av Paal Leveraas | jun 25, 2026 | Akershus Fortress, Kvadraturen, Oslo, Stories about people
In 1711 the young Ludvig Holberg fled the bubonic plague in Copenhagen and ended up at a shabby inn on the island of Falster. The woman who ran it had once lived at Akershus Fortress as the wife of Norway’s most powerful man. Ludvig learned about her fantastic...
av Paal Leveraas | mai 21, 2026 | Guided tours, Heritage, Museums and Landmarks, Oslo
Main photo by Wilhelm Joys Andersen (CC BY-SA 2.0) A seven-minute ferry ride from Rådhusbrygge delivers you to an island that has been a monastery, a shipyard, a fortress, a bathing resort, a German military camp, an internment site, and — very nearly — an amusement...