Tag: norway
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Our trips 2018, part 2
Dear Readers, It has been a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2018. Here are the places we visited in the first half. Click on the links, where…
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Eldorado Bokhandel, Oslo
Before we leave Oslo, we have an addition to our bookstore of the world series … Eldorado Bokhandel is the largest independent bookstore in Scandinavia offering 4,000 square metres of books, culture and music. It is located at Torggata 9A. The bookstore opened in 2013. The facade is fairly non-descript, narrow and does not reveal much…
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Nasjonal Museet, Oslo
While in Oslo, we spent half a day in the National Museum of Norway. It houses a very famous painting by a norwegian. Edvard Munch’s The Scream – 1893 (cropped) A selection of Munch’s work can be viewed on the museum’s site. Edvard Munch’s The Girls on the Bridge – 1901 Rodin There were also a…
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Gingerbread architecture, Oslo
In Oslo, with our ticket purchased for the National Museum in Oslo, we could use them to enter the National Museum of Architecture as well. This establishment was opened in 2008. The main building was completed in 1830 as a division office for Norges Bank. It was adapted and extended by Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), who…
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Vigeland museet, Oslo – part 2
This is part 2 of our post on Gustav Vigeland, one of the most famous sculptor of Norway. The following are a selection of his works on display at the Vigeland museum (Vigeland museet) in Oslo. For more info about the museum, click here to see part 1. In this post, we focus on the…
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Vigeland museet, Oslo – part 1
Gustav Vigeland is one of the most famous sculptor of Norway. We visited a museum – Vigeland museum (Vigeland museet) in Oslo which houses an almost complete collection of his work. In 1921 the City of Oslo decided to demolish the house where Vigeland lived and build a library. After a long dispute, Vigeland was granted…