This time I visited The Nobel Peace Center for the first time. It is in a old station house down town and beautifully renovated. There were several different exhibitions going and all of them really very good. You find all about it at: http://www.nobelpeacecenter.org
It is a warming thought that some of the money Alfred Nobel made during his life, on dynamite among other things, is being put to good use. Peace is such a fragile thing. The consequences of the drawings/cartoons of Mohammed that were published in a Danish newspaper are disturbing. And now, several newspapers around the world have published the cartoons. Embassies are being burnt down, governments are apologizing, but not the newspaper. Still they think that freedom of speech means you can forget all about respect for others.
Back to Oslo, here is a picture taken just outside the center:
In the evening we drove to the boat again and sailed South. Instead of going all the way to Copenhagen, we had decided to visit Helsingborg in Sweden. And there we arrived very early the next morning. We really wanted to visit Dunkers Culture House in Helsingborg. The money that built the house was donated by a man whose family made a fortune. Rubber mostly, my wellies are made by Tretorn, so it was appropriate to use them as props for the pic below.
Several exhibitions going on, not the least Art Feminism. An excellent collection of art by Scandinavian feminists since the 70's. Please go to their website, you find most of it in English and the Art Feminism has had so many visitors, they are not closing it according to plan, not until April 2nd. http://www.dunkerskulturhus.se/
And after visiting all the different exhibitions there, we drove south to Malmö and then across the bridge to Copenhagen.
An enjoyable trip in every way.
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These boots were made for walking and thats what they are doing, as they walk down the steps !!! (hehe)
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