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Boat Tour of Oslo, Norway

Faith and I took a boat tour of Oslo and the "fjords." Oslo doesn't really have proper fjords, but it was a nice, scenic tour of the area and a very nice day.

A mini-update. The area is called Oslofjord and it is not considered a fjord in the geological sense, but rather it simply means "waterway" or in this case "bay". No false advertising here, merely false cognates (or "false friends" as a cunning linguist I knew referred to them).

I was in Oslo from May 21-24, 2015.

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The place to get tickets for the boat tour of Oslo. Actually, we got our...(more)

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A deckful of tourists.

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Frank and Faith on the tour boat. It was not a three hour tour (a three hour...(more)

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Safety briefing about how to put on life vests. Grab one.

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Awkwardly fumble with it.

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Secure it while the frigid May waters of the bay that come from the North Sea...(more)

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A boat and old fort (Akershus Fortress)

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Akershut Fortress is in the center of Oslo and about 700 years old.

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Apartments on the bay.

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That'a big ship.

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The back end (OK, the stern) of the big ship and Akershut Fortress.

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More stern and fortress.

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I counted around 14 decks of cruise ship there. Yow. Though for all I know,...(more)

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The Fortress stretches on. It is a public historic area.

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The Oslo Opera House

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The Oslo Opera House

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She Lies! That's the name of the glass and steel sculpture in the water in...(more)

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People taking pictures of She Lies

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A big-ass cruise ship.

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If you really hate neighbors, this might be the place for you.

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Sailboat and motorboat

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A really big, big-ass cruise ship

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Another big honking cruise ship.

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Note the two bridge wings that hang over the side of the ship. This allows...(more)

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Oslo City Hall (with the clock on it).

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Back at the dock

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"Hey Faith, turn around!" <click>

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Frank on the boat.

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History on the tour boat Johanna. It's in Norwegian and I don&apos't feel...(more)

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Another tour boat coming in to dock.

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Faith taking a picture of me taking a picture of her and the tour boat...(more)


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A quick vertical panorama of the ship on which we took the tour.




This page last modified Jul 03, 2015.
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