- You shall build it exactly here! That’s what the Danish king Christian IV supposingly said back in 1624 when he decided where the new... »
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shhh…the islands are very nice!
Now about the islands: A bit of a secret we keep from you tourists, actually. If you manage to find Vippetangen – a hidden quay about a kilometer east of the town hall, you will find the ferries leaving for the islands in the inner fjord. Hovedøya is the closest, just five minutes away. Here... »
Walking on a roof
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... »