Oslo is Norway´s capital with a population of about half a million people. In addition to being the seat of government, Oslo is the business and cultural capital of the nation.
Norway´s newest landmark, a stunning white marble building, fulfills a more than 120 year dream for Norwegian music fans, used to watching Opera and Ballett in a old downtown theater.
The white stone of the opera seems to rise from the water of the fjord, and the sloping stone roof, made up of 36.000 fitted pieces, was designed to allow visitors to walk up the gentle incline to view the city and the fjord from the top. The inside has been lined with crafted woodwork, and decorated with art.
The opera house is 38.500 square metres in size and has close to 1000 rooms. The 36.000 pieces in the marble and granite jigsaw were completed. All were ready-cut in various shapes and sizes. The foyer also has marble flooring. The house is divided into three main sections: the audience section, the rehearsal and administration section and the workshop section.
The house has three stages: the Main Stage with approximately 1400 seats, Scene 2 with up to 440 seats and Rehearsal Stage 1 with 200 seats. The workshop section with paint workshop, carpentry workshop and smithy was brought into use on 1 September 2007, six months ahead of the original plan.
PLACE OF INTEREST
The Royal Palace, The Akershus Fortress, Norway´s Resistance Museum, the Prison Museum, the Armed Forces Museum, Holmenkollen, Ski Museum, Aker Brygge, the Opera House in Bjørvika, the Ekebergrestaurant, Oslo Cathedral, the City Hall, the University Building, the Nobel Institute, the Historical Museum, the National Gallery, the National Theatre, the Astrup Fearnly Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Children´s Art Museum, the Ibsen Museum, the Parliamant Building, the Munch Museum, the Vigeland Sculpture Park, the Vigeland Museum, the Botanic Garden, the Zoological Museum, the Norwegian Folk Museum, the Viking Ship Museum, the Polar Fram Museum, the Kon-Tiki / Ra Museum, the Minibottle gallery, the Henie Onstad Art Center outside Oslo in Sandvika.
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