I recently went on a trip to Norway with my wife and we toured the lower half of the country, I made sure to stop in at as many museums as possible. The country is rich in history and is a wonderful place to go, everyone is very friendly and most spoke great English. If anyone is looking for a place to visit, go check out Norway!
The first few days were spent in Oslo, we went to the Akershus Fortress, Norwegian Resistance Museum, and Pentagon Army Surplus
Akershus Fortress and the surrounding area is still in use by the Norwegian military, to get onto the property you had to pass through a gate with a few guards armed with HK MP7s. We saw lots of conscripts marching around, and there were roaming patrols with HK 416s. We even saw a few bus loads on their way out to the field. The grounds are open to the public, and we were lucky enough to have almost the entire area to ourselves. Only 1 or 2 other people were visiting while we were there.
The fortress was built in the 1290s and saw its first battle in 1308 when the Swedish besieged it. The seige was lifted after the Swedish were defeated by the Norwegian Army. The Swedish would besiege the fortress multiple times throughout the 1400s and 1500s.
This building here is the Norwegian Resistance Museum, during the Second World War the Germans took control of the Fortress and used it until it was liberated on the 11th of May 1945. Just Infront of where this photo is taken along the dirt mound to the left is where the members of the Norwegian Resistance where executed by the Germans.
You walk up a small footpath to enter the Resistance Museum
When you begin your tour you are greeted by a modern art piece, a Swastika made out of Mauser K98ks, an unfortunate end to these rifles
The first few days were spent in Oslo, we went to the Akershus Fortress, Norwegian Resistance Museum, and Pentagon Army Surplus
Akershus Fortress and the surrounding area is still in use by the Norwegian military, to get onto the property you had to pass through a gate with a few guards armed with HK MP7s. We saw lots of conscripts marching around, and there were roaming patrols with HK 416s. We even saw a few bus loads on their way out to the field. The grounds are open to the public, and we were lucky enough to have almost the entire area to ourselves. Only 1 or 2 other people were visiting while we were there.
The fortress was built in the 1290s and saw its first battle in 1308 when the Swedish besieged it. The seige was lifted after the Swedish were defeated by the Norwegian Army. The Swedish would besiege the fortress multiple times throughout the 1400s and 1500s.
This building here is the Norwegian Resistance Museum, during the Second World War the Germans took control of the Fortress and used it until it was liberated on the 11th of May 1945. Just Infront of where this photo is taken along the dirt mound to the left is where the members of the Norwegian Resistance where executed by the Germans.
You walk up a small footpath to enter the Resistance Museum
When you begin your tour you are greeted by a modern art piece, a Swastika made out of Mauser K98ks, an unfortunate end to these rifles
. We stayed at a hotel our first night back here in Canada and the hotel breakfast was sausages, powdered eggs, and crappy pancakes. We need to take some notes on how they do things over there.
