Happy Halloween

Some Halloween hats for the kids. This tradition is quite new in Norway, but I'm sure I'll get some visitors asking for candy tonight. :)

If you want to buy a Halloween costume (or any other costume) in Oslo, then go to Festmagasinet Standard:


Photos by: Lothiane

Moonlight over Sofienberg

A view from an apartment near Sofienbergparken, near the city center. The big chimney in the background is probably one of the two chocolate factories nearby. I used to go to school in this area and remember how wonderful the smell was when the wind was in the right direction. :)

Photo by: Lothiane

First snow this winter

I woke up to a white Oslo today. I reacted like a child and thought it was exciting and beautiful. In about three days I'm going to be complaining about it and missing spring. :)

By the way: Thank you so much, Fio & Prado for the award! We really appreciate this nice gesture. Only a few days ago we made a similar post where we awarded some of our favourites. You can see them here.

Photo by: Lothiane

Something missing

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

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

Earlier in the autumn

This picture was taken two weeks ago. Now it's not that green around here anymore... ;o)

Photo by: Stormel

Irish visitors

The president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited Oslo last week, and there were lots of Irish and Norwegian flags outside the castle, and in Karl Johan Street.

Photo by: Stormel

Awarded

Today I got this really nice surprise. Oslo Daily Photo received a "Blogging Friends Forever" Award from Ystad Daily Photo. Ystad has been my favourite daily photo blog for a long time, and I just love his pictures. A very inspiring blog! Thank you, Fredrik! :o)

I need to specify that Oslo Daily Photo had not existed without Lothiane, Mark and Imzadi, so of course I share this award with them! :o)

Now it is our turn to give the award to other bloggers following these rules:

1. Only five people are allowed
2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world
4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award

It's really hard to choose only five, but these are the ones we choose (random order):

1. Grenoble Daily Photo (Bleeding Orange)
2. Edinburgh Daily Photo (Dido)
3. Ramsey Daily Photo (Babooshka)
4. Copenhagen Daily Photo (Kathrine)
5. Auckland Daily Photo (Lachezar)

Akershus Fortress

A view of Akershus Fortress one nice, sunny day in the harbour of Oslo.

Photo by: Lothiane

Warm autumn light

Photo by: Mark Wilkinson

The old queen

The statue of princess Maud of Wales, who married Prince Carl - later King Haakon VII of Norway. She was the first queen of Norway in modern time, after hundreds of years of oppression by Denmark and Sweden. The royal palace of Oslo in the background.

Photo by: Mark Wilkinson