Oslo’s radhus or town hall is covered with phenomenal artwork and murals.
The artwork decorating the inside and outside of the radhus depict scenes from Norwegian legends and history.
The murals were painted by Henrik Sorensons.
The hall is famous for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremony each December 10.
In addition to the murals, there are wood-carvings, ceramic art, and quilts.
Quilt detail.
The hall also has mosaics and gorgeous marble.
One of the many painted, carved-wood pieces waving and sending you cheers from Oslo’s glorious radhus~.
Super excellent, Cindy! Thanks so much for sharing the photos of this historic hall with us! Marvelous! 🙂 Fabio
Pretty amazing isn’t it? This is a whole new take for me on what a municipal building can look like!
I agree with you Cindy! Yes ‘pretty amazing’! Thanks much!!! 🙂
🙂 🙂
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Beautiful murals Cindy. Wanda
Pretty amazing artists have lived in this world!
This is a town hall that exceeds anything I have ever seen. A museum and gallery that showcases their history and is free for all to see and admire.Their own little WHS. Beautiful.
Yes!! exactly! I have never seen such an incredibly executed municipal building. Those glass and steel boxes just can’t compete!
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Thank you Cindy! I love seeing the beautiful possibilities where people focus on what’s good instead of what is wrong. I would love it if our capital in Washington, D.C. had more colourful art, murals and beauty and less of the gridlock and unkindness that seems to “colour” it now.;-)
You are always are so tuned in to the beauty and joy in this world my friend. Gratitude! <3 <3
That is beautiful historical hall. The murals, ceramic art, marble, and quilts are all amazing!
Yes. The eye for art and color in Norway astounds me! So glad you appreciated as I did!
Absolutely breath taking and leaves me in awe. TY for sharing these.
Gives a whole new meaning to town hall! Happy you reacted like I did~
Wow your photos are always so fascinating! The colors are amazing!
Well I am honored and most appreciative! Cheers to you & welcome too~
Definitely a place I would like to visit:)
Bring your camera and prepare to stretch your neck!!! 😉
Did you visit the Viking Ship Museum? It’s worth paying a visit. 🙂
We did and it was!
I love it. These portals that you provide into another world. 🙂 When you get to Britain we might not let you out.
Just booked it yesterday!! Simply super excited!!!
Wonderful photos of a stunning place 🙂
So glad you think so too!
Glorious is the word, indeed!!! Thanks for your wonderful pics, Cindy! I’m a bit of a fraidy-cat about flying, so flying around the world with you is the best! (OK, I fly when I have to!) but I like this better!
You are simply a wonderful traveling companion Resa and it is very true that the best traveling we can do is in our minds! I hate flying too!
I really liked seeing all these masterful art works, thank you. Nice knowing that it is on display for the Nobel ceremony too. 🙂
Noble hall for a noble prize n’est pas!
More of that utterly glorious color!!! And isn’t the celebration of art anywhere in the world just a marvelous thing to behold? Thanks for sharing this.
Yes indeed artists are world treasures like the works they create! So glad you see as I do~
Wow!! What amazing colors. What does Radhus mean?
It means Town Hall! So happy you like & cheers~
Oh, thanks for telling me, that makes sense. What a great building! And what great photos!
Hi,Cindy you are in Oslo Norway,wow! have fun.
Home now Ranu but did have a great time! Cheers to you my friend~
Wow, that’s gobsmacking!
I was definitely gobsmacked!! 😉
Amazing building. Very colorful! They have long dark winters, so I guess they appreciate color. 🙂 I’m a bit envious of your travels. You’re blessed! Thanks for letting us travel vicariously!
We forgo other things to focus on travel because it is what we really want to do. Having you travel along with us vicariously improves the experience for us, so thank you very much for coming along! You are a great traveler!! <3
They are gorgeous! This is a good place to know in Oslo to visit.
Norway is just so beautiful. I hope you do go and cheers to you my friend~
Wow, this artistry just took my breath away!
Mine too! So glad you feel the same!
Cindy!!!
Awesome. One of my favorite places in the whole world that I was fortunate enough to visit. For a “big,” city, it sure did not feel like one. The art, the people, the slow pace for a big city. Fabulous!! Thanks
Jim
Yes, we had spent a lot of time in Norway on the other coast before getting over here. Norway, Norwegians, the landscape, simply uniquely great! 🙂
The ones I found most arresting were about the occupation by Germans on the left side wall of the main hall!
Yes. Construction stopped during the German occupation. It originally started in 1931. It resumed after the war and res ipsa loquitur. Simply wonderful. Art triumphs Uber alle in every country~
Wow, those murals are gorgeous!
They really are! So glad you enjoyed them too~
There is a a lot of symbolism in those pictures… brilliant…
Yes multi-layered stories are being told!
Glorious! And Norway is another country on my to visit list.
I am seeing a trip to Scandinavia in your near future. How lovely and I get to read your posts!!! 😉
Wouldn’t that be great!
Liebe Cindy das sind ja super Fotos und das in einem Rathaus sehr schöne Aufnahmen wunderbar sei ganz lieb gegrüßt und einen schönen Donnerstag wünscht dir Klaus in Freundschaft
Guten Tag Klaus! Vielen dank. Freundschaft~
LG. Wolfgang
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Das sieht echt toll aus,, mache es gut, Klaus
Vielen dank und Freundschaft Klaus!
Such spectacular artwork! The style is so different and refreshing to me, as normally when I think ceiling murals, I think of the usual traditional classical ones like in Rome. These are really beautiful too!
They are so full of energy and enthusiasm for life and people! I love them too~
So much color & detail!
Indeed, lots of stories being told here! Cheers to you my friend~
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Beautiful beyond words.
Oh you are very kind and I am honored! Thank you so much and cheers to you too~
Pleasure is all mine Cindy. Keep the creative juices flowing.
It looks like wall to wall murals. I would definitely like it. Thanks for sharing Cindy. Were there any vikings? 🙂 –Curt
Yes there were!!! And their ships too!
Oh, good! I suspect my ancestors were once vikings pillaging from England to italy. 🙂
Your captures of this beautiful building are stunning!
I was just over at your blog looking at your Vancouver Island post. It is one of my favorite places anywhere! Cheers to you and thank you too~
Wieder wunderschöne Bilder ich wünsche ein schönes glückliches Wochenende liebe Grüße und Freundschaft. Gislinde
Vielen dank Gislinde! Schones Wochenende! Freundschaft! <3 <3
The way color is used in these art pieces is breathtaking! So vibrant and dynamic! In one of your recent posts. I mentioned that my boyfriend is Scandinavian in origin (Norwegian-Swedish) and, though he’s a bit out of touch with his roots, it’s such a strange coincidence that he paints in this style. Thanks for providing a wonderful glimpse into Norwegian art Cindy!
Oh that is fascinating, possibly some genetic predisposition to this type of art???? I was seriously wondering why Henrik Sorensons wasn’t more famous. He is certainly brilliant and his murals are masterpieces~
Wow, you’re quite right Cindy! I just looked up Henrik Sorensons work… just mind-blowing! Yeah, artistic preferences and style of expression might perhaps be due to genetic predisposition to some degree. After all, personality psychology has established strong relationships between personality traits and type of music individuals enjoy (and personality, as a fairly stable life-long phenomenon, has a strong genetic component). I’ll have to explore that. Thanks Cindy! 🙂
Gorgeous! All the art work is impressive although I’ve always admired quilts…:)
So have I and this quilt is just unbelieveable isn’t it?????? I had to look closely to make sure it was a quilt!
Wow!!!!!!!!!
Just what I said when I saw it!
I’m not surprised! Thanks for sharing with WP.
Great collection of murals … and a surprise … cheers to you taking me to Oslo because I have not been there. 😉
Yay! I finally went somewhere you haven’t been!!! 😉
Well … we did a Baltic cruise several years ago, there’s the how.
Liebe Cindi, alles Gute, Klaus
Vielen dank Klaus und schones wochenende!
The vibrant colors are so bold, and there is so much to discover in each image within an image. Great art finds, Cindy!
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Oh how fascinating! Thank you so much. I will pass this on to my husband as well~
My husband is interested that some of these resources are becoming available. Maybe we are related?
Do they have a Nobel prize for travel photography, Cuz. You’d win it hands down !!! Hugs.
Laughing….you are biased because you are my cousin and I love it that you are!!!!! 😉
Would certainly like to visit there.
Than I really hope you do and post about it too!
I do not recall so much color when I visited Oslo 35 years ago. I recall grey, granite, white, and the blue sky!
Oscar
Most of the color is inside, although many of the houses are bright and colorful too! So glad you visited & cheers~
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This week we join Cindy Knoke on her grand tour of Europe in Oslo – a place of many colours which with their long, dark winters must be essential to keep the days bright.
You are so thoughtful and your kindness is much appreciated my friend! Cheers & thank you too~ <3
Travel safely and look forward to the next stop. X
Will do!
These photos are outstanding.
Awwwww very kind! Thank you & cheers ~
Ou:-)tstanding photographs. Sharp, clear and nice and big!
Awwwww, soooo nice & most appreciated!! <3
You are WELcome!
What an amazing place, fabulous artwork.
Very happy you enjoyed it too & thank you~
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this post and the wonderful photos and kind words, Cindy. I have never seen a nicer precentation of Oslo Rådhus. Take a bow. ❤️
You are very kind and I am honored! Cheers to you my friend~
Stunning murals dear Cindy… you are so lucky to visit all these amazing places!.
Love, Aquileana 😀
Thank you my friend! It is much more fun with you along! <3
Magnificent colors in the murals. I appreciate your sharing your photos as I probably won’t get to see them in person. A beautiful post, Cindy. (And thanks for your visits, likes and comments on my blog, too) You are such a good “replier”
Well you have a wonderful blog that I appreciate. Cheers to you~
awesome photos and valuable info! Thank you Cindy 🙂
Thank you for the thoughtful comment~
Wünsche eine glückliche neue Woche tolle Bilder lieber Gruß und Freundschaft Gislinde
Sie sind sehr freundlich und ein guter Freund ! Danke Gislinde~ <3 <3
Wow, that’s all, just wow!
You are the wow my dear! Hugs~ <3 <3
Amazing.
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Beautiful and amazing photos!
Awwww, so appreciated! Cheers to you~
I’d never seen photos of this before — thank you for posting!
Thank you more for looking and commenting!
Ah, now you’re in my family’s neighborhood! I have three nephews in the Oslo area with their families, but I haven’t gotten to visit there in years! Rådhuset is beautiful indeed. I’ve a certain fondness for Stortinget, myself, since Mom’s cousin once took my sister and me there when he was doing one of his ambassador stints on home turf. Pretty heady stuff for an American kid in the family’s old country for the first time! So fun to see these and remember seeing Rådhuset on the tour when we were there back then. Lovely, amazing art all over.
Oh what wonderful history and memories! I actually have been to Norway twice. Spent and extensive amount of time here with my kids several years ago. It is so gobsmackingly gorgeous!! Your childhood experiences sound divine!