Jan 16, 2010

Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway

Vigeland Park is the largest park featuring one artist, Gustav Vigeland.  It contains more than 200 sculptures of human life and emotions.
Our tour allowed us one hour in the park, which I decided to use to photograph almost every sculpture.  Due to the limited time (about 15sec per sculpture, including walking composing time), some of the photos were blurry or not well composed.
The slideshow of all photos I took is here (Warning: Sculptures depict human in nude form).

Below are some of the photos I took.

The Bridge, the Fountain, and the Monolith
Vigeland Park


The Bridge contains over 50 sculptures on both sides, here are a few of those.

The most popular sculpture in the park depicting an Angry Boy.  His left fist is golden because many visitors hold his hand taking photos.
No. 46: Angry boy

No. 55: Boy standing in front of man

No. 27: Man chasing four geniuses

The Fountain, surrounded with Tree like sculptures
The Fountain

Sculpture of children hanging off a tree
Vigeland Park


The Monolith, which is carved from a single limestone.
The Monolith

Tourist mimicking the sculpture of boys looking up the sky
No. 15: Three boys kneeling

No. 22: Sitting man and woman with foreheads touching

No. 36: Standing man lifting dead man

No. 32: Old woman resting against old man

No. 33: Two old woman



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Jan 10, 2010

Lillehammer, Norway

Lillehammer was the host for the Winter Olympics 1994.

Lillehammer Olympic Stadium
Lillehammer Olympic Ski Jump

Lillehammer Olympic Ski Jump

The Olympic Torch
Lillehammer Olympic Ski Jump

Lillehammer Olympic Ski Jump


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Storgata, a pedestrian street with shops in Lillehammer
Lillehammer, Norway

Lillehammer, Norway

Spill Her!

Lillehammer, Norway

Enough said?

Lillehamer, Norway

Lillehammer Summer Sale

Summer Sale Manenquins


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Jan 9, 2010

Lom Stave Church

A stave church is a style of medieval church.  Only very few stave churches are left today, and Lom Stave Church is one of the oldest, dating to the 12th century.

Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church

Jan 8, 2010

Geirangerfjord

Geirangerfjord is one of 2 fjords in Norway listed on UNESCO World Heritage Site. We took the Fjord1 ferry from Hellesylt to Geiranger along the fjord.

The deep waters of the fjord allow large cruise ships to sail through
Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

This waterfall looks as if it is falling from the sky due to the misty weather.
Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Arriving at Geiranger
Geirangerfjord, Norway

Geiranger

Heading to the peak of Mount Dalsnibba (which sounds like 打死你吧, "beat you to death" in Mandarin), to look at a spectacular view of the fjord
Dalsnibba

Vista point on the way up to the peak
Geiranger, Norway

Remote farm hidden in the mountains
Remote Village in Norway

Geirangerfjord, from the peak of Mount Dalsnibba
Geiranger from Dalsnibba

Geiranger



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