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The Flam Railway, Norway

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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The Flam Railway is a mountain railway line with a vertical drop of 865.5 metres, making it one of the steepest railway lines in Europe and it has been described as one of the world’s most beautiful train journeys. I did some research and booked all of my tickets for this journey before I left the UK and I would recommend this – the NSB (Norway’s rail system) is easy to navigate and tickets do sell out fast. My journey started early with an extremely comfy 4 1/2 hour train journey from Oslo to Myrdal, then joining the Flam Railway on the scenic route to Flam, with some time in Flam itself, before going all the way back again. A long day, but absolutely worth it.

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The Ibsen Museum, Oslo

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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When I visited the Ibsen Museum I’d read A Doll’s House and seen Hedda Gabler on stage but otherwise wasn’t that familiar with Henrik Ibsen (I’ve since sought out a few more productions of his plays in London which have been really interesting). The museum is in the apartment he lived in with his wife from 1895 to his death in 1906 and gave a very good primer into his life.

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The Museum of Cultural History, Oslo

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo consists of early Norwegian artefacts, classical antiquities from ancient Egypt and other areas of Africa, as well as Asia. It opened in 1904 and is in a rather lovely Art Deco building.

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Munch Museum, Oslo

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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The Munch Museum in Oslo has the largest collection of Edvard Munch’s work in the world and when I visited their exhibition focused on the parallels between Munch’s work and that of Vincent van Gogh.

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Natural History Museum and Botanical Gardens, Oslo

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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I’m putting these two together because the Natural History Museum is in the grounds of the Botanical Gardens and also the fire alarm went off whilst I was at the museum so although I went back in to finish looking around there, it did mean that I didn’t spend as much time in the gardens as I would have done if I hadn’t been interrupted.

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Fjord Sightseeing

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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Finding myself with a few hours to spare and needing a sit down after a long day of walking I decided to try one of the many fjord sightseeing tours available in Oslo harbour; the one I chose was a two hour round trip, which I think is plenty of time to admire the scenery of the fjord.

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The Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel prize to be handed out in Norway and the Nobel Peace Centre gives information about the recipients of the awards as well as more general information about peace and conflict resolution.

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Norwegian Armed Forces Museum

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum is another museum in the grounds of Akershus Fortress. It traces the history of the Norwegian military from the time of the Vikings to the present day. Not all the areas, particularly those on the ground floor, had English translations, but it was generally easy to make out what was going on.

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Norway’s Resistance Museum, Oslo

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Louise Jayne

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Although I was aware the the Nazi’s occupied Norway, I knew very little about it; it’s simply not something that gets taught in British schools (at least not in my day) and I have to say that the Resistance Museum provided the perfect starting point to learning more about that time.

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Akershus Castle and Fortress, Oslo

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Louise Jayne

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On my first full day in Oslo, after buying my Oslo Pass (which I would highly recommend as it gives you free entry to 30 museums and free travel on public transport for set periods of time, among other things) I headed over to Akershus Fortress. 

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