In Oslo we stayed in the Haraldsheim youth hostel, which is my favourite place here. We could do the accumulated laundry, the surroundings is green and fresh. The kitchen is well equipped and people are helping each other. Connection to downtown is easy by tram or Metro, and it feels good to return here after the city bustle.
As this is first visit to Oslo for Pekka we checked the most popular attractions, like many other tourists in town. We walked on the Operahouse roof, stumbled on Akerhus fortress cobbled streets, visited the City Hall, Vigelands Park and Holmenkollen. The Metro journey to Holmenkollen is beautiful as it is running on the ground through single family housing areas. “Metro” is running slowlys due to the winding uphill track and several stops. Holmenkollen is rich in memories for our generation that follows Nordic wintersports.
Of the museums we visited only the smaller ones like Nobel Peace center, Norway’s resistance museum and Astrup Fearnley museum. The Nobel Peace center focused now on opposing nuclear weapons, as the peace price 2024 was given to an organization Nihon Hidankyo that works to achieve a a world without nuclear weapons. It was also new to me that 1997 was awarded Jody Williams for banning the landmines and now we are discussing in Finland to allow the landmines.
