Last morning in Oslo so we decided a quick visit to the Resistance Museum was in order….I know ,I said no museums but it is a small one and then I promise coffee in the sun.The museum is in the Fortress.
Look you got a quick trip down memory lane . Norway was taken by surprise when Germany invaded in 1940. They were unprepared. Towns were bombed and destroyed. Fishing boats ( the Shetland Bus) took both the bullion and young men to Britain. They also carried supplies and messages back to Norway. These models show some of the events 
Radios were the lifeblood of the community.
Books, chair legs and cameras hid the radios.
People used everything to conceal their radios.
Radios were detected by machines like this used by the Gestapo.
Conditions under occupation was one of resistance but staying under the notice of the Gestapo. Torture, imprisonment or death were the risk those who didn’t escape to England or Sweden took.
Teachers and the church leaders objected to the regime, Newspapers were suppressed but underground issues were printed in basements and handed out. Radios were banned but were hidden in unusual ways so people could continue to know what was happening.
Microdots became a new technology.
Overall I think the museum was interesting but I didn’t walk out feeling that I knew the day to day affect on the people during occupation. This was particularly important as so many resistance fighters would have been tortured and executed here in the Fortress.
Okay you have earned your coffee. Let’s sit in the sun and then walk back via the harbour.
Goodbye Norway. Are you sad?
Oslo is known as the Tiger city. In the past it was named this in reference to the struggle between the country and the city ,represented as a safe horse and a dangerous tiger respectively.
Streetscapes
The fortress.
The brick work on this building was fantastic.
Next stop the lookout at Eagles Bend. Did you like the story concerning the trolls? Viking s thought trolls were small invisible creatures who helped you .With Christianity, they became big strong mean creatures to be avoided or used as a threat. Now they are benevolent creatures trapped inside rocks who are great for tourism. 
The waterfall to the right is called the Seven sisters . The story goes that a farmer had seven daughters. A suitor came and asked one to marry him. She agreed. He celebrated by getting drunk and forgetting which sister he had asked. He repeated it six more times and the waterfall is the tears of the sisters. Opposite is the waterfall called the Suitor. Can you see his bottle?
Back to town. Let’s check out the church and walk to the Norsk Fjord centre. 
Many houses were flat pack houses supplied by Sweden( guilt payment for all those German troop transported). As they retreated, Germans destroyed everything. It was the middle of winter so people had no food or shelter.
Memorial to fishermen who died or helped Norwegians and allies in the war.
You used to only access different islands by boat but now there are bridges and a tunnel. The first thing you notice is……how bright green everything looks and there are flat areas for farming. The Vikings must have breathed a sigh of relief to find such a great place to settle. Each island has small villages. We are moored near Leknes.
Fishing and tourism are the main industries though we did notice a few coffee shops.
Cod is considered a delicacy here….you can eat it fresh, dried as a snack ( like jerky) or soak it for 5 days or so and make fish stew. I am sure you can’t wait to try it.
I did but the cafe was closed.
It’s too wet today but perhaps another time. You climb up the mountain to the top rock and then you leap across to the other and climb down, if you make it. It’s not an extreme sport I will try , but you?
A farmer found the remains of a long house on his farm. When archeologists uncovered the long house, it was 83metres long and 12 metres wide. It had belonged to an important chieftain.
I really liked the museum ,especially the section where the minions worked. They had so many crafts in one section. 
Now do you know these trolls.
When we opened the window this morning,it was sooooo foggy. I thought we were going to walk around in the fog. Do you remember our visit here in 2010?This will jog your memory.
At present there is a street art made from recycled sea waste being displayed. Of course there are some great statues and trolls and time for real coffee.
