If I’m honest, today was something of a non-day.
I didn’t see much of the morning and had work in the afternoon, but the extra light afforded by the time change meant I managed to get out and walk around a little in the afternoon.
Host lives right next to the Slottsparken and I had a calm and peaceful time walking around looking at the soothing things, particularly those not making any noise. The park is one of Oslo’s largest parks I went on a bit of a snowman hunt in the end, and found a few which were quite good and one which was a bit too yellow for my sensibilities.
After a look at the palace, I walked down past the National Theatre into Sentrum and on to the Rådhuset (City Hall), which is where the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies are held. It’s an imposing red brick building — the last of its kind in Oslo — with two towers which was constructed between 1931 and 1950, with a pause for the war.
One of the towers contains a carillon, but I wasn’t there at a time that it would’ve sounded and the clock was wrong anyway. I had a look at the reliefs of the Edda then ended up at Oslofjord, taking a picture of the shiny diver. Host later told me that I should’ve gone to the toilets in the city hall for they are really rather something.
I ventured back through the Slottsparken to meet up with Host, grabbed a couple of pizzas and some other nibbly things from the supermarket, and then that was it.
Host donated some tat for my collection.
