Øyafestivalen 2010 Commercial from The Oya Festival 2010 on Vimeo.

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The Oslo Opera House (in Norwegian, Operahuset) is the seat of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building lies in Bjørvika, in the center of Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. Its builder was Statsbygg, a government-run property owner. The architects were the Norwegian firm Snøhetta who were also the architects of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the Library of Alexandria) in Egypt. The theatre designers were Theatre Projects Consultants based in London, the acoustic designers were BrekkeStrandArup, a joint venture between local consultant Brekke Strand Akustikk and international acousticians Arup Acoustics. Norwegian construction company Veidekke was awarded one of the largest building contracts of the project. The structure provides a total area of 38,500 m² and includes 1,100 rooms, one of which has 1,350 seats and another has up to 400 seats. Total expenditures for the building project were planned at 4.4 billion NOK, but finished ahead of schedule, and 300 million NOK under budget.

The Opera House was finished in 2007 with the opening event held on 12 April 2008. King Harald V of Norway opened the Opera House that evening at a gala performance attended by national leaders and royalty, including President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The main stage is 16 meters wide, and can be made up to 40 meters deep.

The Opera won the culture award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in October 2008. Jury member Sir Peter Cook said of the Opera House that it “…in its scale, ambition and quality has raised the bar for Norwegian architecture.”[1]

In April 2009, the Opera House was pronunced the winner of the 2009 Mies van der Rohe award, the European Union prize for contemporary architecture.

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Kim Erlandsen

Kim Erlandsen

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Kim Erlandsen

Lots of people dislike how it look, but after living here for 15 years or so I have learned to both love it and hate it. These photos try to view Oslo from a different side as well as the postcard type-ish… Hope you like them. Or hate them.

Oslofjorden // Kim Erlandsen

Same spot as above covered by ice // Kim Erlandsen

Rådhusplassen, Oslo // Kim Erlandsen

KPMG Oslo, Norway // Kim Erlandsen

Underground Oslo // Kim Erlandsen

Just a few minutes outside Oslo: Sognsvann // Kim Erlandsen

Underground Nathional Theatre Railwaystation, Oslo // Kim Erlandsen

Aker Brygge, Oslo aka Empire State Harbour (The shape reminds me of Empire State Building in NYC) // Kim Erlandsen

Parking // Kim Erlandsen

Unknown building // Kim Erlandsen

The official Nobel Peace Prize Concert After-party at the Radisson Plaza hotel in Oslo hosted by Wyclef Jean, Will Smith, Natacha Bedingfield, Toby Kieth & Obama’s favourite artist Esperanza Spalding. Donna Summers was also in the house as well as Lang Lang, Westlife, Alexander Rybak.

Oslo-Trondheim-Oslo from amennesket on Vimeo.

Having fun with my new canon 7d. This is a twenty four hour trip from Oslo to Trondheim. And back home again. The video is shot with 50 frames 1280x720p.