NORTHERN EUROPE 2024 – Veni . Vidi . Zoom

NORTHERN EUROPE 2024

4 weeks itinerary
Helsinki -- Tallinn -- Stockholm -- Copenhagen -- Alesund -- Oslo -- Bergen

Old Little Houses

Rural log house with grass on the roof, Open-air Museum, Oslo

Norwegian Loft House, Open-air Museum, Oslo

Loft House, Open-air Museum, Oslo

Dancing for us and other visitors

Traditional old house at Skansen open-air museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Traditional old house at Skansen open-air museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Cobbled street with old houses, Open-air Museum, Oslo

Tea store, Open-air Museum, Oslo

Old windmill, Copenhagen

Tiny red house, Bergen. Norway

Old working district houses, Copenhagen

Old working district houses, Copenhagen

Red fishing shacks, Hjorundfjord, Norway

Hamlet of Tufto, Nørøyfjord, Norway

Undredal, Aurlandsfjord, Norway

Colours of Northern Europe

Hanseatic Quarter, Bergen, Norway

orget Square with statue of Baron Ludvig Holberg, Bergen, Norway

Bergen Cathedral, Norway

Bergen Cathedral, Norway

Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia

“Three Sisters” houses on Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia

Nyhavn (New Harbour), Copenhagen

Nyhavn (New Harbour), Copenhagen

Nyhavn (New Harbour), Copenhagen

University area, Copenhagen

Christianshavn neighbourhood , Copenhagen

Gamla Stan (Old City) and Riddarholmen (Knights Isle), Stockholm

Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Riddarholme, Stockholm

Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Stortorget, Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Our Airbnb, Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Stortorget, Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Our Airbnb, Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Art Nouveau Architecture....and more

Helsinki Central Station, Architect: Eliel Saarinen, 1919-Art Nouveau

Helsinki Central Station

Helsinki Central Station

Art Nouveau building, Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia

Art Nouveau building with grapes decoration, Alesund, Norway

Art Nouveau building, Alesund, Norway

Art Nouveau building, Alesund, Norway

Art Nouveau building, Alesund, Norway

Art Nouveau building, Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia

Café Cappeli, Helsinki, mixed architectural styles

Mystery style decoration, Copenhagen

Art Nouveau style building corner, Old Wharehouse, Katajanokka, Helsinki

Mixed architectural styles, Stockholm

Art Nouveau style Hotel Esplanade and Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm

Office buiding on Strandvägen, Stockholm

Neo-Renaissance style building, Stockholm

National Museum of Sweden, Stockholm Neo-Renaissance style

Neo-Renaissance Palace, Helsinki

Neo-Renaissance Palace with baroque atlantes, Helsinki

The National Theater of Finland in Helsinki 1902 -Art Nouveau avec neo-classical and neo-Gothic elements

Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen, neo-classical style

Matthias Hansen’s Yard, Dutch Renaissance building in Copenhagen

Building corners, mixed architectural styles. 1: Oslo, 2, 3 and 4: Helsinki

City Halls

City Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

City Hall, Copenhagen

City Hall, Helsinki

City Hall, Oslo

City Hall, Oslo

City Hall, Oslo

City Hall, Oslo

City Hall, Oslo

City Hall, Stockholm

City Hall, Stockholm

City Hall, Stockholm

City Hall, Stockholm

City Hall, Stockholm

Modern Architecture

Helsinki Central Library

Helsinki Central Library

Helsinki Central Library

Helsinki Central Library

Oslo Public Library, 2020, Lundhagem Architects

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art,2012, Oslo, Renzo Piano Architect

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998, Helsinki, Steven Holl Architects

Copenhagen Opera House, 2005, Henning Larsen Architect

Waterfront Culture Center, Copenhagen, 2025, Kengo Kuma Architects, Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects

Waterfront Culture Center, Copenhagen

Oslo Opera House, 2008, ARCH20 Architects

Oslo Opera House

Oslo Opera House

Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki, 2018, JKMM Architects

Danish Architecture Center, 2018, Copenhagen, OMA Architects

Danish Architecture Center

Barcode buildings, offices, Oslo

Barcode buildings, offices, Oslo

Statues....mostly green

Hans Christian Andersen, across Tivoli, Copenhagen

Three blacksmiths, Helsinki

Sailors Monument, Bergen, Norway

Orpheus Group, Concert Hall, Stockholm 1936

Little Mermaid, Copenhagen 1913

Sibelius Monument, over 600 steel pipes, Helsinki 1967

Sibelius Monument, Helsinki 1967

Hot day in Oslo

Lasipalatsi Square, Helsinki

Lasipalatsi Square, Helsinki

Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869 – 1943)

Gate to Vigeland Sculpture Park

Fountain with 20 bas-reliefs representing stages of human life, from toddler to old age.

Trees made of people and six giants supporting the fountain

Plaster model for the giants inside the Museum

58 statues mounted on a bridge from the ordinary to the bizarre.

Man with 2 kids

Man playing with kids

Struggling man

Bas-relief: advanced gymnastics skills

The Wheel of Life

View of the Monolith, the main attraction, not to be missed

The Monolith, carved from a single column of solid granite

Boy and girl riding on woman

The Monolith, with 121 human figures reaching upwards to the heavens.

Exit gate from the park

Palace vs Castle

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Graffity

Giraffe on a wall, Oslo

David Bowie graffiti, Bergen, Norway

Segway Tour at wall of graffities, Bergen, Norway

Justice Graffiti, Bergen

Mister P as a ballerina ? – Bergen

Pandora’s box, Bergen

Street art in Freetown Christiania, self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen

Hopefully temporary

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