Polar Bears in Trondheim

A couple of hungry polar bears roaming the streets outside the Yahoo! office in Trondheim, Norway.

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frodelu says:

Nice capture. It's been a long time since I've seen them roam in pairs without a cub.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jspaw says:

That's interesting. Question for you:

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME WITH THOSE FUCKING SCARY TWELVE FOOT FUCKING BEARS?! JESUS!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

bsandvik says:

wow, they've made their way downtown ?! glad I'm not there this winter.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

John: No no, the polar bears issue is a really serious one, so I would never in my wildest dreams go around and joke about it. Just remember to never send over any of your engineers to Trondheim in January-February, as that's when they are most active downtown. (The snow and the cold forces them to drift into town to find food.)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

CrankyMonkey says:

I've stood right where that one of the right is sniffing around for his next kill!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

frodelu says:

eirikref and jspaw: it's not really _that_ bad as long as someone in your party is bringing his rifle. and if you choose the hotels closest to the office, it's usually just a one block run there.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

fiskfisk says:

Jeebus. The bear problem looks really serious this year. They usually kept at a distance when I lived in Trondheim.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

borud says:

Brilliant :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

stigsb says:

I'm sort of relieved I don't have to cross that street to get to work anymore.. The polar bear problem is pretty much under control at Solsiden
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

frodelu says:

stigsb: that's what you get for having an Ultra and not a Rema 1000 nearby. cheap bastards won't even do 24x7 security - they just lock the gates up real good at night...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

greteturid says:

Do you think it's the same couple we saw last winter?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Charlie Bhoy says:

Tony tried to convince me to go to Trondheim this time last year. So glad I didn't go.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eric-m says:

You guys should invite Stephen Colbert to visit.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

boulter says:

Ok, after reading all this, I'm still unsure if this is photoshopped or not. Seriously?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

waxpancake says:

Bearish on YHOO.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

timbo262 says:

Unbelievable, well done for being brave enough to capture this shot!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Russ and Lori says:

Ummm wow and we complain about our homeless people on the streets. Seeing them like this really shows how enormous these creatures are! Thank you for sharing! -L
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

MetaGrrrl says:

My aunt, who taught school in Barrow, Alaska, had to worry about polar bears in town. They are some scary animals.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr_Mustard says:

Were they sent by Google?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

I think you may be overrating the powers of us computer engineers, even those located in Mountain View. Some forces of nature - like polar bears - are simply too awesome to be controlled like that.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

agutkin says:

Those are quite big - much bigger than the skinny bears I remember hanging out our soviet food shops in downtown Moscow during my childhood.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

kjetilod says:

Jeez, I thought they had the bears under control this year?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gonzalo_ar says:

hey! I can't believe that! but wow... bad new for those who was working late... :.-s

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

davidltao says:

never would i imagine:

"it's not really _that_ bad as long as someone in your party is bringing his rifle. and if you choose the hotels closest to the office, it's usually just a one block run there. "

i guess if i'm ever in trondheim i'm going to bring good running shoes. and to think i complain about the traffic going to the sunnyvale office.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

liu_yi_feng says:

super cool, so you are in Norway now ... Spring is here in Mission College Y! now :D
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jernand says:

did you think about moving further to the right and much closer to better frame the Yahoo! sign and the polar bear ;)... very nice capture
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

@jernand I did not dare to get too close to them, you know ;)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

yen-yu says:

wow... bears on the streets ... I wish I met them when I visited Trondheim office last Dec
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Anirudh Koul says:

Nice!

So how many animals are associated with Yahoo brand. Like Answers has a Karate hamster mascot.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

TheNickster says:

if that wasn't taken with a cameraphone, i'd accuse you of egregious photoshop'ing. do you have to sleep in the office until they go home?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

meekthegeek says:

Innovative approach to keep the staff at the office... down here, they just have a gym!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

mnot says:

Dude, I've *got* to find an excuse to visit the Trondheim office. Allspaw -- can you stick some servers there or something?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

roberta zouain says:

did they yodel too?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Aidan-Sally says:

In the Sydney Yahoo! office we'd almost certainly have sharks. Someone was attached on the other side of the Harbour Bridge this week.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

againstty0 says:

\o/
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

frodelu says:

TheNickster: Somehow, I can't get myself to blame the photographer for not rigging a tripod to keep the camera steady to get a better shot...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

mikeschilli says:

Is there really just one shot of this event? Having several shots from different viewing angles would disprove any Photoshop conspiracies.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

mikeshilli: I know, and I agree. But trust me, it was scary enough to be even _that_ close, so we just drove by as fast as we could, and didn't really have the nerves to stop and do a full photo shoot ;)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Tommy Toast Catchup says:

so cool....
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Humbe says:

Hehe..

I was unaware of the bear problem. There's no way I'm staying late to have meetings with the Sunnyvale office after I've seen this :D
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

omarta says:

This is why I prefer working close to the Tyholt tower. Polar bears don't like towers.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

YngveNilsen says:

It's pretty cold in oslo these days too. Let's hope they don't wander any further south...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

And in other news (Norwegian only, sorry): www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article12745 91.ece

An insanely dangerous Norwegian moose is on the loose in Trondheim, and the wildlife authorities have advised the public to keep their distance.

Update: As noted at www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article12705 09.ece, there are now TWO of them, and they have attacked both adults and children alike.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Clea and Garrett says:

Once I had to stay inside the Y!7 Sydney office all night because there was a penguin looking very menacing in the water outside
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jernand says:

it will be epic when the moose meets the polar bears
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

AussieGold says:

Awesome - So much better than the jelly fish and seagulls we have outside the Sydney office.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Andreas Solberg says:

I can't believe you shot them with a wide angle lens? I wouldn't go closer than 400mm.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

Andreas: It was a "drive by shooting" with my cellphone, so no time to go home to grab a real camera. I guess that is the cost I have to pay for being unprepared :/
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gcb1 says:

You need the bear patrol!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gcb1 says:

>Mr_Mustard dit :
>
>Were they sent by Google?

No, the google ones have laser.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

pixilla.de says:

Knuuuuut :-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

:christo: says:

I envy you guys in Trondheim. I would love to experience that. Those creatures are amazing.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Adriano Castro says:

Google hasn't got Polar Bears. Yeah!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Schlüsselbein2007 says:

RUN!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Colgol says:

\o/ Nicely done;-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

EliciaBG says:

thats crazy theyre sooooo fucking big man
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eexit says:

Haha! Excellent!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

megadupek says:

so cool !
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mani Kumar Chauhan says:

wow ...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ola b says:

genialt.. nå har du fått en amerikansk kompis av meg til å tro at det finnes isbjørner i gatene,... :D
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

ola_b: Huff. Jeg kommer til å få så uendelig dårlig karma for det her, men jeg kan jo ikke akkurat snu nå heller, og innrømme at alt bare er juks :) (Så får vi bare tro at ingen kjører de norske kommentarene her gjennom en eller annen automatisk oversetter ;)

Ikke bare lurer jeg stakkarer fra det store utlandet, men jeg ødelegger jo sikkert for turistnæringen. Ingen som tør å komme hit etter dette ;)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

fjtyro says:

call animal police?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jernand says:

@eirikref: og de turister der kommer for at se isbjørnene klager sikkert ;)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

roschern says:

Veldig moro å se så mange kommentarer på et sånt bilde :) Kult gjort.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

irisheyes1110 says:

I'm Jealous! I want to see Polar Bears walking around outside! How cool!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

cloveras says:

I heard Trondheim has a LOT of snow this year, and that polar bear sightings are a lot more common than in a normal year. Nice capture!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Jilles says:

Uh... One of them seems to jaywalk?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

angelcityblues says:

they're so beautiful. <3
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

eirikref says:

Beautiful and awesome, but insanely dangerous.

Ah, I wonder when Polar Bear Season will hit us this winter; as it depends a bit on the weather, the amount of snow and food out in the wild, etc.
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

denso2 says:

I heard somebody saw a bear not far from Selbu not long ago. Thats early for the season. Guess that means we will have to watch out.
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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