Egertorget

You have now arrived at Egertorget, situated in the middle of Karl Johans street between Oslo S and the Royal Palace. The square was named after the Eger family, who owned one of the buildings here, including the one where you see WB Samson's patisserie. This old and venerable patisserie was established in 1894 and still has an outlet here. If you look up now, you will see the giant neon sign for the Freia chocolate factory. It was Freia that inspired Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and Freia was the first to put up a neon sign in Oslo.