We absolutely love Rockheim. To start with, Trondheim was one of our favourite stops on our recent Norwegian cruise – a beautiful city to wander around - and this stand out building housing the museum was conveniently pretty much across the street from where we disembarked. It’s also close to the railway station. The museum itself is an impressive space, bit industrial as you go in but in a good way. The museum flows very nicely through the eras (1950s to date) and there is much to like and experience from taking it all in. Some of the interactive gizmos are a little complicated (though there are very helpful and patient staff on hand to help guide you), but once you got the hang of it thoroughly engrossing and the various 'rooms' actively encourages you to delve deeper and deeper into the world of Norwegian pop, folk, rock and more. We especially loved the interactive wall greeting you as soon as you step out of the lift to start the tour, the booths with headphones and interactive newspapers, and the spider web thingy of inter-related artists could have kept me in there for hours. As a self-professed music geek always scouring the internet trying to find something new from distant places, exploring Norway’s hugely rich variety of music was an utter joy. There’s SO much more than just them three lads who did the animated video and a Bond song. Towards the end of the permanent exhibit are some samplers and remixing desks that are massively fun to use, welcomes experimentation and again, could have kept us engaged for hours. The gift shop is pretty good too, stocked with a nice selection of gifts, vinyls and books, though am slightly miffed with myself with not getting a Rockheim-branded t-shirt (these were located by the ticket office, and not in the gift shop, and I forgot to go back to get one). As a first thing to do in Trondheim, it’s an absolute highly recommended. Once suitably inspired, suggest you pay a visit to Crispin Glover Records (yes, really) which is just down the road and has a great Norwegian artist selection.