The Norvegian University of Science and Technology is the largest educational institution in Norway. It was founded in 1760 as the Trondheim Academy. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is part of the St Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim, and being there, as participant of the Annual Cytology Tutorial of the European Federation of Cytology Societies, was an outstanding experience. Colleagues from all over the world had the opportunity to meet and learn from experts in various fields of cytology. Particularly, differences between conventional and Thin Prep Pap smears, as well as immunocytochemistry of air-dried smears were thoroughly discussed.