What to do in Oslo in one day

Later 5 days in Tromso we had an opportunity to visit Oslo besides. I was keen to visit this metropolis that I had never been to and also to meet my Norwegian friend Solfrid (Sol). She was one of my lawn tennis buddies here in Singapore and I was pitiful to see her go back to her home country Norway. This was a peachy opportunity to visit her.

Although we just had 1 full 24-hour interval in Oslo, I managed to come across quite a scrap of the city. Here nosotros are in Oslo'south harbour in front end of the statue 'She lies" by artist Monica Bonvicini. The sculpture stands on a physical platform and can turn on its own axis, moved past the winds and the tides. That's in line with its dedication to change, as its creator Monica Bonvicini sought to create a public artwork in an urban redevelopment surface area of Oslo that's changing all the fourth dimension.

Although I did non go any pictures of the Oslo opera business firm shut by, I did snap some details of the interesting interior.

Here nosotros are in Oslo's Frogner park. The whole park contains more 200 sculptures of naked people made out of bronze, granite and bandage iron and were created past the sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). Vigeland was also responsible for the design and architectural outline of the park.

The Monolith Plateau is a platform made of steps that houses the Monolith totem itself. 36 figure groups reside on the acme bringing with them the "circle of life" message. As you lot walk around, you see the people growing: from little babies, to grown men and women and finally death. Below is a sculpture depicting a young family unit.

And an older human being.

Luca getting up close and personal!

At the highest point in the park lies the park's most popular attraction, The Monolith (Monolitten). The name derives from the Latin word monolithus, implying the totem to exist made from one (mono) solid piece of stone (lith). Construction of the massive monument began in 1924 when Gustav Vigeland himself modeled it out of clay in his studio in Frogner. The blueprint procedure took him ten months, and it is speculated that Vigeland had the help of a few sketches drafted in 1919. The model was and so cast in plaster.

The almost famous of all sculptures is Angry Male child (Sinnataggen).

Ane of Oslo's other main tourist attractions is the ski spring. It sits on top of a colina and has a beautiful view over Oslo (see picture on height). The ski jump has been a long time landmark of Oslo and was rebuilt in March 2010. It is now one of the earth's nearly modern ski jumps, and one of the first designer ski jumps ever to be built. The commencement house soars some 60 metres to a higher place the ground and the structure is fabricated of 100 tons of steel. Correct now information technology is the only steel ski jump in the globe.

The ski jump is surrounded by a beautiful expanse where yous can ski, walk and exercise all kinds of other activities. Of course the boys could not resist and went for a curt sledding trip. Below yous encounter a small picturesque church.

I had a great twenty-four hour period in Oslo where I too enjoyed a lovely lunch with Sol in the harbour area. Sol was very pleased that the sun was shining (later a very long and cold winter) and then nosotros were even able to sit outside (albeit with our warm jackets on).

Cheers Sol for yous kind hospitality and showing me around your cute city. I volition have to come dorsum some time for more!

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