Oslo

We arrived in Oslo in the late afternoon, very excited to be in a new country and shower and wash clothes after our 11 days living in a campervan. Our Airbnb was very cute, on the 5th floor very central in the city. That evening we just walked to “Oslo Streetfood” where we enjoyed beers and Thai for dinner in the underground food market hub. The next day we walked all day and our first stop was the Munch museum. We have both agreed this is the best art museum we’ve ever been to. It was a modern building containing 11 floors of Edvard Munch’s work. He was an amazing artist and we got to see the very famous “Scream”. We spent a lot of time here, quietly pacing around and looking at the art and also had drinks on the rooftop bar that overlooks the harbour. We walked around the harbour and walked on top of the Opera house. We continued our walk and explored the Akershus Fortress which was built in 1299 and is now used as a royal residence and army barracks. It was so nice to walk through the old buildings. In the evening we went to a wine bar called Territoriet which played vinyl and was very small but had an amazing wine list with almost everything by the glass under Coravin. Iesha was so happy. Iesha got to try one of the very renowned producers; Roulot, and Eth had a 1er Patrick Puize Chablis. From there we walked to find dinner which was a bit difficult but eventually after a lot of walking found a cute Italian restaurant and we got to try reindeer finally! It was way less gamey than we expected and tasted like a tender steak. Very yum. Our last day in Oslo consisted of even more walking. We walked to the Vigeland Sculpture Park which showcases a lot of Gustav Vigeland’s works. This Norwegian sculpture is super famous over here and very renowned - he even designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal that is still used today. The park was absolutely stunning - with waterfalls and tall statues, it felt like something out of the hunger games. This part of Oslo (suburb of Frogner) was the Oslo we imagined. More out of the city it had beautiful, colourful old architecture and more quiet and pretty streets. We loved the walk. We kept exploring the streets and also visited the Royal Palace, which you can walk fully around and really close to the entrance. For an early dinner we went to a place called Mathallen which is an upmarket “food court” but with individual restaurants that you can eat in or sit in the centre. We loved it here and it was very popular and vibey. We ate from 3 different restaurants, starting with raclette baguettes and champagne , donuts and then pulled chicken burgers. This kind of food hall is a gold mine idea and massive hole in the Perth market, we can’t think of any actually nice food halls with a variety of good quality, fresh food and decent prices back home.Read more