Tag: norway
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Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art (Astrup Fearnley Museet) is a privately-owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. In 2012 the museum moved to two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano on Tjuvholmen (see previous post about the area). A short piece by John Cage to accompany our post: The private museum is…
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Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen, Oslo
Continuing with our visit of Oslo …, the Nobel Peace Center (see previous post here) is at the start of Aker Brygge. Aker Brygge is a part of the Sentrum area, just west of Oslo down town. It is known for its piers, where eateries with outdoor tables serve international cuisine, or casual fare like…
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Reindeer in Norway 2017
Another highlight of this trip up north is to see reindeers. We joined a tour to visit a reindeer farm located about an hour’s drive inland from Tromsø. Reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to good children on Christmas Eve. We see them on festive cards and decorations. None had a red…
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Tromsø snapshots 2017
We had two main objectives on this trip to Tromsø in Norway: Northern lights (aurora borealis) and reindeers. We joined a lights-chasing tour one night – spent four hours with a “guide” who directed the driver to take us inland, looking for a cloud-free patch of night sky. There were plenty of stars, and even…
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Our home over Christmas 2017, Tromsø
Before spring arrives, we want to post these pictures before they become out of season. We went to Norway over Christmas. Our first destination was Tromsø in Northern Norway – at the top of the Scandinavian land mass. It is the third largest urban area north of the Arctic Circle (following Murmansk and Norilsk). Most of Tromsø, including the…
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Our trips 2017, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our first post of 2018. It is a tradition of this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. Overall, we traveled less in 2017 than 2016, at least in terms of distance traveled. We did not leave Europe after our…