Aug 2010 - Oslo, Norway
A few days in Oslo. The palace, the opera house, the ski jump, the naked sculpture garden, the Con Tiki museum, and the viking ship museum. And then a quick trip over to the border with Sweden, to add it to the list of countries that I've stepped foot in.
A few days in Oslo. The palace, the opera house, the ski jump, the naked sculpture garden, the Con Tiki museum, and the viking ship museum. And then a quick trip over to the border with Sweden, to add it to the list of countries that I've stepped foot in.
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| The Palace in Oslo | Palace guards like at Buckingham Palace | |
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| The city from the Palace | Around the city | |
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| The Oslo Opera House | ||
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| The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded here | The harbor | |
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| The fort protecting the harbor | ||
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| The ski jump | An old style hotel | |
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| The sculpture garden | An example sculpture | The most famous one apparently |
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| There are tons of them | There is some sick stuff going on in there | |
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| Out at the museums, the Ra II, built by Thor Heyerdahl, sailed from Africa to the Carribean | The famous Con Tiki, which sailed from South America to the Polynesian islands | Excavated viking ships! |
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| A sled that was excavated with the ships | ||
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| The harbor, on the way back from the museums | Oslo and the ski jump | |
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| The border with Sweden | ||
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| One foot in each country! Obviously there is no border control |