Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24. It`s just what the Santa Claus in Moss in Norway does, the so called Mossenissen.

In the evening on Friday 23th September 2011, I and my friends from Finland admired the beautiful sunset over Mossesundet, Moss, in the Oslo fjord, in Norway. The sky over the island Jeløy, was painted by red and yellow colours, and it gave a big contrast to the dark on the other side of the strait where we stood.

Across the strait of Moss, Mossesundet in the Oslo fjord, I could view the red glowing town of Moss in Norway. The sunset was almost gone in the evening Friday 23rd September 2011, and it was mostly the strong lights from the town that shone in the dark.

The coastal trail through Moss has links to the Vannsjø, also known as Lake Vansjø trail, near Mossefossen. Here you can walk through a beautiful lake landscape, an urban environment, woodlands and a cultural landscape. In a Norwegian travel magazine, the Moss region was selected to offer the best trails for biking in Norway, but the best way to experience Vansjø, Lake Vansjø, is by boat.

Following the sun on a bike, or shall I say navigating after the sun, I and my wife Sirpa came across some really nice brown places in Moss town in Norway. Cycling here from waterhole to waterhole, was done at our own pace. It was environmentally friendly and very sociable. The places we stopped at and passed were Alminna Restaurant & Bar, Riis Café, Brandstrup, Gudegården, Alexandros, Kontoret Bar, Tollboden in Moss with Tollboden Restaurantdrift AS and Peppes Pizza Tollboden, and Øre Villa Kro. Don’t forget to use the brakes. Keep the balance, and just stay on the road!

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Hiking through the beautiful landscape of the Norwegian island Jeløy, also called Jeløya, is a wonderful experience. It's not just the view from heights as Bjørnåsen that made me fascinated, but also the opportunity to enjoy an unique landscape consisting a number of volcanic rocks.

On Sunday afternoon 23rd January 2011, in the wonderful landscape around Alby gård, Alby farm, both adults and children enjoyed fun activities on snow. In the background the sky painted dramatic pictures with different shapes and mixed colours.

From the late 1890s, it was built a number of forts in Norway along the Swedish border from Kongsvinger in the north to Svinesund in the south. This was part of efforts to break Norway from the union with Sweden. If the dramatic negotiations broke, Norway was well prepared for a Swedish invasion. Bjørnåsbatteriet, Torbjørnrød skanse, Bjørnåsen fort in Moss,also called Torbjørnrød skanse, was one of the forts used to protect Norway.

Blue colour is usual considered as cold, but the sunset on Monday 31 May 2010 in Moss was not cold at all. In the beautiful summer weather, I ran through the Moss forest, past Molbekktjernet and further down to the shoreline at Mossesundet, the Strait of Moss. In front of me it revealed an inferno in blue.

In the region of Moss, Norway, there are 83 registered archaeological heritages before 1537. These are automatically protected and subject to Cultural Heritage by the curator in Østfold County. Stone Age settlements, burial mounds from the Bronze Age, caves and rock carvings, traces from the Viking age.

Near Gjerrebogen in Moss, Norway, beneath an overhanging rock wall called "Heller", I could observe the only Stone Age settlement to have been found on the mainland part of Moss. It`s from the latter half of the Late Stone Age.

Behind the big white house we could observe the ruins of the Vaerne Monestary, Værne kloster, Rygge, Moss, in Norway. The monastery is located in a big green garden with tall oak trees and beautiful avenues. In November previous year it was reported a sensational archeological discovery on the site near the mentioned ruins: a stone building, about fifty meters long, was found underground. It lies west of the main building on Vaerne. Is it really a Knights Hospitaller monastery that has been found there?

The Moss region is the sunny side of the Oslo fjord, both in the summer and winters! On Sunday 10th January 2010 the weather and snow conditions were just perfect. Skiing around in Mossemarka on a day like this, you really feel a strong coexistence with the nature.

Rising out of the snow, magnificent creations in Moss trigs your imagination. This Christmas the pristine forest Mosseskogen in Moss is full of temporary creations creating a stunning illusion of motion.