A fabulous breakfast, followed by a shuttle bus back to the airport to catch the airport express train Flytoget to the Oslo city centre. It was all so efficient, so Scandinavian.
My main aim for the day was the Fram museum due to my adventurous interest in Antarctic exploration. Roald Amundsen failed in the Fram to Antarctica to be the first human to the South pole 14 December 1911.
Nothing like getting sidetracked by an access all museums Oslo pass.
Start with the Munch museum, which has a number of exhibitions as well of course Munch’s iconic “The Scream”. This he produced in a number of versions over the years. I suppose if you’re onto a good thing stick to it. Andy Warhol also painted one, which was interesting to see.
Then a short ferry ride on what appeared to be a small, vintage boat to the Fram museum.
Basically the whole 30 metres of the Fram, plus a large number of expedition items were on show, including modern multimedia. I liked it so much, I bought the book.
Then the Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki museum, followed by the startling unexpectedly good Norwegian Folk museum.
Spread over a larger area a good number of traditional buildings dating mainly from the 16th to 19th century were collected in a period of over 100 years and rebuild on the site. That’s what I call foresight, as otherwise these would buildings would probably have been lost.
The main jaw dropping attraction dates from around 1200. Not a typo, about 800 years ago. It is a stave build timber church. Words can not do this justice. Photos struggle. I gasped.
That just left the return journey – boats, trains, buses.