Tag: Bjørvika
Oslo to build its troubled library
Oslo's new city government has decided to move forward with troubled plans to build a new public library at its leakage-plagued site on the...
Costs soar for new Munch Museum
Just weeks after ground was broken for the new Munch Museum on Oslo's eastern waterfront, estimates of projected operating costs at the new museum have soared. Budgets...
Library literally stuck in the mud
One of the first major problems facing Oslo's new Labour-led city government is the highly troubled construction of a new main public library. The entire project has...
Redevelopment yields treasures
The ongoing redevelopment of Oslo's waterfront, along with several nearby highway and railroad improvement projects, has led to one of Norway's biggest archaeological excavations ever....
Mud challenges harbour projects
Two of the landmark projects planned for Oslo's eastern waterfront - a new Munch Museum and a new city library - are suddenly threatened by muddy foundations....
Munch jubilee put museum on a roll
Last year's celebrations of Norway's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, have proven to be a huge success, boosting prospects for the new Munch Museum...
Construction project challenges Opera House
Construction began last week on Oslo's new central library in Bjørvika, on the capital's eastern waterfront. The project marks the launch of yet another...
Library prepares for major move
With Oslo's brand-new main public library soon to be built near the Opera House at Bjørvika, the current library, which was damaged during the...
Hundreds marched for new Munch Museum
PHOTO FEATURE: Some joked that it was one of the "best-dressed" demonstrations in Norwegian history, when hundreds of art enthusiasts including several celebrities and...
Viking ships to stay berthed at Bygdøy
Norway's famed Viking ships won't be moved to a new museum that some historians and city officials have been promoting for years. A new...
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