Post by Ella Is the name of a furniture store. Who doesn’t love retro modern utopian furniture? A small shop, two floors packed with furniture stuff. In a building undergoing construction, we had to navigate scaffolding to enter. We paused in front of this beauty (below) thinking it would be the most uncomfortable ever. The…
Day: May 16, 2023
Our route, Tuesday May 16
From Home to the Intercultural Museum on foot to Utopia Retro Modern by bus to Kon-Tiki Museum by bus to City Hall by Ferry to the Co-op (grocery store) by foot To home by foot
Walk the castle, see the movie
Post by Grubb. The Akershus Fortress Castle is a few blocks up from where we’re staying on a promontory overlooking Oslo Viken (bay). It dates back to the late thirteenth century. Used as a royal residence, it was designed to protect the city from uninvited Swedes and has successfully survived all sieges since then. Since the July 22,…
Sweating it out
Post by Grubb. Alert to Karl Ové knockoffs, yesterday morning Knut kept an eye out for signs of Norwegian toil. No luck. Knut Sēoot cannot see it. Instead, there were people relaxing outside a sauna across the bay from the Munch Museum. However, on further inspection of the sauna guidelines, there was a nice Norwegian touch promising medieval masochistic…
That’s a lot of baggage!
Post by Grubb. What’s a statue in Oslo without struggle? This overburdened fellow is on the path to the Akershus Fortress. Whether those bags are filled with grain or a multitude of sins, he’s grinding his way up the slope with what I imagine is a Protestant sense of purpose. Commemorating my first overpacked trip to Rome.
The Scream, take two
Post by Grubb. Waiting for the next version of “The Scream” to appear, I re-examined some of my favorite Munch’s. There was “The Dance of Life”. And the “Vampire”. And finally, as the seconds ticked away, the idlers in “The Scream” room slowly moved in towards two closed panels. Then, as time was up, panels shut…
Practical matters: Follow our route Sunday 5/14, Monday 5/15
Post by Ella Sunday, 5/14 Foot, bus, ferry Home on foot to Froganer Park (3.8 km) Froganer Park to Fram museum by bus (4.7 km of which 1.4 km was a walk to the other side of the park to the bus stop). Maybe because it was Sunday and everyone was headed to Bygdøskogen Nasjonale…