In rural Norway many people still live in old farm houses miles away from civilisation. A lot of people live on islands and rely on barges to get to the mainland. I am often amazed at where some houses are built thinking ‘how did someone decided to build a house there?’ But Norwegians are very practical. You will sometimes see little fishermen cottages standing along on a small island or a small group of miner cottages in the mountains. These cottages aren’t their real homes – just a place to stay while they work the week.