• Cities

    Posted on October 5th, 2008

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    Kristiansand

    Kristiansand

    A modern city with a renaissance profile
    Welcome to Kristiansand, the administrative, business and cultural capital of South Norway! Definitely a modern city with a pronounced renaissance profile. Right in the middle of what international media have named “the coolest riviera”.
    After King Christian established the city in 1641, it gradually developed into the administrative centre of [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Øya Festival

    Øya Festival

    The Øya Festival is Oslo’s biggest rock festival. Every year it draws more than 40,000 music lovers to the Medieval Park, who can enjoy four days of everything from big, international stars to new up-and-coming artists.
    The Øya Festival is held in August every year, in the Medieval Park on Oslo’s east side – on historical [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Inferno Metal Festival

    Inferno Metal Festival

    Traditionally, Easter in Norway is associated with cross-country skiing and eggs. But while many city people rush off to their mountain cabin for the holidays, others go to Oslo to paint the town black!
    Inferno Metal Festival takes place in Oslo every Easter, and draws metal lovers from all over the world. Norwegian bands have always [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Oslo Jazz Festival

    Oslo Jazz Festival

    Oslo Jazz Festival is a six-day festival held in August every year. For more than 20 years, the festival has offered a broad range of jazz experiences; be it the Count Basie Orchestra at Oslo Concert Hall or Lars Frank Trio at a subway station.
    Oslo Jazz Festival has always had the ability to present a [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Oslo Chamber Music Festival

    Oslo Chamber Music Festival

    Oslo Chamber Music Festival presents music spanning from the Medieval times to the present day.
    The Festival strives to keep a continuing high quality with interesting events and performers. We want to offer music of premium quality to the public and be an attractive meeting place for some of the world’s greatest musicians.
    Recruitment to chamber music [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Norwegian Wood Rock Festival

    Norwegian Wood Rock Festival

    Norwegian Wood is an annual 4-day rock festival held in mid June in the open-air bath Frognerbadet in Oslo. The festival programme contains both international stars like David Bowie and Roger Waters, and unknown Norwegian bands performing at a festival in Oslo for the first time.
    The fact that the festival takes place in an open-air [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Ultima

    Ultima

    The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival is an annual international festival of high artistic standing whose aim is to present modern music and related art forms in Oslo. At the core of the festival’s activities are the contributions from the 18 member organizations, which provide the basis of the festival programme. These organizations are leading [...]

  • Festivals

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

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    Oslo World Music Festival

    Oslo World Music Festival

    Oslo World Music Festival usually takes place in the end of October and beginning of November – in many ways the perfect time for a festival like this. Oslo can be quite cold and dark at this time of the year, but at Oslo World Music Festival you can get the feeling of being in [...]