![]() ![]() If December’s “Macbeth” opera or “The Nutcracker” don’t suit your lightning pace, consider a 6 p.m. It’s only 10 or 12 blocks away, but you’re at 60 degrees latitude, so why not hail a cab? Onward to the city’s stunning new waterside Opera house clad in white Carrara marble. Head left to Akershus Fortress, whose oldest stonework dates to the 13th century.ĥ p.m. Note the intricate brickwork, scan the wooden friezes and duck in where the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10 before rounding the building to behold the Oslo Fjord, with ferries to everywhere.Īt right is the Nobel Peace Prize Museum and a wharf area restored for shopping and dining. Beeline over Spikersuppa to Oslo’s chunky City Hall. At Universitetsgata 13 is the National Gallery, offering a version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and works by other modernists and Norwegian landscape artists.ģ p.m. Olavs gate 2 for lunch at Cafe Tekehtopa, an old apothecary whose shelf of remedies now includes beer and wine.Ģ p.m. Descend the stairway behind the National Theatre, stash your bags at the hotel and head up Universitetsgata to St. Admire the plumed officers of the King’s Guard, who make sure no one bothers the actual residents: King Harald and Queen Sonja.ġ p.m. ![]() ![]() When the street ends, bear right and enter the northeast corner of the Royal Palace Park as if you owned the place. ![]() Walk northeast on Kirkeveien, then right on Bogstadveien (which becomes Hegdehaugsveien) for a stroll past expensive luxury boutiques and department stores. ![]()
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