Norwegian village gets with the times

January 11 2006

Oslo - Locals in the small mountain town of Trysil could hardly find the words on Wednesday to express their elation over the latest local attraction - the village's first escalator.

"This is like the first time Tyrsilians ever tasted a potato, or when the first-ever clergyman came to town," Sven Pettersen, of the local history club, was quoted as saying in the local newspaper Oestlendingen.

The south-eastern town of about 6 800 people has long had mechanical devices for transporting people up steep surfaces. But the ski lifts that help make the town one of Norway's most popular ski resorts are all outside.

The new, roughly 15m long escalator is indoors, at the small Trysil shopping centre.

Pettersen said that now people won't have to drive about 70km to the town of Elverum for the pleasure of riding up and down an escalator.

According to the local newspaper, the escalator ranks with the town's first traffic circle, built "a few years back," as evidence of local modernisation. - Sapa-AP


Lets give them a round of applause

Yay for Trysil!

Well their town has something that my town doesn't.

Bundle up the kiddies Sven! We're taking a vacation to Elverum to ride the wild escalators!

Do these people really think their escalator will bring in floods of tourists?

Holy Mother of Corn Nuts this is good news.

So... people where actually driving 70km JUST to ride a escalator?

This reminds me of something vaguely amusing....

Years ago when I was at Uni we went on a trip to Paris and had to go
on the Metro to somewhere.
In our little clique was a girl named Heather who always professed to
have been there , done that and not only bought
but designed the T-shirt- You know the sort. Anyway we go down to the
underground station and go on some kind of escalator. When we got off
Heather said "You mean we paid 5 francs {or whatever} for THAT"....
She GENUINELY thought the escalator was the tube train.

Maybe she has relative in Norway who knows ?!

Well good for them. Maybe one day they will get to experience the wonders of an elevator.

or a Computer no im getting ahead of myself that won't happen until the next millenia