Norway Part 1 - Oslo
Aug. 11th, 2019 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aloysius_bearThe humans and I spent last week in Norway, which was so photogenic that I'm going to have to do multiple posts about it! We went as part of a Rail Discoveries tour group, which turned out to be excellent as it meant all travel and accommodation was sorted out for us, we had a few great excursions with the group, but also had lots of time to ourselves to explore on our own. Our tour manager, Kevin, was very friendly and helpful:
We started our tour in Oslo at the Thon Hotel Opera, where the owner himself was ready to welcome us:
Our first day began with a walking tour of the city, which included visiting the fort:
Everywhere we went in Norway, the public spaces were adorned with beautiful flower arrangements and the road leading up to the palace was no different:
This fellow commemorated Norway's resistance efforts in the war:
City Hall was rather brutalist in style, but people get the opportunity to nominate a tune for the clock to play at noon every day, which is rather fun:
The parliament building was much more attractive:
During our free afternoon, we mad our way to the Cultural History museum, where there was a replica country village dating from the 1700s, which had a beautiful stave church:
Most of the other buildings seemed to have gardens growing on their roofs, perhaps for extra insulation in the winter:
We ended our day at Salt, a collection of food kiosks down on the pier, which offered a range of interesting food:
It was quite busy and very loud at Salt, so we took our purchases and enjoyed our dinner, sitting on the waterfront, looking across at the opera house:
The weather was lovely, and our first day in Norway was very enjoyable.
We started our tour in Oslo at the Thon Hotel Opera, where the owner himself was ready to welcome us:
Our first day began with a walking tour of the city, which included visiting the fort:
Everywhere we went in Norway, the public spaces were adorned with beautiful flower arrangements and the road leading up to the palace was no different:
This fellow commemorated Norway's resistance efforts in the war:
City Hall was rather brutalist in style, but people get the opportunity to nominate a tune for the clock to play at noon every day, which is rather fun:
The parliament building was much more attractive:
During our free afternoon, we mad our way to the Cultural History museum, where there was a replica country village dating from the 1700s, which had a beautiful stave church:
Most of the other buildings seemed to have gardens growing on their roofs, perhaps for extra insulation in the winter:
We ended our day at Salt, a collection of food kiosks down on the pier, which offered a range of interesting food:
It was quite busy and very loud at Salt, so we took our purchases and enjoyed our dinner, sitting on the waterfront, looking across at the opera house:
The weather was lovely, and our first day in Norway was very enjoyable.
