Monday, October 23, 2006

I am infront of Akershus Castle and Fortress, which is the most famous and historical place in Oslo. The first work on the fortress started around the late 1290s. We spent the GoodFriday in one of the church in this Fotress.
The Traditional Buildings in the City Center of Oslo
The Rail Station of Oslo
The City Hall, where the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held With one of the Local family, people out there was extremely good and friendly
Sculptures in the Vigeland Park.

The Royal Palace- With the Guard

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

This is Oslo. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo (following text is taken from there)

Oslo (called Christiania 1624-1878, Kristiania 1878-1924) is the capital and largest city of Norway. The population of the city proper is 544 073 (as of July 1, 2006). [1] The city area extends into the surrounding county of Akershus, with a total population of 825,105[2] in the conurbation (as of January 1, 2006). The city has a current annual growth exceeding 15,000. The city centre of Oslo is situated at the end of the Oslofjord from where the city sprawls out both to the north and to the south on both sides of the fjord giving the city area more or less the shape of a U. Oslo's metropolitan area, also referred to as Greater Oslo region, which extends beyond the city boundaries, has an estimated population of 1 300 000 citizens. In the entire Oslo Fjord Region there is a total population of about 1,7 million.
About 22 % of the population of Oslo are immigrants.

This is a picture of one of the beggar in the Walking Street of Oslo, dressed as traditional soldier.

Some of the important sites for Norway are given below.

www.visitnorway.com - The Norwegian Tourist Board / Innovation Norway
www.norway.com - Online travel guide and info about Norway
www.fjordnorway.com - Welcome to Fjord Norway
www.hurtigruten.com - Travel by boat Bergen - Nordkapp
www.hsd.no - Travel by Boat/Bus in Western Norway
www.flaamsbana.no - Discover the Flaam Railway
www.fylkesbaatane.no - Discover the Norwegian fjords by boat
http://reservations.bookhostels.com/guideforeurope.com/findabed.php?PHPSESSID=3kk2601k6l3icd7f6wwt99bqhreq7ei9 find out hostels..

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/HomePage;jsessionid=0000WUMH4NB4ASC0NVPQ2ZE4JTI+v1fj8das all europe destination..

http://www.visitoslo.com/Tourist-Information-Offices/ oslo information for tourists

http://www.virtualoslo.com/

https://booking.eurolines.dk/eurolinesdk/html/index.html

http://www.budgettravel.com/copenta.htm

http://www.budgettravel.com/eurbus.htm


http://old.cbs.dk/intoff/international/current/Time-out/Short%20trips%20abroad/short_trips1.shtml

http://www.expedia.co.uk/ good site for travel

http://www.and.com/ global road data

http://www.nsb.no/internet/jp/journey/index.jhtml?page=selectjourney_inc.jhtml&_requestid=1243007 norway railway

http://www.ruteinfo.net/en/index.html route information