The Royal Palace and Park in Oslo, Norway
The Palace Square (Slotssplassen) is at the end of Karl Johans gate, one
of the main streets in downtown Oslo. In the middle of the Square is
the Royal Palace (Det kongelige slott), built in the first half of the
1800s. It is guarded by Royal Guards, and surrinding it is the
Royal Palace Park (Slottsparken) that is open to and for the public.
In front of the place is a statue of Charles John of Norway and Sweden
(Karl Johan). Public tours of the palace have been running since 2002.
The park has a children's sculpture garden.
Saturday April 20, 2019
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The Palace Square and Royal Palace
We walked around the outside of the palace enjoying the weather.
The
Wiki page on the Oslo Royal Palace has details on the palace
history.
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Looking back from the Royal Palace down Karl Johan gate
(street) in Oslo.
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Viking bikers (bikings?) by the statue of King Karl
Johan.
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Statue of King Karl Johan at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
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More biking vikings (though sadly they aren't riding
10 person bikes).
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Statue of King Karl Johan at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
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People pose for pictures next to the guards. They don't mind.
However, they...(more)
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The guards patrols and don't just stand in front of their box.
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On the right side of the palace there was another guard (who
happened to be...(more)
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The guard is on her patrol while people pass by on foot and on
electric rental...(more)
The Palace Park (Slottsparken)
The Palace Park (Slottsparketn) was opened in 1847 two years before
the palace was completed. It is open to the public.
The Sculpture Park was opened in May 2016 and will be completed in 2019
containing 12 sculptures. The designs were selected from a nationwide
competition of 6th graders.
The park is a cool place with some interesting and trippy sculptures.
But let's be honest here, some of them are pretty messed up.
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A hand with a tree growing out of it. Almost Andy
Goldsworthy-esque.
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Information on Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Sculpture Park.
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Roggbif, the Norwegian acronym for the colors in
the rainbow.
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A hideous gibbering amorphous amalgomation of body parts
nightmare creature.
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A highly reflective, shiny metal kind of stick figure on a
park bench.
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Faith and Frank under the rainbow sculpture in the Oslo Palace
Park.
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...that is sad becaue it has not killed you yet, though it
really wants to.
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A statue of Camilla Collette, a Norwegian writer from the 1800s,
regarded as...(more)
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Looking across the park to the north side of the Royal Palace
in Oslo.
2019 Norway pictures
Part 6: Bergenhus Festning (Bergen Castle Fortress)
Part 7: Fjords: The Train to Voss
Part 8: Fjords: The Bus to Gudvangen
Part 9: Fjords: Gudvangen
Part 10: Sognefjord by Boat
This page last modified Jun 15, 2019.
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