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I arranged some interesting conversations with all kinds of great Welshmen, who lived for years in Dublin, Paris and Berlin - to name but three international capital. But perhaps the most conversation stayed with me, and made me inspired to visit a new city was the contribution by John Elwyn Jones of Aberystwyth, who lives in Oslo for over a decade.
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Naturally, it affected the car accident I experienced a little over a month ago and my parents recent cancer treatments is quite unexpected on these plans. But after looking forward for so long - and already paid for everything - I decided to focus on improving enough to get going.
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In 1814, a constitution and re-established as a major-city Christiania Norway, to Sweden to bring the two countries together. The merger that came to an end in 1905, and twenty years later in 1925 restored the name of the capital, Oslo.
Almost half a century later, at the turn of the 1970s oil was discovered in the North Sea, which transformed the country's economy completely. That contributed greatly to the wealth exceptional state of Norway, Oslo and today it is second only to Tokyo as world's richest cities.
After a good night's sleep in a hostel tasteful Citybox Oslo, which is a stone's throw from the central station and the world-famous opera house, ice Lucy began our first day in a branch of Kaffebrenneriet - one of the city's most popular coffee shops. One of my favorite pleasures while visiting the Nordic countries is feasting buffet rotterdam on doesion or cardomom or cinnamon flavored pastry for breakfast with a cup of frothy Latte or Cappuccino.
Oslo is a relatively small city, which has a nice relaxed feeling, compared to other international capitals, so it can cross the city on foot or tram, and see as much in a few hours.
The Operahuset striking and chiselled marble of Carrara white, part of a campaign to renovate docks Bjørvika in 2007. The building is located on the banks of the estuary of the Oslofjord angular, bringing to mind the image of an iceberg, and can climb all the way up to the roof.
Ten minutes walk away is the area Akerhus, and compared (very generous) to Cardiff Bay, but a great deal more sophisticated version. There, there are all sorts of posh restaurants to be found, and a center of the Nobel Peace Prize. There too, the sailors sell all kinds of fish fresh from the sea.
Proceed to the city center, a stone's throw away, where Karl Johans Gata excellent avenue leads directly to Slottet, or the Palace Brenh