• Peter Dannock
  • Peter Dannock

Europe 2025

A 39-day adventure by Peter Read more
  • Oslo Pass

    September 13, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    The Oslo Pass is the official tourist card of the city of Oslo. It gives users free entry to over 30 museums and attractions, unlimited travel on public transport in Oslo and numerous discounts (e.g. on tours and restaurants). The pass is available as an app or plastic card with a validity of 24, 48 or 72 hours.Read more

  • Christiania torv

    September 14, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    Historic square in Rådhusgata in Oslo's old city centre, known as Kvadraturen.
    Some of Oslo's oldest buildings are found around this square, including Christiania's first town hall from 1641.
    The square is known for its fountain, with a sculpture of a hand pointing to the ground. After the big town fire in 1624, the Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV decided to rebuild the town in this area (and name it after himself). He supposedly pointed to this spot and said: "The new town will lie here!".Read more

  • Oslo City Hall

    September 14, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    Oslo City Hall (Norwegian: Oslo rådhus) is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway. It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations. The building as it stands today was constructed between 1931 and 1950, with an interruption during the Second World War. It was designed by architects Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson.Read more

  • National Theature

    September 14, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    The National Theatre in Oslo (Norwegian: Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.

  • The Royal Palace, Oslo

    September 14, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    The Royal Palace (Norwegian: Slottet or Det kongelige slott) in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the French-born Charles XIV John, who reigned as king of Norway and Sweden. The palace is the official residence of the current Norwegian monarch while the crown prince resides at Skaugum in Asker west of Oslo.Read more

  • Grünerløkka

    September 14, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Grünerløkka is a borough but also a neighborhood of the city of Oslo, Norway. Grünerløkka became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania) in 1858. Grünerløkka was traditionally a working class district; since the late 20th century the area has increasingly undergone gentrification. Especially in the core neighborhood of Grünerløkka, property prices tend to be higher than is typical of other Oslo East End boroughs.Read more

  • Ekebergparken Sculpture Park

    September 15, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Ekebergparken Sculpture Park is a sculpture park and a national heritage park close to Ekebergrestauranten with a panoramic view of the city at Ekeberg in the southeast of the city of Oslo, Norway.
    The Sculpture Park has been initiated and financed by property director and art collector Christian Ringnes (born 1954). A total of 31 sculptures were installed when the opening ceremony took place in 2013, many of them with women as subjects.
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  • Bergen

    September 16, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    Bergen is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo.

  • Fløibanen

    September 16, 2025 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    The Fløibanen is a funicular railway in the Norwegian city of Bergen. It connects the city centre with the mountain of Fløyen, with its mountain walks and magnificent views of the city. It is one of Bergen's major tourist attractions and one of Norway's most visited attractions. The line is 848 meters long, covers a height difference of 302 meters, and carries nearly two million passengers per year.Read more

  • Gudvangen

    September 17, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Gudvangen is a village in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is a popular tourist destination and is located at the end of the Nærøyfjord where the Nærøydalselvi river empties into the fjord. The European route E16 highway passes by the village. Heading southwest on the highway leads to Voss municipality while heading northeast the E16 enters the Gudvanga Tunnel on its way to the villages of Flåm, Undredal, and Aurlandsvangen.Read more

  • Lærdal Tunnel

    September 17, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    The Lærdal Tunnel (Norwegian: Lærdalstunnelen) is a 24.51-kilometre-long (15.23 mi) road tunnel connecting the municipalities of Lærdal and Aurland in Vestland county, Norway; the southwest end of the tunnel is approximately 117 kilometres (73 mi) northeast of Bergen. It carries two lanes of European Route E16, and was the final link completing the main highway that now enables car travel between Oslo and Bergen with no ferry connections and no difficult mountain crossings during winter. It is the longest road tunnel in the world,.Read more