This past weekend, Daniel and I took a short flight over the mountains to Norway's capital, Oslo. We stayed with a friend of ours who currently works there while his wife is pursuing her veterinary education. Norway is a small country with a population of approximately 5,136,700 people. Oslo is the largest city with about 650,000 people, according to the latest census taken last January.
My buddy Roy and I by a large
coffee to go.
Every year Oslo has a marathon.
We knew someone in the marathon. I
believe the run was 10 kilometers long.
This picture was taken from the top of the Oslo Opera
house.
The large Norwegian cities always have something
to see. They're a lot different from large cities in
America.
My buds Roy and Daniel. I wouldn't mess with them!
I don't know exactly what this is, or the function it
has, but it looks fun and it's located out on the water
next to the Opera House.
This is the view of the Opera House from the front.
People say that the foundation for the building is not
settled and that the building is slowly sinking.
The building is real neat. I saw a theatre similar to this
in Alexandria Egypt. It's to appear as if the building
is going straight into the water, which is what it's actually
doing.
Many buildings had great architecture. Everywhere
I looked there was something interesting. I don't
know what many of the buildings were.
This is the road leading to the palace off in the distance.
It's quite a large building. Definately bigger than
the white house.
The weather was great this day and when that
happens in Norway, everyone and their brother
is out and about.
This is the road leading back toward the city center
from the palace.
Modeling comes naturally to us.
This picture belongs on the wall.
Just like most palaces or castles, this palace has guards.
This man on a horse statue is in the court yard in
front of the palace.
Every now and then, the guards do a march routine.
Probably to keep them awake.
He wasn't real talkative.
This is the area behind the palace.
As we ventured on from the palace we noticed
an increasing amount of large old buildings.
It's a real neat part of the city. Simply just plain
fun to walk around.
We even found the American embassy.
I was hoping to go in and buy some American food.
It's not everyday you see this flag here.
After the embassy we ran into all these flowers
that created some artistic pattern.
Statues all over the place it seemed.
Another example of neat buildings
throughout the city.
1 red flower surrounded by thousands of purple flowers.
I have NO IDEA what the purpose of this is or was.
It's little people that are placed on the ground.
Here's a better picture.
In 2011, Norway had a terrible attack in Oslo. If you
want more details, google "2011 Norway attacks".
I won't get into the specific details but this is the area
where a bomb went off.
You can see how all the windows are boarded off
because the bomb shattered all the glass. It's extremely
sad.
This is an old Norwegian state church. Daniel
has a friend named Timothy who lives in Oslo
as a missionary. He invited us to an English
church service. It was great hearing the
gospel in English again. Timothy is from Virginia.
This is a photo taken at the Vigeland Sculpture Park.
There are statues aligned on either side of this bridge.
Gustav Vigeland was a famous Norwegian artist
who sculpted all of the statues at this park.
English speakers simply call this park "the naked
statue park", which exactly what it is.
Every statue made is of naked people.
On a nice sunny day, it's a great park to be at.
This is the "main part" of the park.
This is a famous sculpture. It's a mass amount
of naked humans basically.
Timothy is on the left.
Toward the end of the day we took a train to
Holmenkollen, which is the famous ski jump.
There are many island within the Oslo fjord.
Some island are accessible by boat only, and
some have bridges linking them to the mainland.
The ski jump is up on a mountain that overlooks
Oslo.
Once the train got us as close as it could, we walked
the rest of the way.
The start of the ski jump.
This is a old building that's now a Scandic hotel.
Side view of the ski jump.
It's incredible how high the jump is.
Unfortunately we did not take the elevator to the top.
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