Oslo, Norway - 01/26/18

Downtown Oslo

Oslo City Seal (United and constant)

From the Viking Museum in Larvik, we made an inspired trip to Oslo, the Tesla Capital of theworld Norway. There is also another Viking Museum in Oslo, that we could have teleported to, but it would be to easy.
As is the case with most Norwegian cities, despite being the capital, Oslo is still rather calm and relatively small, but it's the most populous city with only 672.061 inhabitants (2017) in a 480 km² (185.62mi²) area. -*Or 975.744 in Oslo county and Akershus(which were recently merged) and 1.5 million in the metropolitan area)



Interesting Facts: 

• Oslo was know as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925 after being reconstructed after a fire, during the reign of Christian IV, but was founded in 1040 by Harold III. with the actual name.

• Oslo, Bergen and Tonsberg are the only cities that don't have a COA, but use a city seal instead, in Norway.

• There are 40 islands within the city limits and 343 lakes.

• Oslo is to ban cars from the city center by 2019

The city has plenty of room to spare, and is very accessible, be it on foot or motorized public transport. It's atmosphere is marked by lots of open spaces, mostly due to it's relatively small population and unusually large land area, as well as a diverse and modern architecture, one example being the Oslo Opera House and Bjorvika borough (Meant to look like a barcode from a distance).

The Nobel Peace Prize is given in Oslo every year at the city hall.


Oslo is Europe's fastest growing capital, and the birthplace to famous figures, Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen. - As we were walking, flabbergasted by how expensive (Oslo has been named the world's most expensive city, and is still very much so, at 3rd place) most thing were, - the internet seems kinda cheap, and produce too, but 1bottle of beer is $10. We stopped to observe the city's beautiful architecture, which is currently being modernized. Some of the places we will visit include: The Holocaust Center, Edvard Munch Museum and National Museum.

The first stop we made was to Norway`s most visited turist attraction, Vigeland Park in Frogner park. At the first sight of it, we were convinced it was just a private park of very good taste, but no, we were amused to discover that it was actually public and open all year round.

In the park are more than 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland, who also designed the archtecture and layout of the park. The park was completed between 1939 and 1949.

We took our time appreciating the expressive sculptures, and taking in the moment, it feels good to be here, what a nice atmosphere.

Vigeland Park

Oslo Museum (Frogner Manor)

In the Frogner borough, which is consisted of agricultural land, and now the frogner park, the 18th century buildings on the grounds now are also holding the Oslo Museum.

Skipping Oslo Museum, we went right to Edvard Munch Museum, in Old Oslo (Gamle Oslo) -which is currently being relocated to near the Opera House (see the video), in a  project which dates back to 2008 and is to be completed in 2019-  to see the collections left by Munch himself , and his sister, to the city.
The museum has well over half of Munch's entire production of paintings, and at least a copy of all of his prints.
We appreciated the art as we listened to audio tours about the works and Edvard's life. The exposition was very concise and organized, we could observe all the styles and all the variety in his work.
It was opened in 1963, comemmorating Munch's 100 year anniversary, financed by Oslo cinemas. The designers were Einar Myklebust and Gunnar Fougner.

The National Museum was also in the proccess of changing locations, but it was probably the best Museum visit we have made in Norway.

We have covered the entire south coast of Norway!- Next stop, Halden, The one with the jail-free high security prison.