...Haugesund and MM...

...went on a mini roadtrip to discover this nearby town, calling itself 'Norway's Cannes' for housing an annual film festival that draws a lot of attention to the region...small town of not more 37,000 without much to see but definitely has a cute vibe to spend a couple of hours, a long street of shops (closed way too early on Saturdays and ofcourse on Sundays like everywhere else in the country) with a lot of immigrant shops, and several cute cafes...but its biggest treasure was definitely this Marilyn statue- completed on the 30th anniversary of her death since her father is reported to have migrated to the US from this town...I believe it was her who said, "I have had too many fantasies to just be a housewife..." Touche :)