Sunday, June 15, 2008

Oscarsborg Festning

During my last week with Anne-Grete we spent the day taking her boat out into the Oslo Fjord and headed to Oscarsborg Festning, which is a former military outpost guarding the entrance to Oslo.








It was recently opened to the general public and included a museum, outdoor cafe and walking trails and tunnels. We ate at the cafe and the food was excellent as well as the service.


Anne-Grete ordered the fish soup which came with shrimp. It was wonderful and made me wish I had ordered the same. All of the food was great and the atmosphere was too funny. I won't say more, but trust me it's worth the trip to eat on Oscarsborg.

The fortress is situated on two small islets, and the mainland to the west and east, in the fjord and was military territory until 2003 when it was made a publicly available resort island. The fortress became famous during World War II for the 9 April 1940 sinking of the German heavy cruiser Blücher.



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