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the shoes were a pair of dressy shoes and a pair of sneakers. the sneakers were all black i think with gumsole, kinda like the german army sneakers, only in all black. The dress laceups shoes were black and suede grey and round leather laces with wingtip styled toe. they were allright in my opinion.

think I saw a tag that said $76 but it might have been alot pricier if he bought it in London.

Oslo can't even be compared to Bergen when it comes to prettiness. I'd say Bergen is the most beautiful city of the big ones of Norway bar none. Tromsø is a very pretty city as well. Alot nicer than Oslo atleast..

Actually, nearest train station from tromsø would probably be in Rovaniemi, Finland...

I am just going to point out to you that the tromsø experiences doesn't neccessarily need to be all positive. I believe that you will get problem trying to adapt to the 22 hours of complete darkness and later on 22 hours of light. The cold weather will eventually loose it's "freshness" and so on..

But, yes, like the other poster said, Tromsø is alot cheaper than Oslo when it comes to rent. You will save a couple of thousand NOK's every month on houserent compared to living in Oslo.

Oslo on the other hand will give you many more options when it comes to nightlife and other activities as shopping and sports etc. though i'd say Oslo is a much more "grey city" than Tromsø.. It's kinda metropol city vs. small town city..

if you're not too keen on the big city thing but still not ready for the artic challenge, then bergen actually might be a good option for you as it's norways second largest city but it's still quite small. And the city itself is actually very beautiful and bergen has the best music scene when it comes to elektro if you're into that.. Rock is pretty solid too I think. The scenes are quite small in bergen though so maybe you bump into røyksopp in the beer queue.

Tromsø has alot less oppurtinites when it comes to shopping and all else known as urban life compared to the city Oslo. In Norway, I'd say Oslo is quite unique to Norway as it is the only city that has some sense of being a "big city". The next thing I guess is Bergen but Bergen is nothing compared to Oslo, fashion/shopping wise.

Tromsø is basically a typical big town of Norway, which means absolutley nothing special when it comes to fashion or shopping. This is maybe something you already know or don't care about since you are going either places to study so I won't go on rambling about shopping anymore.

I'd say if you go to tromsø you will get a spectacular year if you're into outdoor stuff. The outdoor life is pretty insane in tromsø and smaller places around tromsø. If you're into skiing, snowscooters, camping and whatnot cold crazy shit, the northern parts would probably be awesome..but as I guess you are there to study I bet you won't have the time to travel great distances as the distances up north can be quite far.

You will get 22 hours of complete darkness in the wintermonths though and 22 hours of light in the summermonths so be prepared haha.

The Norwegian army has alot of their camps around the tromsø area as well.

Be aware that flying from Tromsø will be MAD expensive!! Due to the far distance between Tromsø airport and Gardermoen (oslos airport, which basically is the center of all flight traffic in Norway) flying will be extremely pricey if you are thinking of flying around rest of Norway to check out other cities.

Many years since I was there last time now but I think Tromsø has a pretty decent nightlife though I am guessing alot of the various clientele might be armyboys and students.

And yes, it really IS cold up there.

If you have any questions, please ask and I'll try to answer them as well as I can. I can write a couple of words on Oslo if you want as well though I don't live there myself.

I'll try to remember more of tromsø until I get back though. Peace

if not you can check out nicholas deakins.. he has some takes on a couple (quite few actually) of clarks models and I think they have atleast somewhat lower toeboxes and maybe a little sleeker than most of todays clarks got.

World of Warcraft...

had no life for a year, and delayed my denim fades

Now, I sold my account and bought Sugarcanes

god that game is boring me now. i might do the same..full tier2 +++

one of the games that bring out good memories:

i for one think minya is looking sick today

is there some specific shoes you can't wear with jeans when going to a club?

today i'm gonna wear a pair of padmore & barnes wallabees with jeans when i go out for a couple of beers. is this acceptable yes/no confirm/deny please

libertines "cant stand me now"

please...? :|

so my girlfriend who normally only wear and own sneakers for different reasons a week ago told me she should get some new shoes that weren't sneakers. So I was thinking that since it's her birthday soon I could maybe try to get her a pair of some nice shoes that won't be too dressy, preferably with a little heel. After some thinking I guess I came to the conclusion that a pair of jodphurs or something similar would be a decent pair for her that she could use to jeans since that is all she ever wears. First I was searching on ebay for some days, for jodphurs and riding boots.. But I didn't really find anything that was very intersting. I was even going through the whole thread about "shoes that look better with age" in superdenim subforum as well and I picked up some good tips there.

In the end I found a pair of Whyreds called "Pallenberg". I only found one online site selling them but they only had one pair left. I've asked my friend which lives in stockholm to look out for them for me.

If any of you guys or grills can recommend me some other shoes that fits this category of shoes, I would be thrilled since I really can't say it's a safe bet that I will end up getting those Whyreds in her size before it's too late.

I would prefer the shoes to have straps and a little bit of heel, not too thin and not too high though.

Here is a picture of the Pallenbergs for reference:

I seriously hope someone can help me out..

as my girls birthday is coming up i was thinking of getting her a pair of jodphurs or something similiar since she almost only have sneakers and has been complaining about this lately. I watched through the whole thread and found some nice shoes, especially I found a pair at the shipton site ( http://www.shipton-usa.com/erol.html ) only I am really not I can afford $300+ with shipping and custom fees right now, so I was wondering if anyof you knew about some different alternatives to these? I would really appreciate any help, ive been searching through ebay for some days but as most know, hard to find the perfect pair as well as your (hers) size.

dope, eastcoastrider27! it breaks my heart to see nice and clean p500's while I have worn mine to death, the jealousy is strong right now

dope outfit, werdtoyourmoms

oh why couldn't you be a medium goddamnit

it's not the moleskin one...

some of those halfcabs look interesting and rns' chukkas - shit, really dope...!

cakes at maison bertaux, london yumm

dope outfit as always, A, always rock solid! you know how much I envy you your collection of wallys....awww...

today:

and a closeup of the erlandias for your eyes only

yesterday

today

its by whyred, dont know much more than that. got it last spring from a small local store so cant really help, sorry.

thanks for the comments fellas.

im pretty sure whyred is a swedish brand, I think I saw alot of it when I was in Stockholm last time. I also think I saw whyred on zoovillage.com last I checked but I am not sure if they got mikes jacket.

Pure class, A!