For our last night at the conference, our hosts arranged a cruise around the bay in Oslo. I didn't realize until I looked at the map that it is a good 20+ miles away from the open sea. The inlet it sits on is quite long. I had envisioned icy fjords for the cruise, but it was clearly a harbor cruise. lol.
Go figure that the boat we were on was the Nobel.
You can see a large ski jump on the hill in the background. It is 60m high and one of the oldest in the world (dating to 1892). It was used in the 1952 winter olympics. The stadium around it seats 30,000 people! I wish I'd had time to visit the slope and the ski museum.
The Akershus Fortress dates back to 1299. It has evolved a lot over the centuries. The royal mausoleum is in the castle. The outer fortress is a public park (this is where the Renaissance festival was)
Another view. The sun on the castle with the dark clouds was cool.
We left the docks and circled out around several islands with summer houses and then cruised by the downtown sky line.
The water was very calm and the island and houses looked so peaceful.
If you look in the distance, you can see what we thought was a small chapel...
...but it is a lighthouse.
I liked this view of the downtown buildings in the distance with the summer huts on the nearby island.
A house surrounded by lilac bushes in bloom.
The crooked building is the Edvard Munch museum.
This is the Oslo Opera House. You can actually walk the slope all the way to the roof for a great view (I didn't get to do this, but some of our group did)
There is an iceberg sculpture out front.
These floating saunas are in use year round, with several parties in progress when we cruised by.
We had dinner at the Engebret cafe - the oldest restaurant in Oslo. Founded in 1857.
I decided to try the reindeer. It was good.
Boysenberry and chocolate mousse for dessert was amazing!
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