Akershus Festning

Our first stop of the day was at Akershus Fortress, which is a medieval castle that "was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city...The Castle has also been used as a military base, a prison and is currently the temporary office of the prime Minister of Norway." All of this from Wikipedia. Sorry for my poor research.

During World War II, the Nazis executed a lot of people there. Seven Norwegian kings and queens are buried there.

I took a ton of pictures, so I will probably make two posts about the fortress.Read more