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Stensparken and “The Night Man”
Stensparken belongs to the wider Fagerborg–St. Hanshaugen landscape that forms the emotional and geographical backdrop of The Half Brother, Lars …
Walk the talk on the roof of the Opera
Democracy and equality can be expressed in many ways. One of them is to step on cultural icons. Literally, as …
From Villa Grande to the Holocaust Center: a house, a nation, and the problem of reckoning
The history of Villa Grande is not a footnote to Norwegian history. It is a condensed version of it. In …
When fascism met its limits: street politics and antifascism in pre-war Oslo
In the interwar years, Oslo was not merely a capital city. It was a political landscape, shaped and contested street …
The Oslo Opera House: Where the City Meets the Sea
Oslo Opera house is both a cultural palace and a public space. Welcome in. And out …
Gustav Vigeland: The Man, the Museum, and the Park That Became His Life’s Work
Vigeland Park is one of Oslo’s most iconic landmarks, a sculpture park without parallel in scale, ambition, and emotional depth …
Inside Oslo Havn
In early November I sadly missed attending a fascinating course evening at the Oslo Port (Oslo Havn). Luckily, my student …
The Ibsen Museum
I visited the Ibsen Museum on Oct 29, 2025. Our group from Oslo Guide Course was led by the fabulous …