Note: This article was first published in August 2022 and some details may be out of date.
– There’s nothing better than light nights, wildflowers and salt water in your hair.
Finally a more or less normal summer without restrictions and face masks! After two years of holidays in Norway, we can at last dig out our passports and enjoy the summer holiday abroad again.
We’re kicking off a new round of our summer column, taking the temperature of this year’s summer with a selection of cool profiles!
This time we’ve had a chat with Ragnhild Nes.She is a 28-year-old visual artist. Over the past year she has, among other things, been featured in D2 and sold out a number of exhibitions.
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What does your summer look like this year?
– I’ve had two exhibitions, one in Oslo and one in Tønsberg. In between, a workation in Copenhagen with painting, vinos and friends, Ragnhild Nes tells Melk & Honning.
– Now it’s a bit of a holiday in Norway before a longer stay abroad this autumn.
What’s the best thing about summer for you?
– There’s nothing better than light nights, wildflowers and salt water in your hair. I love summer.
Where are you travelling? And what are you most looking forward to there?
– I’m sticking to Scandinavia this summer. The highlight so far, and what I’d been looking forward to most, was my sister and nephew visiting from California. And the whole family spent a week in Valdres with hikes, good food and swimming.
– Next I’m going to Arendal with friends and then a trip to Telemark to help out on my friend’s smallholding.
What can’t you survive without on holiday?
– I always bring my drawing things :—)
Describe the perfect summer evening.
– An evening where anything can happen (ideally on a bike, ending with a night swim).
What’s your ultimate summer outfit?
– I’ve borrowed a friend’s Shakira T-shirt! I also have a weakness for summer dresses 🙂
What are you reading this summer?
– I just started Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson and I’m looking forward to the rest.
What’s your song of the summer this year?
– Seabird by the Alessi Brothers.
What do you prefer to throw on the grill?
– I just threw on fresh trout caught this morning 😉
Summer in Norway or summer abroad?
– Summer in Norway :-))
Cocktails, beer or rosé?
– Beer.
Swimming in the sea or the pool?
– Sea!!
Flip-flops, clogs or high heels?
– Flip-flops.
Bucket list or spontaneous adventures?
– Spontaneous adventures with a small bucket list in all the spontaneity.
The best summer ever was…?
– Oh, every summer has lovely memories….
– But freshest in my mind is last year’s adventure with Julia Conley, when we drove to Henningsvær to hold an exhibition at Trevarefabrikken. But I think this summer could also be the best ever;)
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