Photos and the City

Slow travel & photography

On my last day I took a walk along the river Akerselva which flows through Oslo. Akerselva was the cradle of Norway’s industrialisation in the second half of the 19th century. Back then the river gave power to saw mills, textile factories and mechanical workshops. Today Akerselva plays a valuable role as a “green lung”; a […]

Right in front of the City Hall (rådhus) are some beautiful old sailboats waiting for people to show them around the Fjord – of course I had to do a Fjord-Boat-Tour. It takes about two hours and if in Oslo you shouldn´t miss this. Gliding through the water, norwegian folk music playing and wind in […]

I started into April with visiting Norways beautiful capital Oslo, I had booked a workshop there and decided to stay two days longer to get a first introduction to the city. Just a first short glimpse as I didn´t even do a third of all the things I had have planned, all the more reason […]