Day 4: Trondheim, Rorvik and beyond

Before dawn, the Polarlys docks at Trondheim, former capital and the major city in these parts. (Some older Norse still call it Trondhjem - its name in Bokmål - though the days when it was Nidaros are long gone.) With two universities and some 20,000 students to only 150,000 inhabitants, this is a thriving, busy city, nestling in a river valley surrounded by mountains.
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More on Trondheim to come - I visited again on my return journey and had time to explore the city a little.
(And I've added an extra paragraph right now, since this seemed unduly scanty.)