Små ting or small things that I noticed in my six months of continuous living in Oslo, Norway.
SMÅ TING
SOLSIDEN RESTAURANT
Solsiden or Sunny side restaurant is situated on the afternoon sunny side of Oslo’s harbor, just below Akershus fortress. It’s a summer restaurant that opens its door every May all the way till September so you will have to wait till next opening season for a visit, but until then enjoy the review.
LANGØYENE ISLAND
The weather forecast for 18th of July 2017 predicted a beautiful and sunny day so we decided to take a short trip to the inner part of Oslofjord called Bunnefjorden, in the municipality of Nesodden in Akershus
DRØBAK AQUARIUM
After a visit to the Oscarsborg fortress we came back to Drøbak; a small town in Oslofjord with some 13 000 inhabitants. It used to be the winter harbor of Oslo when during harsh winters the fjord would freeze from outside Drøbak all the way up to the capital. Today it is a very popular tourist spot not just for foreigners but also for Norwegians.
OSCARSBORG FESTNING
The weather forecast for that Saturday (27th of may 2017) was sunshine so we decided to take a short trip to an island in the Oslo fjord. We discovered that the local boat line B21 departs from Aker Brygge every weekend at 10 am so we packed our bathing suits and sandwiches and took of. Unfortunately, we weren’t the only ones with the bright idea.
NATIONAL THEATRE
One of the Norway’s largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts is the National Theatre in Oslo (Nationaltheatret)
ROYAL PALACE
At the top of Karl Johans gate is the royal residence, a home to HM King Harald V and HM Queen Sonja.
KARL JOHANS GATE
Karl Johans gate is the main street of the city of Oslo, Norway.
AKERSHUS FORTRESS
The building of Akershus Castle and Fortress (Akershus festning) was commenced in 1299 under king Haakon V and was built in order to protect city from enemy attacks. The vicinity of the sea was of great importance because naval majority of Norwegian commerce in that period was by sea. The fortress was strategically important for the capital, and therefore, Norway as well. Whoever controlled Akershus fortress ruled Norway.
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Two rivers that runs from north to the south of the city of Oslo are called Akerselva and Alna river (Alnaelva).