Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The World's longest gingerbread train at the Oslo Central Station!

At the Oslo Central Station, the Norwegian rail company NSB invited Oslo locals and visitors to build the world's longest gingerbread train. Schools and kindergartens from Oslo made their own carriage. It has been very popular and the gingerbread train was 206 meter and 617 carriages together. It was extremely cool to see this special event at the Central Station in Oslo! And NSB raised also money for charity! Cool, don't you think?  



look! We made our own carriage with the VisitOSLO logo!


My good colleague Rebecca.


 Guinness Record Book registered the Oslo gingerbread train as the world longest.

Here you can see people decorating their carriage!

Merry Christmas everybody!

Monday, December 5, 2011

One day at the Norwegian Museum of Science & Technology

In the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology you have many options on what to do and see. It’s smart to have good time, because the museum has a lot to offer and it's a very big museum. They have themes like technology, industry, science and medicine. They also have over 20 permanent and temporary exhibitions about energy, oil, industry, medicine, airplanes, cars and trains. Something for all the tastes. At the moment they have an exhibition called “Mind Gap”. This exhibition was very interesting, because you can get to see different brains and installations. A work of art by the artist Robert Wilson. The coolest thing was in the first step of the exhibition, because the walls, roof and floor were in glass and it was very cool, and maybe a bit funny. Watch where you go!

I enjoyed the museum, even if it was not my first visit, as this attraction is a very popular place for schools in Norway. All the Norwegian students of all ages have been there.


Entrance door for the exciting "Mind Gap" exhibition

Look! Quite cool? Watch where you go...


Real brains!

Installation with trees and technology, a cool mix.

You can touch it and feel the energy!

A flying ball, nice experiment! 

I think this bicycle was amazing!

You can actually see a real plane inside the museum. Unbelievable!

Here you have a train model that you can see running with a few coins.

Here you have the store by the information desk to the museum.
They have a lot of funny things there, especially for children.


In conclusion, the Norwegian Museum of Science & Technology is absolutely worth a visit! I also enjoyed the bus run from the city center to Kjelsås (but you can also take the train from Oslo S!), and on the way back I decided to walk along the river Akerselva in order to discover a very interesting part of Oslo, with industrial history and nature. Recommended!