Final walk around Oslo

Here is the great old sign for Freia chocolate, founded in 1889 and manufactured in Oslo since the beginning. It was bought by Kraft Foods in 1993, but is still marketed as "a small piece of Norway".

Backes are famous everywhere! The next picture is the store window. I didn't have time to go in and see about a family discount.

This is where we stayed, not the Deli de Luca, but the Best Western just visible to the left. Nice place and good room rate thanks to the co-op Thommas and Jorunn belong to, which also runs a very nice grocery store.

Last is the government administration building where Anders Breivik set off a bomb before killing 69 at Utøya. The explosion not only killed 8 and wounded many others, you can see the windows are still boarded up. They are still trying to determine whether the building can be made structurally sound or must be torn down. Across the street a major newspaper has a glass display case on the sidewalk in front of their headquarters. The thick plexiglas was crackled by the blast and they have left it that way as a reminder.