Oslo, Norway

This was a new port for us.

During the sail in we passed by some islands with typical country houses.

A marina with a large collection of sailboats...

Quite a few people were using fitness equipment along this port building with a brightly painted wall.

Looking back toward the Zuiderdam under an elevated tourist information office.

Lots of people enjoying lunch in this outdoor restaurant.

The Nobel Peace Center.

A family in traditional Norwegian dress having ice cream on this lovely spring day.

We took the tram from the city out to Frogner Park, and at 110 acres, it's the largest park in Oslo. The main attraction there is the collection of 200 brass and stone sculptures by Gustav Vigeland, which were installed there.
This is the impressive main gate.

 
The Bridge connects the Main Gate and the Fountain. It's lined with 58 sculptures, including one of the park's more popular statues, Angry Boy. The Bridge was the first part to be opened to the public, in 1940.

 
There were four versions of this creature, which reminded us of the Amphibian Man in the 2017 movie, "The Shape of Water" written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. Maybe this was del Toro's inspiration for that inter-species romance.

The fountain consists of men holding up a dish filled with water. The four corners have sculptures of people under trees or other vegetation.

Looking back at the fountain and the bridge.

The Monolith is at the top of the hill. It's 46 feet tall and includes 121 human forms all carved from a single stone.

 
This astrolabe was one of the few scuptures in the park not of naked people.

 
We hoped the bear would be reunited with its human.

We took the tram back through the city and over to a hilltop on the far side of the harbor. You can see the tram behind this horse and rider sculpture.

Looking across the harbor from that hill...

A Viking ship was in port with us.

Much like Copenhagen, there was a large swimming platform in the harbor.

We took the tram back toward the ship, but had to walk the final mile or so. We loved this wonderfully complex playground.

 
Besides being a city of a wide variety of art installations, there is also a large fort on a hill above the harbor:Akershus Fortress.

 
The sculpture is called Glory Glory on Crutches, which shows a woman with all her luggage and war wounds.

Looking back from the fortress to the hill where we were with the square castle beyond the ferry.

There was a race at this end of town and the trams did not run here during the marathon race, which is why had to walk farther than we'd intended. In the end, there were about 10 miles on the pedometer.

A wedding party was moving along the dock.

It was after 5pm by the time we found the ship's hotel manager, Henk, and his wife Crystal. They were relaxing for a bit before the 5:30 departure. On previous world cruises, Crystal was in charge of guest services, but this time she was a passenger and we had run into her several times in our travels in various ports.

The next day, our next port was Kristiansand, Norway.