av Paal Leveraas | mar 26, 2026 | Art, Culture and Architecture, Oslo
In December 1943, an explosion on Oslo’s waterfront shattered windows across the entire city. It also, in a single afternoon, destroyed the masterwork of one artist and set in motion the death of another. Both had spent decades circling each other — as rivals,...
av Paal Leveraas | mar 12, 2026 | Art, Culture and Architecture, Heritage, Museums and Landmarks, Oslo
On the west side of Oslo, beyond elegant residential streets and leafy avenues, Frogner Park opens into one of the most remarkable artistic landscapes in Europe. The park covers around 460,000 square meters, roughly 115 acres, making it the largest park in central...
av Paal Leveraas | des 3, 2025 | Heritage, Museums and Landmarks, History of Norway, Oslo
Vigeland Park is one of Oslo’s most iconic landmarks, a sculpture park without parallel in scale, ambition, and emotional depth. But to understand the park, you must understand the man behind it—Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943): sculptor, dramatist of human emotion,...