Our trip to Olso started out with a pessimistic weather forecast, which sadly proved to be quite accurate.
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Fortunately, we also found that Norway was child-friendly and well-equipped, starting with baby seats on the bus between Gardermoen Airport and Oslo city centre.
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We settled into our apartment on Arbinsgate - it was a new experience for Junior to have such a big floor at his disposal.
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We began exploring the city close to home.
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The Royal Palace, covered in scaffolding
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Fountain outside the National Theatre
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Junior photographer
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National Gallery
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I particularly enjoyed the exhibit of Christian Krohg paintings at the National Gallery, including this one of an exhausted mother rocking her baby to sleep.
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Harbour and Akershus Fortress
Between rain showers, we looked at the sculptures in Vigeland Park.
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Victory - blue sky!
We explored Akershus Fortress and got some nice views of the fjord.
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We even caught the changing of the guard as we were leaving.
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One of the highlights of the trip was finding the Oslo Opera House, with its slanted roof. It hadn't been built when S worked in Oslo ten years ago, so it was a new attraction for all of us. As a bonus, we had blue skies and the roof was so bright that we found it hard not to squint.
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Can you see our reflections?
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Annoyingly, the weather was uncooperative again the morning we decided to visit Holmenkollen Ski Jump.
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You would think it would be hard to miss something so big, right?
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View of Oslo from the bottom of Holmenkollen Ski Jump
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Peeking out of the fog
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Finally, we gave in to the rain and decided to spend a day indoors. First, we went to the Kon-Tiki Museum.
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If you don't know the story of the Kon-Tiki raft, I'd recommend reading the wikipedia page for a brief overview. S and I didn't know much about it, and found the museum fascinating.
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Next, we had a quick lunch at the café inside the National Maritime Museum. After being cooped up in the Ergo all morning, we let Junior crawl on the floor and he made a new friend.
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Next stop was the Viking Ship Museum.
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I was amazed at how well the ships were reconstructed, and also at how little they know about Viking culture.
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The only thing left to do was shop! I had seen some gorgeous sweaters in a tourist shop near the Town Hall, and spied an Oleana shop across from the National Theatre. After a fair amount of deliberation (and some advice from Facebook friends), I decided that I needed to bring this home with me...
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Isn't it lovely?
All in all, it was a great trip and Junior was a good traveler. It must be in his genes.
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