Philosophers hut deep in the fjord: Wittgenstein in Norway

Over 100 years ago, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein went to the fjords of Norway to escape the scholarly world of Cambridge. His former teacher Bertrand Russell wrote, I said it would be lonely, and he said he prostituted his mind talking to intelligent people. Not content with simply moving to the isolation of rural Norway at the end of the Sognefjord (the deepest and second longest fjord) Wittgenstein built his hut across the lake and halfway up a mountain from the nearest town (Skjolden). Measuring