Recent Posts Tagged With 'places'

• 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...

• American Embassy

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 15:01 in places, usa, embassy

  The American Embassy is a very unique building, especially given it's location.  As you can see by the picture, it's very black, triangluar, and pretty much across the street from the palace.  And it has a tall, very ugly fence surrounding...

• 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...

• Vigeland Sculpture Park

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 15:13 in places, sites, sculptures, vigeland

  One of the more interesting spaces in Oslo is the Vigeland Sculpture Park, part of the larger Frogner Park.  There are 212 granite sculptures, all designed by Gustav Vigeland in the first half of the 20th century.  The statues range from men, wome...