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Reisemagasinet Condé Nast Travelers lesere har kåret Petter Stordalens luksushotell The Thief på Tjuvholmen i Oslo til det beste hotellet i Nord-Europa, skriver VG.no
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit (r) and the Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen. Photo credit: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Scanpix / The Royal Court
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway lay the foundation stone for the new Munch Museum at Bjørvika in Oslo in a formal ceremony Friday afternoon. The museum is planned to be completed in December 2019, the Royal Court’s website www.kongehuset.no reported.
Photo credit: interiormagasinet.hegnar.no
The new museum (pictures) will be spacious enough to house the City of Oslo’s fabulous Munch collection comprising nearly 28 000 works. It will also house the collections of Rolf E. Stenersen, Amaldus Nielsen and Ludvig O. Ravensberg, and will have the capacity to mount larger international exhibitions.
Girls on the Bridge, 1901
The foundation stone contains a brooch and a mug from Fredrikstad, a seed from one of the apple trees at Edvard Munch’s home and studio at Ekely in Oslo , a twig from one of the cherry trees outside the current Munch Museum at Tøyen in Oslo, a copy of Munch’s will, earth from Munch’s birthplace at Løten, a roof shingle from the historic Vågå Stave Church which inspired Munch’s paintings in the Aula of the University of Oslo, and a smooth stone from the pebble beach at Åsgårdstrand where Munch painted Girls on the Bridge, among other works.
All of these artefacts come from places linked to the artist in some way. The foundation stone will be placed in the floor of the new museum.
The floors of the new Munch Museum will be built both below and above ground level. The building will rest on poles fixed in bedrock that is under water of up to 60 metres deep. The completed museum, with its characteristic tower, will reach 60 metres into the air.
Unlike many other art museums, the main functions of the new Munch Museum are organised on a vertical, rather than a horizontal, plane.
The building is comprised of a 13-storey tower standing on a three-storey base. The closed portion of the tower, which will also be soundproofed, will contain the exhibition rooms, storage rooms and conservation rooms.
Edvard Munch (1863-1944), 1921
The open portion of the tower will contain circulation and rest spaces for visitors as well as entryways to the exhibition rooms
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Monday morning Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway formally received the President and First Lady of Singapore, the Royal Court reported on their website www.kongehuset.no
President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Mrs Mary Tan are visiting Norway from 10 to 12 October. This is the first official State Visit from Singapore to Norway. The first two days of the programme will take place in Oslo, and the final day will be held in Tromsø, Northern Norway’s largest city.
Economic cooperation between Norway and Singapore is expanding quickly and is important for both countries. More than 250 Norwegian companies are established in Singapore, which is their most important gateway into the Asian markets.
The visit began with a formal welcoming ceremony on the Palace Square Monday morning.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon accompanied President Tan and Mrs Tan to the Palace Square, where they were received by the King and Queen and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
The traditional welcome is conducted as a formal ceremony. The King accompanied the visiting head of state on an inspection of a guard of honour from His Majesty The King’s Guard, and the national anthems of both countries are played.
From left to right: Her Highness Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner (the King’s older sister), Her Majesty Queen Sonja, First Lady Mary Tan, His Excellency President Tony Tan Keng Yam, His Majesty King Harald, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon.
After the ceremony in the Palace Square, the entourage entered the Royal Palace, where official photographs were taken in the Bird Room. This was followed by an exchange of gifts in the White Parlour.
Photo credit: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, Det kongelige hoff / The Royal Court
On the first day, it is also traditional for the visiting head of state to lay a wreath at the national monument commemorating the Norwegians who lost their lives in the Second World War. The King and Queen accompanied President Tan and Mrs Tan to Akershus Fortress for the ceremony.
Following the wreath-laying ceremony, President Tan visited the President of the Storting, Olemic Thommessen.
A new collection of seeds will be added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Queen Sonja and Mrs Tan paid a visit to the Botanical Gardens in the Tøyen district of Oslo, where seeds from Singapore were presented.
Seeds from around the world are stored in the ‘doomsday vault’ on Svalbard, where genetic material from global food crops are being safeguarded for future generations. If a plant species is eradicated in a particular region due to war or other disaster, the plants can be recreated with seeds from the vault, where they are safely stored deep within the permafrost.
Queen Sonja and Mrs Tan had the opportunity to look more closely at another seed bank: the national seed bank for threatened Norwegian plant species at the Natural History Museum of Oslo. They also viewed a very special exhibition of jewellery created by artist Ingjerd Hanevold, in which all of the pieces are inspired by seeds and nature.
Following a luncheon at the Royal Palace, King Harald accompanied President Tan to the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association for the signing of a bilateral cooperation agreement between Norway and Singapore this afternoon.
Both Norway and Singapore are global maritime actors whose competitive advantages are high quality and advanced technology. Expansion of maritime cooperation between the two countries is one of the most important themes of the State Visit.
In the evening the King and Queen hosted a gala banquet at the Royal Palace in honour of the President and First Lady. Both King Harald and President Tan will speak, and Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner were in attendance.
The program on Tuesday included a visit to the Research Council of Norway and Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway.
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På nyåret flytter amerikanerne fra ambassaden (bildet) ved Slottet i Oslo til Huseby. Nå varsler byantikvaren en omfattende fredning av det særpregede. trekantede bygget, som er tegnet av den finsk-amerikanske stjernearkitekten Eero Saarinen (1910-1961), og sto ferdig i 1959.
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Da denne måken sto i veien, stoppet bussen og fløytet, slik at måken flyttet seg. Foto: Jarle Skoglund / vareveger.no
Næringsminister Monica Mæland (Høyre) og Oslos ordfører Marianne Borgen (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) var passasjerer på en førerløs buss i Oslo sentrum torsdag, skriver nrk.no
Bussturen var et ledd i å finne svar på om vi er godt nok forberedt til å utnytte hvordan teknologien brukes i utviklingen av Oslo.
Les fyldig omtale av de førerløse bussene her: http://www.vareveger.no/artikler/her-kjorer-forerlos-buss-for-forste-gang-i-norge/358465
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I høst vil publikum få muligheten til å få en liten smakebit av kunst- og kulturscenen i Los Angeles, gjennom utstillingen Los Angeles – A fiction, på Astrup Fearnley Museet i Oslo, skriver Se og Hør.
Utstillingen, som er en oppfølger til den populære utstillingen til den amerikanske, LA-baserte samtidskunstneren Alex Israel, vises fra 22.september til 22.januar.
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Kong Harald og dronning Sonja avslutter feiringen av sitt 25-årsjubileum som monarker ved å invitere publikum til utekino i Slottsparken neste uke.
På selveste slottsveggen skal filmen «Kongens nei» vises, skriver dagbladet.no
Filmen skal vises mot Slottets nordvegg onsdag 14.september kl.20
Slottet ber publikum ta med seg sitteunderlag og finne plass på gresset i Slottsparken.
Foto: Jørgen Gomnæs, Det kongelige hoff
Kongeparet, kronprinsparet og prinsesse Astrid vil være til stede under filmvisningen, sammen med en gruppe spesielt inviterte krigsveteraner.
– Det har vært et fantastisk jubileumsår, og kongefamilien ønsker å avslutte som de begynte – med et åpent arrangement i Slottsparken, sier kommunikasjonssjef Marianne Hagen ved Slottet til NTB.
Filmen «Kongens nei» ble nylig valgt til å være Norges kandidat i kampen om å bli beste ikke-engelskspråklige film under Oscar-utdelingen.
Foto: Paradox Film
Filmvisningen i Slottsparken 21. september blir førpremiere. Filmen handler om de tre dramatiske døgnene i april 1940 hvor kong Haakon VII, kong Haralds bestefar, får et ultimatum fra den tyske krigsmakten: overgivelse eller døden.
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Arbeidet med å dele dronning Sonjas barndomshjem i biter og flytte det til friluftsmuseet Maihaugen på Lillehammer, er nå i gang, skriver NRK.
Funkisboligen fra 1935 i Tueengen Alle på Vinderen skal gjenoppstå i original stand og representere 1930-tallets arkitektur i samlingen Boligfeltet på Maihaugen.
Dronning Sonja er positiv til prosjektet, og vil bidra så langt som mulig med dokumentasjon og gjenstander.
Huset skal etter planen være klart for åpning på Maihaugen i 2018.
Det skal bygges leiligheter der huset står nå.
Pressemelding fra Maihaugen: http://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/maihaugen/pressreleases/naermer-seg-flytting-av-dronning-sonjas-barndomshjem-1537555
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Torsdag åpnet den nye taxfreebutikken på Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen. Dette er Europas største taxfreebutikk for innkommende trafikk, skriver ABC Nyheter.
De reisende fikk fra torsdag 3.500 kvadratmeter med taxfreeareal å boltre seg på når de ankommer Gardermoen. Ifølge Dagbladet blir ikke den nye butikken bare Norges største, men Europas største taxfreebutikk for innkommende trafikk.
– Poenget med en stor ankomstbutikk har alltid vært at folk skal handle i Norge, noe som skaper verdier og arbeidsplasser her hjemme, sier Haakon Dagestad i Travel Retail Norway.
Han anslår at den nye ankomstbutikken kommer til å øke omsetningen med opptil 7 prosent.
– Det blir en moderat økning, fordi det er en butikk hvor kundene har en maksimalkvote å forholde seg til.
