Operahuset

After the slight disappointment of not reaching another island we settled on relaxing for the final few hours in Oslo and before an overnight coach to Malmo. However what then happened was something I don't think either of us will ever forget. I'd seen pictures of the Oslo opera house in books and it looked interesting. Like all things in Oslo they end up being much closer than you expect so we found this place just behind the main station across a long industrial footbridge. The building strikes you immediately with its super abundance of white and highly reflective glass. Inside is the opera hall but most visitors are here to walk across the roof and enjoy the view both of Oslo and of the building itself, which is different from every angle and yet is always just another sharp diagonal of white stone and glass. But never have I been so moved and mesmerised by a building.Both of us were transfixed by its strikingly clean beauty brought alive by more blue sky and a slowly setting sun. We did try to leave a few times but found more and more angles to appreciate. The atmosphere was also elevated by a distance rock festival whose music could be heard and even seen on our cameras' telephoto lenses. There could not have been a more perfect ending to our day in Oslo and Norway. No single photo could do justice to the beauty here and this is just a view of one of the many buildings that make up the whole complex.