Folkecademiet Drammen
City and landscape in change
Petter Øijord has unearthed paintings and drawings dating all the way back to the 18th century when he will show us how Drammen has changed in the last few hundred years. The changes to both the landscape and the river have changed dramatically. Take Holmen, for example, which is now completely destroyed, and was the city's finest park for several hundred years. Not to mention how much the settlement has changed. It has burned both on the Bragerness side and on the Strømsø side, and according to Øijord, the building style has gone from the ugly to the pretty - or perhaps the opposite. Some are still intact, such as Øvre Bragernes, but Øijord is critical of what he believes to be urban falsification, such as calling Tollbukaiene the Tangenkai, even though it is not located on Tangen. The politicians are taking away some of the identity of the city, believes Øijord, who has been involved in the Fortindsminneforeningen for many years. One should also be better at preserving, such as after the town fire in 1866 the church tower that remained after the fire was demolished - intact. The church tower was so solid that two companies had to give up the demolition project, before a third company finally managed to demolish it. Petter Øijord is concerned with both conservation and nature conservation, and also has a long-standing membership in the anglers and knows the city both on land and on water.
Where: Drammen Museum
When: Wednesday 2/11 at 18.00
Price: NOK 50 for members and NOK 100 for non-members
Why: After this, you are guaranteed to become a bigger Drammen patriot 🙂
City and landscape in change
Petter Øijord has unearthed paintings and drawings dating all the way back to the 18th century when he will show us how Drammen has changed in the last few hundred years. The changes to both the landscape and the river have changed dramatically. Take Holmen, for example, which is now completely destroyed, and was the city's finest park for several hundred years. Not to mention how much the settlement has changed. It has burned both on the Bragerness side and on the Strømsø side, and according to Øijord, the building style has gone from the ugly to the pretty - or perhaps the opposite. Some are still intact, such as Øvre Bragernes, but Øijord is critical of what he believes to be urban falsification, such as calling Tollbukaiene the Tangenkai, even though it is not located on Tangen. The politicians are taking away some of the identity of the city, believes Øijord, who has been involved in the Fortindsminneforeningen for many years. One should also be better at preserving, such as after the town fire in 1866 the church tower that remained after the fire was demolished - intact. The church tower was so solid that two companies had to give up the demolition project, before a third company finally managed to demolish it. Petter Øijord is concerned with both conservation and nature conservation, and also has a long-standing membership in the anglers and knows the city both on land and on water.
Where: Drammen Museum
When: Wednesday 2/11 at 18.00
Price: NOK 50 for members and NOK 100 for non-members
Why: After this, you are guaranteed to become a bigger Drammen patriot 🙂