Oslo - Sculpture Park and Holmenkollen Ski Jump

The first two photographs were taken at the Vigeland Sculpture Park, a fascinating 80-acre outdoor gallery containing 150 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland. Funded by the city, this master sculptor created a wonderful world of human and animal figures in stone, iron and bronze. Among them is a striking depiction of the human life cycle, its focal point a 50-foot high obelisk using more than 100 linked forms.

THe Holmenkollen Ski Jump was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics and is one of the world's highest at 200 feet above the ground. It offers a great vantage point of Oslofjord.