Tuesday, August 26, 2014

KRISTIANSUND COAT- OF-ARMS

 

Jeg er tørst! I am thirsty!

Lily always likes to stop and take a drink at this fountain waterfall that depicts the Kristiansund coat of arms. I found it strange that a place with no waterfalls has one on its coat of arms and I've heard several stories explaining why. The first one is that it is a misinterpretation of the towns' old name FOSEN to FOSSUND,( foss meaning waterfall and sund meaning sound). The second and funnier story is that when the government officials were handing out the coat of arms they had a big party to mark the occasion and got so drunk they mixed up the shields for Kristiansund and Molde. Whichever is true doesn't seem to bother Lily.

 

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