Vigeland Park

On Wednesday, July 16, we went to the Sculpture park created by Gustav Vigeland, a famous sculptor of the late 19th, early 20th century. He created 212 sculptures for this park as well as designed the park itself. This is an overview of the park. There is a bridge lined with sculptures, leading to a fountain circled by sculptures, beyond which is a column consisting of numerous sculptures, with more sculptures beyond.

Just about all of the figures – men, women and children – are naked. This allows the raw emotions to come through. This is one of my favorites:

Here, Gail focuses on the bridge:

Then individual works on the bridge:

Here’s another of my favorites, a father juggling 4 kids.

Four columns outline the bridge. On top of each column something like:

Nearing the end of the bridge

Between the bridge and the fountains are flowers

The fountains consist of

A smaller fountain with the pillar of figures in the background

The pillar, of course, was the center of attention.

It was impossible to get a photo of just me and the pillar

Beyond the pillar in the distance:

Closer was an astrological compass

In another part of the park, we found

Gail wanted to go to the Body Shop, which still exists in Norway, although it has ceased operating in the US. Shopping, especially mall shopping, is far from my favorite activity. We decided to let fate decide. Two trams stop in front of the sculture garden: one leads to the mall; the other to our Airbnb. We decided whichever came first is where we would go. Gail got her trip to the Body Shop.

We washed clothes in the afternoon as we prepared for our departure on Friday. Tomorrow, our last full day in Norway, will be spent gliding among the fjords, and finally visiting the modern art museum near us.