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Hi! I'll be in Oslo for the coming week, and I'm wondering if anyone has some good suggestions for this time of year. Places to photograph, or other interesting, perhaps out of the way stuff accessible by public transportation. I'll be working most of the time but I should have a half day here and there to explore. I'm staying nearby and taking public transportation to Oslo every day.

Thanks!!!
 
Oslo... well, I live here. Obvious choices would include:

The Vigeland sculpture park, near Frogner. Tram 12 stops right outside, or you can take the metro or a bus to Majorstuen and a short walk.
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/vigelandsparken

The Holmenkollen ski-jump. Line 1 on the metro. Shame to say, I've never been there myself... I am not a winter person at all.

The medieval Akershus fortress, downtown right by the harbour. Tram 12 stops the closest I think. But it's not a big deal, down-town is quite compact.
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/akershusfestning200902

The Viking Ship museum or the polar ship Fram museum, both on Bygdøy right outside town and reachable by bus 30.
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/the_viking_ship_museum

There is also the National Museum, next door to the Viking Ship museum, where you can photograph various preserved historical buildings if you so want, including a geniuine medieval wooden Viking-style "stave church".
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/oslofolkemuseum201003
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/norskfolkemuseum

The brand spanking new Opera House, it is quite picturesque (do bring a serious wide-angle) and is on the seaside right next to the main railway station.
http://www.pbase.com/ssanneru/operahuset

I am certain that others will pipe up with more out-of-the-way suggestions in due time. The weather here is nicely springlike at the moment but that is not to be taken for granted. Do bring good winter clothes and decent boots.

There is also a stretch of rather stylish 1880s-90s working-class apartment buildings in the Grünerløkka area (and more upmarket ones in the Frogner area on the west end of town), and a very picturesque area of small-town wooden houses in nearby Rodeløkka if these are of any interest.
 
Thanks! I didn't mention that I've actually been before, though I've always been so busy that I haven't had much more than a day to explore Oslo. I did get to visit the Viegland park, the Viking ship museum, and the Hyerdahl museum–all of which were fantastic–on a previous visit. The Opera house was great as well–I may go back and walk around there if the weather is nice and I have the time.

I do expect I'll have a free afternoon or two to walk around and explore, maybe even take some pictures... which will be a nice break.
 
If you have the time and feel like getting up earlyish, I suggest going by train or bus to Sandvika and see the sunrise from the fjord ice - before it (the ice) goes rotten in this warm weather. Being there around 7 am or a bit earlier should do it.
 
I second much of the advice you got from Staale. But it all depends on what you're most interested in seeing or experiencing. Museums? parks? busy streets? charmy corners with back-in-time-atmosphere? Anyway, while almost unavoidable, as it links the royal palace to the sentral station via the parliament, Carl Johans gate is far from the most beautiful promendade in Oslo. I'd take a stroll along Aker Brygge, where you also have a nice view of the harbour and the Akersus fortification.

On, around and inside the new opera house you will also have nice photo opportunities, especially in the evening, due to very interesting interaction of people and architecture, if that's of interest.

I do pretty much street in Oslo, and you can see it all on my blog, again if that's of any interest (Majorstuen, Oslo, Silent opera..).
 
I finished a bit early today and went over to the opera in the fog–it was really something. Everything seemed very distant and diffuse, totally low contrast. Made the building look like a floating ghost ship.

I ran into a fellow with a hassy on a tripod there–he had the same idea.
 
The Opera House is a great place to photograph - great reflections of the Oslo skyline from different angles.
 
semordnilap said:
I finished a bit early today and went over to the opera in the fog–it was really something. Everything seemed very distant and diffuse, totally low contrast. Made the building look like a floating ghost ship.

I ran into a fellow with a hassy on a tripod there–he had the same idea.
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Post some pics, or it never happened! :D
 
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