From ski jumps to museums, the opera hall and new library…. only some of the things we saw in Oslo
This is a 100 meter ski jump used only once a year. The facility is also used for biathlon training.A ski simulator under the ski jumpThe Fram museum houses the Gjoa and the Fram. Boats used by Viking explorers to find the northwest passage and be first to the South Pole. Roald Amundsen was the first to get to the South Pole, using the Fram to sail to the Antarctic in 1911. The Gjøa, the first boat to sail the northwest passage from Norway to Alaska and on down to near Seattle, a 3 year voyage completed in 1906. Thor Heyerdahl built and sailed the Kon-tiki across the pacific in 1947 to prove that it could be done a 1000 years ago.The Ra II, a reed boat that Thor built and sailed from Morocco to Barbados in 1970. He did this to prove that prehistoric civilizations could cross the oceans.Opera House on the left, designed to look like an iceberg. Rivals the Sydney opera house in its design and performance. The Munch Art Museum on the right. Edward Munch is most famous for his “Scream” series of paintings.On part of the roof of the opera house, you can walk to the very top of the opera house on this roof of stone tiles.View from the opera house roof. Patty is near the person in the red coatNew library, very nice inside. A gift shop, cafe with free coffee refills, a great place to spend a winter day reading a good book.
Rod and Patty Jenkins are retired and enjoy traveling. We hope you enjoy our posts as we we see different locations around the globe.
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