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| Breakfast at Hotel
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| My breakfast, roughly the same as what I ate the previous day (though
the previous day I had the time and inclination to eat more).
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| Ferry to Bygdøy (Bygdoy)
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| The ferry to Bygdøy (Bygdoy). Aker Brygge, the fancy waterfront
district, is in the background.
| Another view of Aker Brygge's waterfront.
| In Oslo proper, the Akershus Fortress & Castle, which I'd visit the
following day.
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| Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset)
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| The Gokstad ship, an excavated Viking ship probably used for sea
crossing, is in surprisingly good condition. 9th century.
| One of the four sleds left in the Oseberg ship as a grave gift.
| The Oseberg ship, also in good condition, was probably a pleasure craft.
9th century.
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| Norwegian Cultural History / Folk Museum (Norsk Folkemuseum)
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| Two loft storehouses.
| A Sample of some other buildings in the village museum. There are over
100 such buildings in clusters throughout the estate.
I realized I like the feel and smell of buildings made entirely of wood.
| A Sami turf-hut and tent. Sami are the indigenous people in
Scandinavia.
| Some of the alterations to the traditional design which had to be made
for the museum.
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| I watched a mørlefse (morlefse) baking demonstration. Rolling lefse.
| Baking lefse on a fire.
| My lefse, a soft and sweet bread that I lightly buttered and enjoyed.
| The more-contemporary village part of the museum contained display
cottages as well as a carpentry shop, a seamstress shop, a grocery
store, a jail, a merchant house (this was pretty lavish inside), a bank,
a liquor store, a petrol station, a post office, a painter's shop, a
school, and a parsonage. (As I said, the museum is large!)
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| Part of the folk museum's town's main street.
| Marigolds were in bloom in the herb garden.
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some plants in the herb garden I've used but never consciously seen
growing (caraway); others I've never heard of before (applemint, orange
mint); and still others came in more variety than I thought existed
(white, red, green, etc. currants).
| Making pottery.
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| Weaving (well, spinning).
| Making jewelry.
| A privy from the beginning of the 20th century.
Don't tell me
you're browsing these pictures so quickly you didn't notice it has two
stories!
| An Oslo apartment building built-in 1865 was slated for demolition in
1999. Instead, the folk museum got it, moved it to its complex, and
converted its rooms into displays. Most of the rooms showed what living
in the building was like at various points in time, as inferred from
interviews with/documents from families that lived there. This map/sign
lists all the exhibits.
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Many other small exhibits were scattered through the outdoor museum
complex. I enjoyed the ones on banking and on the alcohol monopoly.
| The open-faced shrimp sandwich I ate for lunch. I deconstructed and
reconstructed it to better mix the toppings.
| Part of the grounds, as seen from on high.
Later I realized why
there are plants growing on the rooftops--earth is a great insulator.
| The Stave Church, built in the 1200s.
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| I like the wood carvings surrounding the doors.
| Inside.
| Looks like a pleasant place to eat.
| Naturally, there were animals pastures as well.
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| Fram Museum (Frammuseet)
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| The Fram, the ship which Amundsen sailed farther north and south than
any other.
| A bit about how the ship was designed.
| Atop.
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The Fram initially had a windmill to help with power. It was removed
before the ship was equipped with a diesel engine.
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