Google maps is invaluable for seeing the timetable! And on I hop!, not seeing any way to pay I take the chance and get a free ride into town, alighting near 'the Kongelige Slott' the royal palace, walking through the royal gardens/park I get views of the city
and through the trees the palace itself
which isn't my objective, so back out of the gardens and two streets away is the coin shop I'm looking for, happily it's open, after a long wait where a lady was selling her family silver for scrap, I purchase a 2 skilling piece! Not that different from one I found in Norfolk last year, but it it's different enough and pretty cheap so I'm happy!
dating back to the Kalmar union it has Danish as the country but it's an Oslo mint perfect!
Back out and towards the palace (it's enroute !) I walk back through the gardens, passing a mother taking photos of her baby in a huge patch of crocuses! A sweet image that makes me smile, and the mother smile back! Nice 😊
Right at the front of the palace is the royal guard this lady is a proper smiler!
though the gun looks very serious!
The palace isn't open for visitors so a quick photo of the front and I'm away
Yep the ongoing Viking research! And this is a great repository for such finds! All on the top floor, there's plenty of other things to catch your attention this eternal calender is one thing nicely marked up in futhorc runes!
summer one side and winter the other! The days being marked off on the inside and religious festivals on the outside.
Religious artifacts then catch my attention again with the portals of a few Stave churches that had been demolished after going into disuse....I dread to think what was lost in this demolishing as the portals are indeed works of art!!!
beautiful!!!
The incense burners are equally interesting
with little stave churches on top!
Passing a display of fishing spears your reminded just how coastal Norway is
presumably whaling spears?
Into the top floor and it's Viking heaven, starting with the largest Viking gold hoard found in Norway
passing amongst brooches, sword mounts and a stunning gold spur!!
now that's bling!!!
Then I find what I'm after swords! A good collection to!
tho once again I'm left feeling that the pommels don't match my find for quality!
Another Viking weather vane and a huge rune stone complete the display
i cross the landing into another display of gold!
All sides of this display are lined with gold coins
which were a part of operation 'the heavy luggage' where fifty tons of gold where transported north and west out of Norway to the safety of Britain America and Canada as the Germans invaded in the second world war, the coins finally returned in 1987!
Museum done in walking back to the tram stop, passing the Oslo cathedral I have to take a look
once again a very local design to this church!
outside is a curious thing presumably from an earlier construction....I didn't find any info on it tho
My Dorm is actually full now!
There's a black girl from London an Aussie chap and a native Mauritius girl from Paris, wow she was a great chatter! We talked all evening!
Lovely way to finish the day!
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