Our last full day in Oslo. Weather: sunny and warm. It reached 75º today. It’s quite cool in the mornings but warm by noon. Normal in Oslo at this time is mid-60’s. Do not doubt climate change.
After another scrumptious breakfast, we took the tram down to the harbor area and visited Oslo City Hall. If you come to Oslo, don’t miss it! It’s normally a beautiful two-towered building from the outside, but one tower is encased to plastic and scaffold for restoration work. But the real beauty is inside. We walked around and took (too) many pictures of the beautifully muraled rooms.
Then we walked the short distance to visit the Akershus Fortress located right on the water. Great views. A statue of FDR. We saw some police riding horses at what appeared to be a training area for police. The highlight (for us as we didn’t walk the whole huge fortress) was the Norwegian Resistance Museum. It’s very well done although it doesn’t translate well in photos.
Then we walked back down the promontory to the harbor and had lunch at the Salmon where we ate on Saturday. We both draft Hansa Beer and Skagan Toast. Yummy good. After that we both had gelato cones and watched the action on the harbor walk. We saw lots of police and Army officers at one point, and I chatted one officer up. It seems the King and Queen of Denmark are sailing into Oslo tomorrow, and today the police are practicing security procedures. The damn royals could have come while we were here. We’ll be gone in the morning.
Oslo Harbor Panorama (click to enlarge)
Then it was home to nap, rest, read, and pack. We have to have our bags in the lobby tonight as a porter service is picking them up to deliver to our hotel in Bergen. That way we don’t have to schlep the big bags onto the train for Bergen which leaves at 8:30 tomorrow morning. Cocktails were on the balcony as were our dinner of sandwiches. Our MO in Oslo was big breakfast, nice lunch out, and sandwiches in the suite for dinner. We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s train ride. More about that in the next post.
Cheers!
Have always wanted to see Oslo. Pics look fabulous.
Arrived in Paris last night board Viking for Seine River trip tomorrow- off to get some French wine!!
Sounds like an awesome trip – tell Elaine in three more days her age gets closer to mine!
Love Ann
Safe travels! We board Viking Ocean on Wednesday.
One can never take too many pictures! Take it from me! Hahaha!
Sorry you are missing the King and Queen. That would have been fun to see. The painted walls are amazing! Glad you are enjoying the food and drinks there.
Wow. Oslo City Hall is breathtaking inside. It looks more like a castle than a municipal building. Speaking of castles, I’m sure the King and Queen would have rescheduled their arrival if they had known you two were in town.
What a nice harbor walk. Great place to enjoy lunch. Is that a picture of Skagan toast? It looks so good.
Enjoy the train ride tomorrow.
Yup, that was skagen toast. Elaine said she could eat it every day. It was yummy.