Walking through the upscale Bygdoy neighborhood and museums, the author notes the resemblance to neighborhoods in Seattle. Akershus Fortress, now known for inspiring Frozen, was explored but lacked princesses. Old and new aspects of Oslo are observed, including mustard-colored houses near the Oslo Cathedral from the 19th century, the Parliament building, the Grand Hotel overlooking the Opera House, and two Nobels sites visited in one day. The author's favorite quirky places in Oslo include the Vigeland Sculpture Park, a ski jump above the city, and opportunities to swim and sauna in the Oslo fjord.

1. Oslo: Act II
Old Oslo, New Oslo & Weird Stuff

2. Walking through the upscale Bygdoy neighborhood to the museums
reminded me of some neighborhoods in Seattle

3. Akershus Fortress now known as the inspiration for Disney’s Frozen.

4. Ankershus Fortress - Not a Princess in Sight

5. Ankershus Fortress

6. There were warning to keep hold of your children and
not allow them to fall in the moat. (Now a street)

7. Old Things in Oslo
Mustard colored houses
Shops built behind the Oslo Cathedral 19th
C.

8. The Parliament
Algerian demonstrators in front of the
Parliament building.

9. Old & New:
The Grand Hotel
(1874) as viewed
from the Opera
House (2008)

10. We happened by two
NOBELS in one day
The Nobel Peace Center
and the Nobel Institute

11. Central Oslo Under Construction

12. New Oslo

13. My favorites quirky and odd Oslo
Vigeland Sculpture Park

14. A ski jump
above Oslo

15. A chance to
swim and
sauna in the
Oslo fjord,
no takers
this day.

16. Near our second apartment the escape house doesn’t fit with the neighborhood
architecture

17. We don’t
know what it
symbolizes
but this
sculpture is by
Oslo City Hall

18. Old buildings
reflected in a
universal Ralph
Lauren window