By Snorre Evensberget

An inspiring consultant to the simplest of Norway: from the beautiful fjords and solitary mountains, to wood stave church buildings and small fishing villages. includes beneficial properties on Vikings, natural world and Sami tradition, in addition to sensible info on neighborhood shipping, outdoors actions and entertainment.Recognized internationally through widespread flyers and armchair tourists alike, Eyewitness trip courses are the main colourful and finished courses out there. With superbly commissioned photos and astounding 3D aerial perspectives revealing the appeal of every vacation spot, those impressive trip publications convey what others in simple terms inform. comprises appealing new full-color images, illustrations, and more suitable maps wide details on neighborhood customs, foreign money, clinical companies, and transportation New "Discovering" function is helping make a decision which areas are most fitted to the trip.The most sensible simply retains convalescing!

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Undoubtedly the biggest day of the year on Karl Johan is Norway’s National Day, 17 May, when thousands of children, accompanied by singers and musicians, parade toward the palace to be greeted by the royal family who come out on to the balcony. In 2000 a system was installed to illuminate the façades along Karl Johans Gate and now lights switch on automatically each evening as darkness falls. The street teems with life until the early hours. Visitors are often surprised by the vibrancy of the nightlife in and around Karl Johans Gate, which is more on a par with some of the larger capitals of Europe.

GALLERY GUIDE The Historisk Museum covers four floors. The National Antiquities Collection is on the ground floor. The first floor is shared by the Collection of Coins and Medals, and by the Ethnographic Museum, which also occupies the second and third floors. The collections are well arranged in airy rooms. Many of the exhibits are accompanied by information in Norwegian, English and German. In Oslo, friends often meet for a meal at the classy Theatercafeen, a restaurant conveniently situated just across the street from the Nationaltheatret.

The City Hall is the administrative centre of Oslo and contains the richly adorned ceremonial hall known as Rådhushallen in which the Nobel Peace Prize is presented in December each year. Prominent Norwegian artists were invited to decorate the interior, including Henrik Sørensen, whose painting, Work, Art and Celebration, fills an entire wall. Rådhuset from the north, showing the main entrance and courtyard Handmade bricks known as “monkstone” were used in the construction. Rådhus Hall The ceremonial main hall covers 1,519 sq m (16,350 sq ft) of floor space.

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