Lights of Trondheim gallery page 1 2 3 by Vadim Makarov for his Photo Pages

The northern lights often appear in Trondheim, yet many people never notice them — probably because the city is so well lit at night. You need to walk away from the street lights, which are much brighter than aurora, and allow your eyes to adjust before you can see this marvelous sight.

One night I was asked by an African immigrant who was delivering newspapers to homes early in the autumn morning: “What is this — snow?” (pointing at the aurora corona right above us). Probably, he had seen neither of the two phenomena before.

Trondheim is a good place to photograph rainbows. Firstly, the sun spends more time low above the horizon. Secondly, on many days, bands of storm clouds and sunny breaks between them pass in rapid sequence: the ideal situation for seeing rainbows (why? About rainbows).

• The official Trondheim website and its picture collection from many photographers.
• Trondheimstegningen is the most detailed drawing of Trondheim, by Henning Meyer.
• Norwegian Picture Gallery — Trondheim photos scanned from books; some more scanned postcards.
• A short walk through Trondheim (with photos).
• Trondheim photos by Roger Midtstraum.
• Trondheim Photo Album by Knut Arnold Rosvoldsve.
• Urban photographs by Thomas Jacobsson — pictures of cities, mostly Trondheim, Norway.
• Nidaros Cathedral in B&W.
• Soer-Troendelag Photo Gallery — photos from Trondheim, Hemne and Oppdal (in German).
  
  Historical photographs
• Trondheimsbilder — a large searchable archive of photographs of Trondheim. Includes image collections from Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum, the City Archive, the Public Library, and the University Library.
• Postcards from Trondheim 1908—1914 | Photos from ca.1906
• Aerial photographs of Trondheim, 1936—1969 — a database with very interesting old pictures, if you dig a bit.