Day 4 – Oslo

Day 4 – Oslo

Sunrise over Norway.

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Sailing up Inner Oslofjord.

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First view of Oslo.

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Dyna Fyr – a little island restaurant.

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Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art.

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Akershus Castle.

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The ferry terminal with the Opera House behind.

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The ferry

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The railway station has a Boots.

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Looking down Karl Johans Gate to the Royal Palace.

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The Parliament building.

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The university

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The Royal Palace.

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Changing of the guard.

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Japanese tourists posing for photos at the palace.

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The Nobel Peace Centre, by the harbour.

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Inside Akershus Castle.

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Norwegian Military intelligence.

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The Norwegian National Ballet & Opera. (World building of the year 2008.)

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My ferry and some floating art. It’s more built up than I expected.

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Inside the Norwegian National Ballet & Opera.

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The City Hall where the Nobel prizes are awarded. Inside it is quite big.

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Vigeland Sculpture park.

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My hotel room in Oslo. (The cheapest of the trip.)

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Amongst the new buildings by the harbour.

 

 

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An underwear vending machine.

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Some of the photos were taken on a bike tour with http://vikingbikingoslo.com/ . It’s very good and well worth joining. (Also I was the only one on the tour.)

 

Day 3 – Copenhagen

Day 3 of my trip across Scandinavia. – Copenhagen

I hope I’m mistranslating what they sell.

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Though these look tasty.

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First a look around Rosenborg Castle. Paintings are so 15th century. Why not have your own wax model, in a cabinet.

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Rosenborg Castle throne room.

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The throne is guarded by lions.

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The expensive plate collection.

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In the treasury below the castle. Gold toy soldiers.

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1598 was a very good year.

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The royal crowns.

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Vor Frelsers Church and the view from the top.

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The mechanism for the church clock.

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Christiania. Most of the place has no photography signs.

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A walk along Christianshavns Canal.

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Looking across the river to the stockexchange and parliament.

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The entrance to the state rooms at Chrstiansborg Palace.

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The prime ministers office, and entrance door.

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He was in. His car was outside with the security range rover.

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My friend at the cat café.

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My cabin for the night ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo.

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A last look at Copenhagen as we leave.

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As you get higher up the ship, it does get shinier. I’m on the bottom accommodation deck (steerage). My walls aren’t are wipe clean.

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The night club.

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Day 2 – Copenhagen

Day 2 of my trip across Scandinavia. – Copenhagen

The town hall is guarded by elephant dragons.

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The lake in Øreted Park

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Peblinge Sø (lake). Formally a stream, widened as a defensive moat.

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The Danish Music museum.

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The university.

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The parliament.

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The Royal library gardens.

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Changing of the guards at the Amalienborg Palace.

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The Queens palace and the crown princes palace. (He was in.)

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The little mermaid statue.

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The tourists taking photos of the statue.

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Danish ice-cream. It’s very buttery.

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Hans Christian Andersen’s house.

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Frederik’s Church. Also know as the Marble Church (Marmorkirken). It has the largest church dome in Scandinavia.

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The Russian church.

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A cabinet in the design museum. The flight is quicker these days.

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The Gefion Fountain and the royal yacht waiting rooms.

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Kastellet (Copenhagan Citadel).

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The Danish intelligence service is based in the Citadel.

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Nyboder houses. Originally for military personnel.

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The National Gallery of Denmark

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Rosenborg Castle in the King’s gardens.

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The Round tower. Originally built as an observatory, with a spiral slope instead of stairs.

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View from the top. Spoiler: In the middle of this photo you can see the ferry I’m taking tomorrow.

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The tower at Christiansborg Palace, that I went up yesterday.

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Day 1 – Copenhagen

Day 1 of my trip across Scandinavia. – Copenhagen

First a quick stop at the Cabinn City Hotel to drop off my bags.

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The out to the city.

The entrance to Christiansborg Palace – the administrative centre of Denmark.

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Inside the Palace I had to cover my shoes.

First the reception room.

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The Royal reference library. The doors in the corner are a lift.

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The Banqueting hall.

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The Great hall

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The throne room, and the doors the royal family go through to get on to the balcony.

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Underneath the Palace are the ruins of the previous palaces. In an emergency you need to use the ladder to get back up. Also old wooden pipes joined with lead.

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A guard box, and the Palace tower.

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At the top of the tower.

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The royal smoking area.

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The stock exchange.

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The town hall.

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Nyhavn (New Harbour).

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The opera house and a submarine that went to Iraq in 2003 and broke down.

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The naval base.

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The royal yacht boarding point and another royal palace.

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Some wooden seals.

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Our Saviours church and the Royal Libary

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Around Christiansborg Palace moat.

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The Stock exchange tower is the intertwined tails or 4 dragons.

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Europe’s narrowest house.

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Tivoli is currently closed while they get ready for Halloween.

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A cat café.

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