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Me and Mme.F will be in Oslo for a weekend in October. Any chance to meet somebody? It'll be 7-9/10.
Any suggestions about how to spend 2 days in this lovely town with two teenage kids?

a weekend in oslo? in october? with teenage kids? you must be joking!

It turned out to be more reasonable (read: cheaper) than Berlin.

really? what an enormous surprise!

oh all right, i'll stop now. i hear oslo is actually a great city to visit on summer evenings. great night life, contrary to common belief

Museums and all...

yes, there are some fine museums too. viking ships (both some real and some reconstructions and replicas, if memory serves). thor heyerdahls famous raft (the kon-tiki), right? munchs museum (but i'm afraid some of his best works were burnt by gangsters a year or two ago). and a lot of other sights to see. i've never really been to oslo, only passed through some years ago

I spent some time there at 1992, I like the town.

good for you. and oslo

You get around, don´t you...? Nice
Not too many ideas for Oslo, I'm afraid...

Hati, is this the thread you wanted to bring to my attention? Because I had already noticed it, but I've only ever been to Oslo once, many many years ago, and there were no kids in our group...

The only thing that comes to mind is Vigelandparken - I've never been there myself, but I've seen photos of the statues, and they do look impressive and interesting...

Bumblebee might have some tips - have you got her e-mail address Hati?

No, I tried to get you to the sign-up thread.
And yes, I've contacted Bumbe already.

Hati, you could go to Vippetangen and try one of the big things they have there. Should fit nice with a weekend.

Vigelandsparken... a must for adults, a no no for teenagers, unless they like statues.

The viking ships (no replicas just the real deal) - yes, yes, definitely. ( I only got around to seeing them last summer. )

The Kon-Tiki museum, if you like Thor Heyerdahl.

And there are probably more museums around that are worth a visit...

Should we buy Oslo Card? Seems that in Oslo the card thing really works.

it probably works better than say the berliner 'tageskarte'

Okay!

The Kon-Tiki one I'd actually like to see. Can you see it for me, too, if you go there?

I've seen it for myself once, so this time I can see it for you.

brilliant solution! has a kind of zaphod-ring to it