Europe- Norway

This year in May, we went to Norway and Switzerland. It was an official trip to Norway for my hubby, he went there for a conference and we accompanied him. It was my wish to visit Switzerland so from Norway, we went to Switzerland. It was 2 weeks trip.  This blog is all about Norway – Oslo. In Norway, we went to the capital city - Oslo and then to Bergen. We stayed at Thon Hotel in Oslo. On our first day in Oslo, we went to explore the nearby places. 

Bronze Statue of Tiger

 In the front of the Oslo Central Station, there is a big bronze statue of a tiger and a play area nearby.  After clicking some pics there, we went to the harbour and from there, we could see the Oslo Opera House.

Play Area 

 Oslo Opera House

                                                                      

Next day, we went to see the Royal Palace. Entry inside was not allowed.  

The Royal Palace at Oslo

                                                                      

  The road in front of the Royal Palace

Exploring the city, by walking is altogether a different experience with the footpath so nice and clean. The flower pots on the footpath added beauty to the roads.

The roads and the footpath with beautiful flower pots

 After our visit to the palace, we went to the harbour and took a ferry to Bygdoy. It is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo.

Bygdoy

View from the harbour

                                                               

There are some museums in Bygdoy which are worth visiting. We went to Kon-Tiki Museum and Fram Museum.

Outside the museum

Kon-Tiki Museum

After returning back to the harbour, we went to EKT Rideskole Husdyrpark. We took a bus ride from the Central Station and a short walk to reach this beautiful farm. My daughter enjoyed a lot there. The people working there were very friendly.  Petting a rabbit, goat and horse was fun. There is also a nice park across the EKT.

EKT Rideskole Husdyrpark

Farm

Play area inside the farm 

From EKT, We took a bus ride back to Oslo Station and then went to Akershus Castle walking. The castle is free to enter and offers some nice views of the port areas and fjord.

View  

View of a cruise from the castle

Akershus Castle

Akershus Fortress

Next day, We had our train to Bergen. The train ride from Oslo to Bergen is breathtaking. Often described as Europe’s most beautiful train journey, it takes you through some of Scandinavia’s beautiful landscape.  We had booked a family coach and our coach was quite empty. There was only one more family. They were also Indians. The coach had a play area for kids and my daughter was sitting there, reading book, and playing. It took around 7 hours to reach Bergen. I will write about Bergen in my next blog.