Bidding farewell to Denmark, saying goodbye to Finland, saying goodbye to Sweden, and saying goodbye to the good weather that has been following us for many days, the warm and brilliant sunshine of the late Summer in Northern Europe, this morning we set off from Karlstad, Sweden, in the rain, to Norway, the last of the four Nordic countries on this trip.
The climate of ocean islands is rainy and fickle, most of the time it is rainy and snowy, and only in the summer months, there is good weather. However, the unusual bad weather in this summer today was unfortunately bumped into by us. From the morning, it is a drizzle of rain that enters the Norwegian capital oslo, the sky is more rainy and small, passers-by are hurried, and the whole city is wet and almost twisted out of the water.
Several Nordic countries are constitutional monarchies, so in our tour program, there are always palaces and official residences of the country's former or current kings or queens. The royal palace above is the office of the current King of Norway Harald.
Oslo City Hall is not only the political center of the city, it is also a building with artistic taste from the shape design to the interior decoration, and it is the artistic crystallization of Norwegian artists who have spent half a century to show the history and culture of the country.
Of course, it was it that attracted the world's attention as the place where the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded. Many people who have dedicated their lives and even their lives for the sake of world peace and human tranquility have accepted this honor here, although there are also former US President Barack Obama, who has aroused heated discussion, who has won this honor just half a year after taking office, but the awards set up by Westerners have their own value evaluation standards for Westerners, and the most eye-catching thing is that in a certain year, the Nobel Prize, which is supremely glorious in the eyes of the world, was awarded to two unpopular Chinese, (one is the × Lama who fled Tibet early to betray the motherland. One was the man named Wang XBo) cast a shadow over the divine Nobel Prize aura, and its charm was greatly reduced!
Despite the drizzle, several places in Okushi are rushing to set up open-air stages, and there are posters posted in the four places, heralding the upcoming appearance of the music and art festival. Literary, musical, fine art, classical, fashionable and trendy artistic atmosphere fills all corners of the city.
The Vigeland Sculpture Park, which we braved the rain to visit today, is a place of grand elegance, group sculptures and a strong artistic atmosphere. The sculpture park covers an area of more than 30 hectares and is home to the master sculptor Gustav. Vigel, which took nearly 20 years to complete more than 650 sculptures, has a strong atmosphere of life and vivid characters, and the title "'Angry Little Boy" is the iconic work in the group sculpture.
Ao city center merchants gathered, famous shops lined up, women's eyes and footsteps, always attracted by a variety of exotic goods, a small number of tired, no shopping desire of men, in general, just find a small wine bar coffee house or something, spend dozens of crowns, put themselves temporarily "deposited" here ...
This journey is always from this country to that country every day, from this city to that city, from this attraction to that attraction, always on the road, plus there is often no Wireless Network signal and other reasons, so the picture of yesterday's trip was not sent, and now the supplement is as follows:
Returning to Stockholm by cruise ship from Helsinki, it is early in the morning, the streets are deserted, and the old city of Szsberg has not yet woken up...
There is another attraction in the city of Stockholm that must not be overlooked, and that is the Vasa Shipwreck Museum. Northern Europe, in the past hundred years, there has been almost no war, these years are more per capita high GDP, high social welfare and rich side, the world's reputation, Nordics and advocate art, high national quality, everyone gentlemanly demeanor, but in history, more than three hundred years ago, Denmark led by these ocean island countries, but the whole of Europe is trembling in the shadow of pirate ships!
Legend has it that in the seventeenth century, a huge warship designed and built by Sweden itself was launched, and the king was happy that the people cheered, but he did not expect that the battleship had just sailed out, a total of only two hours, this poor behemoth, which had taken decades and N more silver to build, suddenly overturned, and then sank in the sea not far from the port. First to commemorate, and then to earn a lot of silver from tourists from all over the world, of course, you may wish to imagine the size and power of the Viking ship more than three hundred years ago!
Leaving the city of Si, all the way to the wind, on both sides of the window, the Nordic countryside unfolds like a picturesque axis, and then flies by.
Next to the hotel we stayed in that night was the largest freshwater lake in Northern Europe and the third largest lake in Europe: Lake Vinnern.
(August 17, 2019 in Oslo, Norway)
About the Author: Full-time violin teacher; freelance photographer. Former violin player of the Battle Flag Cultural and Labor Troupe, member of Sichuan Provincial Music Association, member of Provincial Violin Education and Research Association, provincial social art (music) examination examiner. Engaged in photography work for many years, he is now a member of the Sichuan Photographers Association, the deputy secretary-general of the Provincial Entrepreneur Photography Association, an expert member of the Provincial Ethnic Image Art Association, and a signed photographer of the Xinhua News Agency Photo Library and Chengdu Classics Culture Company.