Stroll around the Opera House

Before going to supper on our last day in Oslo we took a stroll around the Opera House.  It was an interesting structure because people could walk around it and on top of it.  I guess it symbolizes an iceberg and there was an iceberg sculpture in the harbour in front of the building.  We also saw a cruise ship coming in.  Take a look at how it dwarfs the building and buses.

Inside the Castle Walls

After the outdoor museum, we briefly returned to the Viking ship museum because Silvina and Nina talked about a number of things there that I had not seen.  We were introduced to the Norway waffle, and chatted with a local who had visited Toronto at some conference.

Returning from the island, we walked around the castle grounds and visited the World War II resistance museum.  Apparently there was a Nazi plot to capture the King of Norway, but he escaped just in time.

These are some pictures from our stroll around the castle.

Norway Folk Culture Museum

The Norway Folk Culture museum had buildings from different areas and from different eras.  Some had vertical siding while had horizontal ones.  Some were resting on stones while others were on wooden stilts.  I think there was an explanation of these things, but I can't remember what it was.

They also had people dressed up from the era.  One girl demonstrated how they played a large horn as a means of communication.

There was also an inside museum that have various carving artifacts.  There was one that I didn't realize was of someone being impaled and spewing out blood.

It was amazing to see the carving and painting inside and out.  This was one of  the most impressive museums I have been to.  See if you can spot the coffee shop camouflaged as a historic building.