Tag: Oslo
New Munch Museum draws a few screams of protest
The Oslo City Council's selection of a Spanish architect's plan for a new Munch Museum has drawn criticism and now a formal protest, from...
Police keen on 'zero tolerance'
Police in Oslo invited New York's former chief of police to town last week to hear how the policy of "zero tolerance " brought...
Oslo urban autumn panorama
SKY SAILING. An autumn sun about to set behind Oslo's western hills, as some of the city's balloon enthusiasts have started looking for...
Historic day on the waterfront
Thousands of people turned out Sunday for an historic chance to walk, for the first and only time, through a new six-lane tunnel under...
Holmenkollen Ski Jump project logs enormous budget overrun
The new Holmenkollen Ski Jump rising in the hills above Oslo already was set to cost taxpayers hundreds of million kroner more than originally...
'Operaen' now top tourist attraction, as music festivals also draw crowds
Norway's new Opera House in Oslo has emerged as the capital's top tourist attraction, beating out both the Vigeland (Frogner) Park and the Viking...
Tagging epidemic spreads over Oslo
Property owners and city officials are suffering through another wave of tagging in Norway's capital, and elsewhere in the country as well. New "signatures"...
'New Holmenkollen' takes shape
Panoramic Holmenkollen, high in the hills above Oslo, is a beehive of construction activity this summer, as deadlines loom for completion of new ski...
Oslo no longer the world's most expensive city
It may still be a bit hard to see when the bills roll in, but Oslo's notoriously high prices apparently have fallen a bit...
Shipping hordes sail into Oslo
Thousands of shipowners, brokers, builders and others working in the shipping industry have anchored up in Oslo this week for the Nor-Shipping conference and...
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