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Norway

Oslo

Nordics, Norway

A wonderful city – go!

Highlights:

***Frogner Park: we LOVED this. Huge garden/sculpture park with a massive and very interesting collection of statues. Wonderful on a hot day, but probably magical in the snow as well.

***The Kon-Tiki Museum: On the Bygdøy Peninsula (which was beautiful, many more museums there, and beaches!). You could easily fill a day or two there. The Kon-Tiki museum is interesting and charming, worth it for boat and Polynesian fans.

***Holmenkollen Ski Museum: loved this! It’s fancy and thoughtful, including lots of Nordic ski history and Nordic explorers. The museum is literally around the ski jump (which you can go up to) and in the middle of the Olympic training center. Amazing views of the city.

Hotel: we stayed with Kate in a great area near Frogner Park.

Food:

  • ***Bass Oslo: really great meal, small plates focused. In the hip and vaguely Berkeley-ish Grünerløkka neighborhood.
  • **Lanternen: nearish to the Kon-Tiki museum. A bit for tourists, but the food was good and we enjoyed the settling and people watching.

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Transportation:

We took the “ferry” from Oslo to Germany – a big cruise ship (the Color Line, runs daily), with a water slide, many restaurants, great views. We really enjoyed this. Great views on either side of the journey.

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