St. Olav's Way - to Abbediegen

I've started out from the pilgrim office just before 9 o'clock in the morning. There was another Pilgrim at the mile marker man from Germany who plans to walk the Eastern route.

I hadn't realised quite how close the turn-off to the Western route was to the pilgrim office and almost missed the turn. There are a few times today where I clearly missed the signposting. In the city, this isn't too bad as there's normally a reasonable alternative to get back on track. It won't be so easy later in the week I expect if one misses a way marker.

Along the way, I stopped at Gamle Aker kirke, the oldest building in Oslo. Technically, the church wasn't open, but some workers were there doing some repairs to the basement, and they let me look in through the open front doors for a few minutes.

My next stop was for coffee, after about two hours of walking. Then it was on to Vigeland Park and the marvellous statues there.

Very short walk to the metro stop at pronounceable name and the trip back to my hotel here in Central Oslo.Read more