Scandinavia with Kids: Oslo, Norway
Oslo was a nice city to spend a couple days and we could have seen a lot more museums, parks and restaurants.
Day 12: Norske Folkesmuseum
We spent a beautiful day at the Folk Museum with a past co-worker of Andrew's and their family.
We all loved the historic take on a pancake/flatbread (Norwegian lefse-klenning with sugar) that was available for purchase (not pictured). T's favourite activities were the carriage ride and checking out the gas station and car.
E enjoyed exploring, climbing and playing on the playground but his favourite activity was speaking with this actor/musician who was so lovely and showed him all the Norwegian folk instruments and gave examples of the music. She even encouraged him to try the seljefløyte (willow flute) which he and I did together.
Day 13: Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump and The Vigeland Park
The Holmenkollen Restaurant just down the hill a bit had an interesting statue and ski throne, though if you weren't a patron you'd need to find other parking.
The Vigeland Park was honestly really interesting. You normally see studies of the human form in museums and not so prolific in a park (maybe the odd fountain or statue but not nearly so many). The kids (6 & 2) are young enough (or we've explained the human body well enough) that they literally didn't ask one question as to why the statues were all naked or about body parts or why naked people were touching each other (most in positions you'd expect to see people in in public, just fully clothed, others just piled on top of each other). Some were quite humorous so we did talk about those (example a man balancing five babies).
Day 12: Norske Folkesmuseum
We spent a beautiful day at the Folk Museum with a past co-worker of Andrew's and their family.
We all loved the historic take on a pancake/flatbread (Norwegian lefse-klenning with sugar) that was available for purchase (not pictured). T's favourite activities were the carriage ride and checking out the gas station and car.
E enjoyed exploring, climbing and playing on the playground but his favourite activity was speaking with this actor/musician who was so lovely and showed him all the Norwegian folk instruments and gave examples of the music. She even encouraged him to try the seljefløyte (willow flute) which he and I did together.
Day 13: Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump and The Vigeland Park
You can check the ski jump website ahead of time to make sure you can get to the top of the ski jump. It was sadly closed for maintenance when we were there so we could only climb halfway up, though we still had a lot of fun.
The Holmenkollen Restaurant just down the hill a bit had an interesting statue and ski throne, though if you weren't a patron you'd need to find other parking.
The Vigeland Park was honestly really interesting. You normally see studies of the human form in museums and not so prolific in a park (maybe the odd fountain or statue but not nearly so many). The kids (6 & 2) are young enough (or we've explained the human body well enough) that they literally didn't ask one question as to why the statues were all naked or about body parts or why naked people were touching each other (most in positions you'd expect to see people in in public, just fully clothed, others just piled on top of each other). Some were quite humorous so we did talk about those (example a man balancing five babies).
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