Slept mostly ok - the cooler temperature certainly helps.
Breakfast options were pretty limited, but the bacon was nice.
After breakfast we headed out for a tour of Oslo. We stopped opposite the Opera House for a photo stop. Drove around town for a bit. Went to the Vigeland sculpture garden which I quite enjoyed - the sculptures were quite interesting.
Havnelageret office building on Oslo waterfront (formerly a warehouse)
Akershus Festning (Akershus Fortress) from the coach
Frognerparken (Frogner Park) from the southeast entrance
Mother and child sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
The Angry Boy sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
Walking man sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
Old man and child sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
The Great Fountain and circle of life sculptures
Couple under a tree sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
Monolith sculpture by Gustav Vigeland
View to the northwest end of Frogner Park
Wrought iron gate near the Monolith
Zodiac sundial
Then to the Viking Ship Museum to see a couple of very well preserved viking ships which was pretty cool.
Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum)
The Oseberg Ship (9th century) in Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum)
The Oseberg Ship (9th century) in Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum)
The Gokstad Ship (9th century) in Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum)
Animal head post from the Oseberg
Furniture and leather shoes from the Oseberg
Sled from the Oseberg
Wooden cart from the Oseberg
The Tune Ship in Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum)
Norsk Maritimt Museum (Norwegian Maritime Museum)
Sculpture of Fridtjof Nansen, who reached a record 86°14' during his Fram expedition of 1893-1896
The Fram in the Frammuseet (The Fram Museum)
Fur clothing worn by indigenous people
Then to the Fram Museum to have a look at and on the Fram, a ship that explored both the north and south poles around the turn of the century.
Deck of the Fram
Mess room in the Fram
Bow of the Fram
Fram's bell
Hjalmar Johansen's kayak and a polar bear
Bow of the Fram
The Fram in the Frammuseet (The Fram Museum)
Roald Amundsen's Antarctic explorer team outside the Fram Museum - Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Oscar Wisting, Olav Bjaaland and Sverre Hassel, by Håkon Fagerås
Then got dropped back at the hotel.
We dumped some of our stuff then headed out for a good long wander around Oslo - alll the way from our hotel at the central station on the eastern end of the city up to the palace, then down to the water front, had an ice cream (Oslo was *hot* yesterday - 27C!!) then back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.
Monument to smash Nazism by Bjørn Melbye
Buildings next to Oslo Cathedral
Oslo Domkirke (Oslo Cathedral)
Interior of Oslo Cathedral
Grand Hotel Oslo from Stortingsparken
National Theatre
Oslo University
Fountain in Studenterlunden Park (looks a lot like the El Alamein Fountain in Kings Cross!)
National Theatre and Studenterlunden Park
Det kongelige slott (The Royal Palace)
Pavilion at the Royal Palace
Dronningdammen fountain and pond at the Royal Palace
Nobels Fredssenter (Nobel Peace Centre)
Gustav Vigeland outside the Oslo Oslo Rådhus (City Hall)
Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament)
Had the "farewell" dinner which was nice enough, although I struggled to get through my food. Chatted to some people for a while longer and suddenly it was 10:30pm ?? So pretty much just collapsed into bed without doing any photo or GPS stuff.
Peter de Vries (our tour guide) and Oleg (our coach driver) at the final dinner
Photo by Mum
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