SUN!!! BLUE SKIES!!!
We boarded the bus this morning and from the hotel to west Oslo to spend time in the Vigeland Statue Park, part of Frognerparken. (Left of map)
Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with the Vigeland installation (Vigelandsanlegget) in Frogner Park, Oslo.
We first walked along a pathway with large bronze statues.
The Angry Boy sculpture is one of the most popular statues in the park. It depicts a naked little boy crying and about to stamp his foot. He's so popular that he's being damaged by the touch of tourists.
In recent years there has been an increasing tendency that visitors in The Vigeland Park want to be photographed while holding The Angry Boy’s hand. This has made the hand shiny due to wear and tear, and traces of Gustav Vigeland's modelling have disappeared.
As you continue along the path you come to a wonderful fountain.
Up the stairs you arrive at the obelisk which is also a carving made of naked figures.
Here the stautary around the base is carved from stone.
At the end of the walk was a final sculpture.
It would be easy to show many more of the sculptures. Each was unique and interesting. We were so lucky to have sunshine for our walk through this fabulous park.
Back to the bus for a ride across town to the Munch Museum.
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) is best known as being a Norwegian born, expressionist painter, and printer.
Self Portrait
The Madonna
The Sick Child
The Scream - perhaps is most well-known
Once we finished with the formal part or the day, the bus dropped us off at Methallen, a food court area. There we got some lunch before Emma started her afternoon guided tour. It started along the Aker River.
We stopped by the July 22 monument. On this day in 2012 a long terrorist carried out two attacks. One was a camp located on an island just outside of Oslo. The second was a car bomb which blew up a government office building. Eight people were killed; 209 injured. At the camp 77 were killed. It was all politically motivated.
this lists the names
this is glass from the shattered windows
The building still remains boarded up. One reason is indecision about what to do with the Picasso mural that is on the front.
We headed back to the hotel and our journey took past the Oslo Cathedral. Today it was open.
Beautiful ceilings.
Back at the hotel. Tomorrow we leave Oslo. Some of the group is heading home. Eleven of us are going on to Stockholm, Sweden.
The Clarion Hub - doesn't look special from the outside. It is quite modern inside. To operate the elevators you select your floor number on an iPad located in front of the elevators. It then tells you want car to enter. Nothing more to do - it takes you to you destination.
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