Mother-of-pearl clouds

André gave us this picture which is the view of Oslo, seen from Sinsen, at Christmas Eve. As you can see there was some beautiful Mother-of-pearl clouds that night! :o)

Photo by: André

Akerselva

We are so lucky to have another guest blogger. This photo is by André and his photo is from the river that devides Oslo in two: Akerselva river.

The river starts from the large lake Maridalsvannet (which also is the drinking water for a large part of Oslo's population). The river runs for 8.2 kilometers before it ends in the Oslo fjord and offers nice walks for those who are interested:

Follow the river Akerselva from Maridalsvannet to the centre of Oslo.
8 km with recreation, through forests and old history, fishing, swimming and several waterfalls. The highest waterfall is next to "Hønse-Lovisas hus", a small, red house, and the Beier bridge.

(From VisitOslo)

Here's a page about Winter Walk along the river Akerselva. And here's yet another page about the river walk for tourists in Oslo.

Something missing

Another picture of Holmenkollen after they started to tear down the ski jump.

A friend of mine, André, took this picture. :o)

Royal Castle in December

This is a recent photo of the Roycal Castle in Oslo, quite beautifully lit in the dark winter evening.

The photographer is André and I'm asked to write that he's 34 years old, single and has a glimt in his eye. ;-) Thank you, André!

Sunrise

Remember the Færder regatta I showed you photos from earlier? This photo is actually taken from one of the boats participating. A friend of Stormel took it and was so kind to let us use it on the blog. Thank you! I think it's a lovely photo!