian top league.

My path led through a completely deserted central square, except for the squirrels jumping merrily on the lawns and trees.

The Commune administration building (Kommunenhuset) is located here. There is a large shopping center on the other side of the square, but it was naturally closed at this hour.

Well, what about without a reindeer? I haven't seen a single city in Norway where this unchanging symbol of the northern country is not present.

The small white house on the square turned out to be a public automatic toilet. To open the door, you need to drop a coin into the coin receiver. In a nearby office building, the lights of a cafe that unexpectedly served Latin American cuisine shone, followed by the Extra Sogndalsfjøra supermarket that I needed, which was open until 23: 00.

On the way back, my attention was drawn to the Volvo Amazon car, which appeared on the roads back in 1956. Car rarities are not uncommon in the Scandinavian countries, and these are not museum exhibits that are dusted off only for trips to retro car parades, but ordinary everyday cars. This will be explained by the phenomenal reliability and durability of Volvo, as well as the practicality and love of descendants to Viking traditions.