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A Night On the Opera (House) in Oslo

After dinner on Sunday night (at the Cathedral Café), we walked to the Opera House and I took some pictures of the area at night from the roof. The building is designed so people can walk to the top from the outside and enjoy the view. I played a little with the 'mirror up' mode on my camera (I haven't used it very often).

The Holmenkollen Ski Jump area is on the north west side of town. It was a basic ski jump hill in the that's been built up over the last 100+ years, has hosted the Winter Olympics as well as Nordic World Ski Championships. The hill has been rebuilt 19 times. Seeing it from the Opera House was about as close as we got. I believe there are year-round activities there.

The Ekebergrestauranten is a restaurant and banquet hall sitting on top of a hill overlooking Oslo, a little east of the Opera House. It was originally built in 1929 in a "Functionalist" design, then closed in 1997, then rennovated and reopened in 2005. We didn't go there, but it looks like it'd have a nice view.

Back on the ground, we walked around the opera house and I took a few pictures of some of the things we could see through the windows. And then on the way back to our apartment, I took some pictures of the bike-rack sculptures that are a pack of bicycles. During the day people lock their bikes up to them. At night, they have white lights in front and red in the back.

Sunday April 21, 2019

2019 Norway pictures
Part 1: To Bergen
Part 2: In Bergen
Part 3: Nordness area in Bergen
Part 4: Mt. Fløyen: Night
Part 5: Mt. Fløyen: Day
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



Part 11: Flåm
Part 12: Brekkefossen Waterfall
Part 13: Flåmsbana: The Flåm Railroad
Part 14: Myrdal to Oslo by Train
Part 15: Exploring Oslo

Part 16: Oslo Palace and Park
Part 17: Oslo City Hall
Part 18: Oslo: A Night on the Opera (House)
Part 19: Oslo: Helsfyr District
Part 20: Oslo, Solo
Part 21: The Trip Home

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Downtown Oslo at Night

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Looking west across the Bjørvika to the wharf area in Oslo.

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Looking northwest from the Opera House in Oslo.

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Looking east across the Bispevika in Oslo.

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The Olso ski jump (Holmenkollen) seen from the Opera House.

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Downtown Oslo, taken from the Opera House.

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The SALT area with the art installation "We Are Still The Same"

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The Ekebergrestauranten restaurant, overlooking Oslo.

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She Lies! the iceburg art by the Olso Opera House.


Looking into the Oslo Opera House at Night

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A Space Opera mask and an illumiated backbone? Alien: The Musical?

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What looks like a Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie wig.

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A bunch of wigs sitting in a window by the Oslo Opera House at night.

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The wardrobe department at the Oslo Opera House.

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Lots of costumes in the wardrobe department at the Oslo Opera House.

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Any well stocked (Scandenavian) Opera House must have some viking horns.


Functional art: Bike Racks with Lights.

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White lights in front...

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...and red lights in back.

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Side view of the bike racks.

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...vrooom...

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...and there they go.




2019 Norway pictures
Part 1: To Bergen
Part 2: In Bergen
Part 3: Nordness area in Bergen
Part 4: Mt. Fløyen: Night
Part 5: Mt. Fløyen: Day
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



Part 11: Flåm
Part 12: Brekkefossen Waterfall
Part 13: Flåmsbana: The Flåm Railroad
Part 14: Myrdal to Oslo by Train
Part 15: Exploring Oslo

Part 16: Oslo Palace and Park
Part 17: Oslo City Hall
Part 18: Oslo: A Night on the Opera (House)
Part 19: Oslo: Helsfyr District
Part 20: Oslo, Solo
Part 21: The Trip Home


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