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August 2022 I flew from San Diego, California to Oslo, Norway to begin an adventure with 3 nights in Oslo and then flew to Longyearbyen, Svalbard in the Arctic and boarded an ice breaker ship for 10 days. .

Map of Spitsbergen, located in the Arctic, has traditionally been known as Spitsbergen. Norway renamed the archipelago Svalbard and the main island became Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen is the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago.

Lobby lighting of the Oslo Public Library officially called Deichman Library is the municipal public library serving Oslo, Norway and is the country's first and largest library.

A very unique interior on several floors within the library.

Built very modern next to the Opera House overlooking the harbor.

General Lobby area library

Check out station in the lobby.

The Oslo Opera House is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theater in Norway. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water.

View of the exterior of the library across the street from the Opera House at the Harbor.

View of the Harbor across from the Opera House

One of the entrances to the Opera House

From the street level you are able to walk up to the top of the roof.

Party Boat located in the Harbor

Interior lobby area of the Opera House

Looking out from the inside of the Opera House to the Harbor

Our tour guide showing up the diagram of this huge opera house.

The structure contains 1,100 rooms in a total area of 530,000 sq ft. Notice the red car in the distance to the lefet on the lower stage area.

The main auditorium seats 1,364 and two other performance spaces can seat 200 and 400. The main stage is 52 ft wide and 130 ft deep.

Walking through the back stage areas a practice is taking place with the ballet dancers.

Remember the red car on the stage in a previous photo. Now you are looking up to where that photo was taken.

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