Oslo

After fjording it across the country we spent a couple of days in Oslo. Oslo is not easy on the pocketbook, well none of Norway is, but hey at least it made London look cheap! If you can get beyond the sticker shock, it's a very enjoyable town with several asterisk worthy sights.


View from our hotel room


View from our hotel room


View of the opera from our room, and the sun still hadn't set close to 11:00pm!


Oslo's new grand opera house is a stunning work of architecture.


Its gleaming white rooftop doubles as a public pedestrian zone




Sunglasses please!




Oslo's National Gallery is a real "Scream"










Oslo is well-known for its wide collection of impressive open air sculpture, and I'm guessing the visitor bureau is probably less anxious to share that the city is also home to a real drug problem. We witnessed several drug deals in open areas near busy public zones that seemed to alarm no one, but I wasn't daring enough to snap a photo.



Navigating down Karl Johans Gate


View of the Royal Palace down Karl Johans Gate




Royal Palace




Oslo's prized City Hall, where the previously credible Noble Peace prize is awarded each December


Inside City Hall, stairs above the main hall


Famed wall murals inside the main hall. Government buildings dominate Scandinavian capitals, and this hall almost feels like a temple to good government.


City Hall


City Hall


City Hall


The back of City Hall




Walking a residential area


We found this pretty residential avenue on the way to Frogner Park


Some much-needed playground time in Frogner Park










Frogner Park is an expansive green space in Oslo that boasts Oslo's finest sculpture by Gustav Vigeland


You have to stay up late to catch a summer sunset over Oslo!


On a ferry to Bygdoy


Bygdoy


Bygdoy


Pretty houses on Bygdoy


Bygdoy is home to the Viking Ship Museum, home to the best-preserved Viking ships on earth


These boats date back to the 800 and 900's