Norway: Oslo
It is with a heavy heart that I write this post.
Henry lost his camera, or rather, his camera got stolen. Gone too were all his photos for the norway trip....sigh..
What happened was that we reached Oslo Sentralstasjon around 12am on Sun morning.
We couldn't find any bus to take us to the hostel that the Jet & the girls were in. And the wooden benches in the Sentralstasjon seem too hard to sleep.
So we left the Sentralstasjon. Immediately, we felt sth was wrong. Behind us while we were taking the photo of the tiger, gangs of youths were hanging around, talking loudly and apparently looking for trouble. There were evidently some drunks around after Sat night clubbing. We felt especially uneasy and vulnerable standing out as tourists among them. And there were no sight of any security personnel or police. We quickly hurried into the nearby bus terminal.
The security person disallowed anyone from lying down on the chairs. So we had no choice but to sleep sitting upright. As we were sitting next to the automated door, throughout the night, we were woken up by the cold air rushing in whenever someone walked past the door. Sometimes, drunks also walked in and created a nuisance b4 the security chased them away. And when we finally got to sleep peacefully , we woke up to realise Henry's camera was missing!
After much frantic seearching, I helped Henry to report the loss of luggage. Henry was too distraught to travel after that so I went on alone...Sigh..
Oslo, being the oldest of the Scandinavian capitals with 1000 yrs of history, has notably many statues of famous people.
Oslo was destroyed by a fire in 17th century. It was rebuilt and renamed 'Christiania' by King Christian IV of Noway. The original name Oslo was later restored.
Old and modern ships at the harbor
Peter Tordenskjold, an eminent Norwegian naval hero in the Great Northern War.
Unlike Stockholm, Oslo still has trams
Oslo domkirke(cathedral)
Oops, they were having Sunday prayer service
Rainbow created artificially. The sun was shining from behind me on the mist generated by the fountain.
Surprised to see Roosevelt statue here
University of Oslo
Other interesting sights
Stortinget-Norway Parliament
Flags of Norway, Denmark, Finland & Sweden
Scandinavian = Norway + Sweden + Denmark
Nordic = Norway + Sweden + Denmark + Finland + Iceland
Happening Sunday
On display were fanciful cars fitted with stereo systems
This surround sound is enough to make the whole interior of the car vibrate madly
Oslo city hall, where the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held.
Front of the city hall were many statues depicting different working life in the past
Back of the city hall
Wooden frieze depicting Norse mythology(recall: Odin) decorating the walls of the courtyard
Henry lost his camera, or rather, his camera got stolen. Gone too were all his photos for the norway trip....sigh..
What happened was that we reached Oslo Sentralstasjon around 12am on Sun morning.
We couldn't find any bus to take us to the hostel that the Jet & the girls were in. And the wooden benches in the Sentralstasjon seem too hard to sleep.
So we left the Sentralstasjon. Immediately, we felt sth was wrong. Behind us while we were taking the photo of the tiger, gangs of youths were hanging around, talking loudly and apparently looking for trouble. There were evidently some drunks around after Sat night clubbing. We felt especially uneasy and vulnerable standing out as tourists among them. And there were no sight of any security personnel or police. We quickly hurried into the nearby bus terminal.
The security person disallowed anyone from lying down on the chairs. So we had no choice but to sleep sitting upright. As we were sitting next to the automated door, throughout the night, we were woken up by the cold air rushing in whenever someone walked past the door. Sometimes, drunks also walked in and created a nuisance b4 the security chased them away. And when we finally got to sleep peacefully , we woke up to realise Henry's camera was missing!
After much frantic seearching, I helped Henry to report the loss of luggage. Henry was too distraught to travel after that so I went on alone...Sigh..
Oslo, being the oldest of the Scandinavian capitals with 1000 yrs of history, has notably many statues of famous people.
Oslo was destroyed by a fire in 17th century. It was rebuilt and renamed 'Christiania' by King Christian IV of Noway. The original name Oslo was later restored.
Old and modern ships at the harbor
Peter Tordenskjold, an eminent Norwegian naval hero in the Great Northern War.
Unlike Stockholm, Oslo still has trams
Oslo domkirke(cathedral)
Oops, they were having Sunday prayer service
Rainbow created artificially. The sun was shining from behind me on the mist generated by the fountain.
Surprised to see Roosevelt statue here
University of Oslo
Other interesting sights
Stortinget-Norway Parliament
Flags of Norway, Denmark, Finland & Sweden
Scandinavian = Norway + Sweden + Denmark
Nordic = Norway + Sweden + Denmark + Finland + Iceland
Happening Sunday
On display were fanciful cars fitted with stereo systems
This surround sound is enough to make the whole interior of the car vibrate madly
Oslo city hall, where the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held.
Front of the city hall were many statues depicting different working life in the past
Back of the city hall
Wooden frieze depicting Norse mythology(recall: Odin) decorating the walls of the courtyard
posted by Kaiz at 1:33 AM
1 Comments:
Oh dear, camera lost. Your friend must be feeling pretty down. Yeah, we can never be too careful with our stuff, hope you didnt lose anything and will not lose anything.
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