underwater pub

underwater pub is an atmospheric pub with a dive theme, located in cosy st. hanshaugen in oslo. the interior features an impressive range of historical artefacts from the underwater world, some of which are rented from the norwegian maritime museum. if you want a snack with your beer tapped from old SCUBA tanks transformed into beer dispensers, they offer delicious italian style pizzas from the pizza bakery across the road.

some pics from underwater

dalsbergstien 4, st. hanshaugen, oslo, norway

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every tuesday and thursday, underwater pub arranges opera nights with live performances by singers from the national opera. it is a very fun and genuine experience – the singers will stand up every now and then and perform a piece, and sit down and enjoy a beer in between. it goes on all evening. the opera nights are free of charge, and you can come and go as you like, but it is appreciated if you shut up during the performances.

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frognerparken

vigelandsparken, or frognerparken as we locals call it, is a beautiful park not far from majorstuen in oslo with 212 sculptures of men, women and children, all modelled in full size by the norwegian artist gustav vigeland. if you’re visiting oslo and want to hang out with the locals, this is where you’ll find us – all the kids, teens, students, mums and dads, elders, dogs, and pet mini pigs. we spend as much time as we can in the park, grilling, sunbathing, jogging, chatting, chasing sticks, rollerblading.. you name it

main entrance in kirkeveien, near majorstuen, western part of oslo, norway

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noosa national park

lokated by noosa heads and its city beach, noosa national park offers a peaceful and interesting retreat after an exhausting morning paddling for (what you think might be) the perfect waves. you can walk along the beautiful coastal track or follow tracks that will take you deep into the bush, through various sorts of forrests. choosing the latter option, you might run into koalas, and rare and threatened wildlife such as the glossy black cockatoo and the ground parrot, amongst others.

there’s great surfing along the coast of the national park, but only for those of you who are far more experienced than me. crappy surfers like myself will have to satisfy themselves with the city beach

noosa headlands, the sunshine coast, queensland, australia

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