Recent Posts Tagged With 'oslo'

• Russ

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 13:59 in Culture, tradition, russ, oslo

  I finally get to talk about the Russ tradition! I've been looking forward to this for a while, but now that I finally have some pictures, and have been able to talk to people about this, I feel that I still don't really know enough to provide an ade...

• Winter Continues

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 16:53 in weather, snow, oslo

  At one point I was wondering if winter would ever arrive in Oslo.  Well, it did!  The picture on the right was taken in January, and illustrates just how much snow was falling at times!  There were a couple of weekends that were more ...

• The Oslo Riots

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 14:21 in politics, riots, oslo

  Oslo is not usually the center of excitement, but last week seemed to be an exception.  On Thursday evening while I was at my norskkurs (Norwegian class), a pro-Israel demonstration was interrupted by a pro-Palestine group that turned violent.&n...

• The edge of Oslo

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 14:40 in places, snow, oslo, frognerseteren

  Last week it was suggested that I travel to Frognerseteren, a location on the Northwestern edge of Oslo.  It is the last stop of Line 1 on the T-bane.  Where I live, there was a tiny bit of snow.  Up at Frognerseteren, well, take a loo...

• Picture Day!

  Posted on Friday November 21st, 2008 at 12:46 in pictures, Church, oslo

  I took this picture on the 15th on a clear day - probably around 2pm, so there was still plenty of light.  I like the way the trees sort of hide the building, but you can still see the beauty of the church.  --I'm not a religious person, b...

• Oslo Parks: St. Hanshaugen

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 06:22 in places, parks, oslo, st. hanshaugen

  St. Hanshaugen park, constructed between 1876 and 1886, is a bit more than a five minute walk from my apartment.  I headed over there on Wednesday to find out what was there.  It was actually a bit surreal.  The photo on the left was t...

• The Royal Palace

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 16:49 in places, norway, oslo, royal palace

  Norway has an interesting history.  For many years they were in a union with Denmark (not by choice), and then they were sort of given to Sweden in the early 19th century, which lasted until 1905.  It was during the union with Sweden that the Roya...