Oslo '08 by Cosmin

[Cosmin]

High above the clouds inbound to Vienna


China Airlines A330 ready for departure to Taipei


The new Skylink terminal under construction


TAROM's 'Moldova' A310-300 that brought me to Vienna


KLM, Air France, Austrian and Adria


Entering runway 34


Climbing out of VIE in the little Fokker


The Danube, A4 Ost-Autobahn, OMV refinery and Vienna in the distance


Over Norway, with Oslo visible on the right


Norway from above; spot OSL airport in the last two pictures






Oslo - Gardermoen terminal and control tower


A SAS Norge 737 at gate


Inside the beautiful terminal of Gardermoen

[Cosmin]

On Biskop Gunnerus gate looking towards the Oslo Plaza - Oslo City - Postgirobygget complex


Oslo City shopping center


The Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel (aka Oslo Plaza), Norway's tallest building at 117 m




Postgirobygget (110 m), home of Posten Norge (Norwegian postal Service)


Akerselva (Aker River) is dubbed Oslo's Green Lung








Trefoldighetskirken (Trinity Church) built in 1858, on Akersgata


St. Olav Domkirke, built in 1856






Overview of Oslo at night


Tram passing by between the Thon Hotel Europa I was staying at and the vis-à-vis Radisson SAS Scandinavia


Oslo Opera House (Operahuset)


Developments near the Opera, across Oslo Ring 1 (E18)




On Henrik Ibsens gate looking towards The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the entrance to the Nationaltheater metro/train station

[Cosmin]

The University of Oslo


Hard Rock Cafe on Karl Johans gate


The National Theater (Nationaltheater)


A Duewag/ABB SL79 tram (trikken) on Stortingsgata


Hotel Continental with Theatercafeen on the ground floor


A Mercedes Citaro on line 31, operated by AS Sporveisbussene


Looking across the little park between Stortingsgata and Karl Johans gate






Grand Hotel


Norwegian Parliament (Storting)


The beautiful Olav Thon building


Looking down Karl Johans gate to the Royal Palace (Slottet), some 800 m away






City Bikes (Oslo Bysykkel); these can be rented for 80 NOK/year by residents, or 80 NOK/day by tourists


An SL79 tram on line 12

[Cosmin]

Buildings in Christiania Torv, a square in the old city; this is where the Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV decided to build the new city after the fire in 1624








Looking down on Rådhusgata; Akershus Fortress and Oslofjord on the left, rest of the city on the right


Oslo City Hall (Oslo rådhus)


The walls of Akershus Fortress


Inside the fortress












Views of the city from the walls of the fortress

[Cosmin]

The Sun is setting...




Lovely Oslofjord


Guarding the fortress


The South side of Oslo City Hall, where the famous Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held


City Hall Square (Rådhusplassen), part of the European Route E18 prior too 1994, when the highway was lowered into a tunnel (Festning Tunnel) that now passes beneath the square


The Sun is setting over the ships anchored in the Oslofjord; fresh, delicious shrimp and salmon (as well as other seafood) are sold onboard some of these ships


The Nobel Peace Center (Nobels Fredssenter) acts as a museum for everything relating to the Prize and Alfred Nobel; it's housed in the former Vestbanestasjon terminal railway station used between 1872 - 1989


Looking towards Aker Brygge, the site of a shipyard until 1982


The Aker Brygge shopping mall, one of the buildings of the 260,000 sq. m complex


The streets in and around Aker Brygge are bustling due to the shopping centers, restaurants, offices, apartments and the cinema in the area






Pedestrian passageways crisscross the sky linking various buildings in the complex


In the heart of Aker Brygge, in Bryggetorget (Brygge Square)






On Munkedamsveien, with a last glimpse of Aker Brygge still visible


Double traffic lights are the norm in Oslo

[Cosmin]

In the Nationaltheatret, waiting for the airport train


Flytoget airport express train bound for Gardermoen airport


Inside Flytoget




Shortly after hopping off the train, in the train station at the airport


Inside Gardermoen's terminal, a lovely combination of concrete, glass and wood; this aiport handled 19.3 million pax in 2008






A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737 at the gate


Shopping area inside the airport


The little Fokker is waiting for us on the tarmac


A Transwede Airways BAe 146 (RJ70) operated on behalf of SAS Norge


Getting onboard the Austrian Arrows jet


Terminal building at night with three 737s of SAS and Norwegian Air Shuttle


Climbout, with the Sun starting to rise


On the way to Vienna


Approaching VIE over a snowy Austria


After landing, heading to the terminal; note the runway 29 lights


Looking at Henri Coandă airport from 1,000-something m before turning for final to rwy 26L (maybe on the ABRUT 2F approach)

[Cristii]

I likey the shots taken while airborne, especially the one above Wien.

Oslo seems to be pretty cosmopolit, you made me curious about it. The same surprise I had when I saw Cotnari's Bueanos Aires pictures

[Bogdan BMB]

Sa nu imi spui ca iarasi faci ca si in celalalt thread. Sper ca mai postezi ceva poze, nu?

Oricum pentru cele deja postate, ai reusit sa surprinzi atmosfera tipica oraselor nordice

[Fallen]

Oslo is breathtaking.
I can't wait for an opportunity to go there.

PS: thanks for the bottle caps, Cosmin

[NellyUSA]

A very nice and clean city. I can almost taste a breath of fresh air by just looking at these pictures. I specially like the street pavements, the lighting poles and the combination of colors for buildings/ urban furnitures.

[Bogdan BMB]

Apropo de Oslo, un pic offtopic - http://www.archdaily.com/33706/nanse...bekk-lindheim/

[Cosmin]

Originally Posted by Bogdan BMB

Sa nu imi spui ca iarasi faci ca si in celalalt thread. Sper ca mai postezi ceva poze, nu?

O sa mai postez (inclusiv pe thread-ul cu Parisul), ca mai am, desi nu-s asa diferite de astea. As mai fi facut, ca m-am plimbat destul de mult, dar...
(1) m-am plimbat mai mult cu tramvaiul, ca am vrut sa vad si cartiere neimportante dpdv turistic
(2) mi-a tot facut bateria niste figuri si am lasat-o la hotel de 2 ori.

Si pentru cei interesati... de la metrou n-am poze, dar o sa caut unele pe net cu cateva locuri si aspecte cu care eu n-am poze. Mai sunt niste zone misto din Aker Brygge samd.

Originally Posted by Bogdan BMB

Oricum pentru cele deja postate, ai reusit sa surprinzi atmosfera tipica oraselor nordice

Pacat ca frigul nu iese in poze, ca-ti ingheta monitorul.

Originally Posted by Fallen

PS: thanks for the bottle caps, Cosmin

You're welcome.

This is the landing in Vienna, only this time in video.

[Derbedeu]

Oslo looks like a very nice city indeed! Cool presentation Cosmin. It's a lot like a travel report from airliners.net or some spotter website.

[manba]

Beautiful pictures, amazing city and very clean.

[Cosmin]

Near the Norwegian Parliament


Norwegian Parliament up close


Various streetscapes












Opera House on the outside


Inside the Opera House

[Cosmin]

Bigass seagull


Looking towards the North side of the City Hall


Lots of boats


Anchored boats with Akershus Fortress in the background


Inside the mall in Aker Brygge


Aker Brygge

[Cosmin]

Typical tram station




Flytoget ticket vending machines


Norwegian State Railways (NSB) ticket vending machines


Clean toilets at Oslo airport


Austrian Arrows Fokker cabin


Snowy Austrian countryside


The toilets at Vienna airport have quite a nice view

[LuluMOB]

Astfel de topicuri imi plac cel mai mult pe forumul asta!
Alte comentarii sunt de prisos.
Multumiri si astept continuarile...

[nebunul]

Finally got the chance to see (photobucket) these pictures Great city But, why Oslo?!

[Cosmin]

Still having problems with Photobucket? I don't understand why.

Why Oslo? Because it was sponsored by one of my relatives that had some business meetings there and why would I pass a chance like that? Besides, Oslo wasn't that high on my "to visit" list and so any trip I'd pay out of my own pocket would be to some other city higher on the list.

This one was (almost*) a free ride.

*minus the food, public transportation and such.

P.S.: last year I missed Iceland, Thailand and Poland due to various reasons. This too would've been very low-cost. I don't have any self funded trips planned until well into 2010, but I'm not missing any other opportunities like the ones above.