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offers the largest selection of menswear in Trondheim. Open Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday 9am to 5pm, Thursday 9am to 7pm, and Saturday 9am to 4pm.
Nordregt 10. & 73-53-13-30.
Galleriet, Trondheim Berukunstforening At the Byrhaven Shopping
Center, this is a small store on the ground floor of the mall. But it's choice, with
an intriguing selection of glasswork, pottery, silver, jewelry, women's clothing,
textiles, ceramics, and more. It's a showcase for applied arts from the Trøndelag
district. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm. Olav Tryg-
gvasonsgt 26. & 73-53-51-10.
Gift Shop at Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum The gift shop in the
museum's reception building stocks some of the most genuinely charming hand-
made objects in Trondheim, including hand-woven tablecloths and generally
endearing hand-knit children's clothing. Open from June to August daily 11am
to 6pm; off season Monday to Friday from 11am to 3pm, Saturday and Sunday
noon to 4pm. Sverrsborg Allé. & 73-89-01-00.
Mattis Lilleberg Since 1878 this outlet has been dazzling Trondheimers
and keeping them warm with their knitwear. Sweaters come in many different
styles, and you can also purchase wool jackets and hats, along with clothing for
women, bags, gloves, and leather items. Open Monday to Wednesday and Fri-
day 9am to 5pm, Thursday 9am to 7pm, and Saturday 9am to 3pm. Munkegate
58. & 73-52-32-60.
Modern Art Gallery This is the city's largest art gallery. Local artists, includ-
ing some of the best in the area, are represented at this store along with inter-
national artists. It carries paintings, watercolors (most often central Norway
landscapes), prints, lithographs, and some sculptures. Open Monday to
Wednesday and Friday 9:30am to 5pm, Thursday 9:30am to 6pm, and Satur-
day noon to 4pm. Olav Tryggvasonsgat 33. & 73-87-36-80.
7 Trondheim After Dark
If you're here in late July, at the time of the St. Olaf Festival, Dronningensgt 1B
( & 73-92-94-70 ), you can enjoy organ concerts, outdoor concerts, and even
opera at the Nidaros Cathedral. The internationally acclaimed Trondheim
Symphony Orchestra , Olavskvartalet, Kjøpmannsgata 46 ( & 73-99-40-
50 ), presents concerts weekly with some of Europe's most outstanding conduc-
tors and soloists.
Monte Cristo, located next to the Trondheim Hotell (see “Where to Stay,”
earlier in this chapter), has a disco.
Bar 3B Sweaty, shadowy, and candlelit, this is the most extreme of the town's
counterculture bars, loaded with clients in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who sometimes
proclaim proudly how much they resist hanging out at more mainstream, “bour-
geois” bars. Within an environment sheathed in colors of blue and black and the
occasional mirror, expect a clientele of bikers, tattoo freaks, students, and the rou-
tinely disgruntled. Two bars lie on two different floors of this place, and if you
manage to strike up some dialogues (and have a drink or two), you might actu-
ally have a lot of fun. It's open Monday to Saturday from 2pm to 2:30am or
3:30am, depending on business, and Sunday from 8pm to 2:30am. Brattørgate 3B.
& 73-51-15-50.
Dalí Minimalist, hip, artsy, and accented in many places with flickering can-
dles, this smoke-filled, offbeat bar and cafe has a somewhat cynical clientele that