One place – all about jazz

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:01:26 +0000

Oslo says: You would probably never find it, if you didn’t know it was there. The CD-shop and cafe in Grensen 8 gives you jazz all day long, and sometimes late night live concerts, too. Bare Jazz – means Only Jazz – is run by the saxofonist Bodil Niska and her enthusiastic friends. You will find all the jazz CDs you long for, lots of knowhow behind the desk, and a decent range of drinks and sandwiches. It’s a real treat.

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Walking on a roof

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:42:17 +0000

So walking on the roof of a white building by the sea shore is the hottest thing you can do in Oslo these days?
Yep. When the much discussed new opera was opened in 2008, very few could have guessed that the building would be a lot more crowded on the outside than on the inside. On a daily basis, you will always find dozens of people walking around on the roof, and on a sunny Saturday you can count your company by the hundreds. The building, designed by the Snøhetta architecture company, is really quite spectacular, located in the old harbour area which is now subject to an enormous development project.

Not that there isn’t any opera lovers inside the building, though. Tickets are hard to get. The safest bet for a visitor is to show up at the entrance the same day for unclaimed tickets.

The pictures are from a concert this week, arranged by Oslo Jazz Festival, with Antony and the Johnsons.

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One place – all about jazz

Walking on a roof