OSLO as seen by a poor Swede (srsly, $25 for a small pizza?!?)

[Swede]

The last weekend in July is traditionally the time for the annual SSC NordBalt meet-up. This year it was Oslo's turn. Worst turn-out yet :( 4 Norwegians, 1 Swede and a Canadian. This didn't stop us from seeing as much of the city as possible, eating insanely expensive pizza, downing a few beers, going bright red from the sun one day (that'd be me) & getting rained on (this being Norway after all).

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[LAsam]

Dammit, Scandinavia looks so beautiful! I love the topography Oslo has surrounding the city. Gotta travel to that part of the world some time.

[ue]

Stellar thread Swede. Oslo looks like it has a very nice mix of serene and chaotic in it. Love the modern architecture.

[Swede]

Gracias guys. Oslo does have a beautiful setting. Scandinavia is awesome to travel in (what? no, I'm not promoting us at aaallllllll), most people speak English for one.

Not all the pics are from the City of Oslo, it's from three different counties. All in Greater Oslo tho.

[Kingofthehill]

What a project (http://i27.tinypic.com/2utq3jb.jpg)! And I loved the winding roads studded with colorful, historic architecture here (http://i27.tinypic.com/vmzlhi.jpg).

[LAsam]

Gracias guys. Oslo does have a beautiful setting. Scandinavia is awesome to travel in (what? no, I'm not promoting us at aaallllllll), most people speak English for one.

Not all the pics are from the City of Oslo, it's from three different counties. All in Greater Oslo tho.

Definately going to travel there some day. The best I can do right now is go to Solvang California and get myself some Ableskiever and Frikadeller... :shrug:

http://www.solvangusa.com/

[huggkruka]

76 = Murderous rage of jealousy
65 = At least they have that history as well!

From a Swede's perspective.

[bulliver]

Great stuff! Looks like there is lots going on downtown Oslo.

[Trantor]

interesting orange material... looks like glossy plastic
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is this a silo converted into an apartment complex??? VERY INTERESTING! There are some unused old silos in Porto Alegre... it would be a good idea to make them into apartment complexes... do you have more info on them?
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how tall will be the buildings under construction which we can only see the cores so far? Its very weird for me to such a short building with a big concrete core and metal structure around. In fact, I dont think even the tallest buildings in Brazil are built core first (and anyway, metallic skeletons are RARE here)
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[peanut gallery]

Amazing looking city. I'd sure love to make it to Scandinavia some day. Great shots, Swede!

[ColDayMan]

Comfy city!

[shane453]

One of my favorite cities in the world! But it is very expensive!

[Shawn]

Really cool thread!

I noticed KPMG and PWC logos on top of the shiny new towers, wheres Ernst&Young?? ;)

I second Trantor on the silo-to-housing conversion, that's something a whole bunch of North American cities should look into. Any more info on the one you shot a photo of would be much appreciated.

[vid]

Did you go to Karlstad on the way home?

[Trantor]

Really cool thread!

I noticed KPMG and PWC logos on top of the shiny new towers, wheres Ernst&Young?? ;)

I second Trantor on the silo-to-housing conversion, that's something a whole bunch of North American cities should look into. Any more info on the one you shot a photo of would be much appreciated.

there is some info at SSC
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=120780

the name of it is Grunerloekka Studenthus, and it was a silo built in 1950 converted to student apartments in 2001.

a big photo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Grunerlokka_Studenthus.JPG

[Swede]

Did you go to Karlstad on the way home?
I did indeed. Or, the train went by way of Karlstad (3 hours from Oslo, 3½ from Stockholm - the line on the Norwegian side sucks).


how tall will be the buildings under construction which we can only see the cores so far? Its very weird for me to such a short building with a big concrete core and metal structure around. In fact, I dont think even the tallest buildings in Brazil are built core first (and anyway, metallic skeletons are RARE here)
http://i26.tinypic.com/ige0rp.jpg
They'll be about as tall as the ones in that district already topped out & completed. Not exactly as tall, as that's against directives from the City iirc. The steel skeleton is now really common for officebuildings here in Stockholm at least, and saw a few short ones going up in Oslo too.

is this a silo converted into an apartment complex??? VERY INTERESTING! There are some unused old silos in Porto Alegre... it would be a good idea to make them into apartment complexes... do you have more info on them?
http://i28.tinypic.com/73cri0.jpg
I second Trantor on the silo-to-housing conversion, that's something a whole bunch of North American cities should look into. Any more info on the one you shot a photo of would be much appreciated.
there is some info at SSC
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=120780
the name of it is Grunerloekka Studenthus, and it was a silo built in 1950 converted to student apartments in 2001.
a big photo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Grunerlokka_Studenthus.JPG
There's another silo converted to housing in Oslo, one we went into and to the top of (that's where we had the bbq!). One of the Oslo forumers (over on SSC) lives there. There's more silos->housing conversions in Scandinavia, Copenhagen has a couple too iirc.

[OhioGuy]

Oslo looks fantastic! We haven't had many Oslo threads on this forum before, but I can't recall any that have been this good. The city has a natural setting somewhat reminiscent of Seattle due to the hills, greenery, and water.

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. Oslo is one city that I want to visit (but I obviously should wait until I'm rich). The city looks great, and Norway's countryside has always been spectacular ever since I've seen it in pictures a few years ago.

[Trantor]

if all Oslo silos were converted into apartments, where you guys store the grains now? :D

[LAsam]

if all Oslo silos were converted into apartments, where you guys store the grains now? :D

They converted old apartments into grain silos. Ingenious! :banana:

[Nightsky]

Looks beautiful, a lot of new towers seem to be going up. But it is sure expensive!

[jlowry24]

Excellent pictures! I recognized the 7-11 in pic 35, it's a couple of blocks away from where I stayed in Oslo last fall. Beautiful city, and great to walk around, but if I'd stayed more than a few days I would've gone bankrupt!

[SHiRO]

Great thread Swede, seems you guys had lots of fun!