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Fieldnote #106: Vinmonopolet – The Wine Club

An inside look at the wine club at Vinmonopolet in Åsane. A humorous take on “minerality,” pretentious rituals, and surviving the endless Bergen rain.

Dave // BERGEN June 13

Fieldnote #105: Operation Perfect Lawn – Four-Year Report

Operation Perfect Lawn: A four-year report from Bergen, Norway. The tragicomic story of how thousands of kroner and endless labor resulted in a world-class moss garden.

Dave // BERGEN June 06

Fieldnote #104: Friday, somewhere in Bergen

It’s 7:42 a.m. and I’m already standing here wondering if I’ve gotten too old for this. Or if it’s just the carpenter’s apprentice who’s making me feel this way.

Dave // BERGEN May 30

Fieldnote #103: The Weekend from Hell – or Dear Family, I Love You

I stood in the doorway like a true Bergen native: hot coffee in hand, a warm smile in place, and an inner voice whispering “you’ve survived this before, you can do it again”.

Dave // BERGEN May 25

Fieldnote #102: IKEA – That guest bed

It begins with optimism and the dream of the perfect guest bed, but usually ends in an existential crisis and Scandinavian self-loathing. Here is the field report from inside IKEA Åsane – a tale of flat-packs, hot dogs, and lost souls.

Dave // BERGEN May 22

Fieldnote #101: The Coffee Brothers - The Big Bender

Flagpoles lie strewn about as if after a naval battle, sausage wrappers dance in the wind like little greasy white doves, and the air reeks of burnt sausage, beer and collective remorse.

Dave // BERGEN May 18