Bjørvika-Havnelageret-Opera-She Lies-Munch&Munch Museum

2007 FS Bjørvika We are now in Bjørvika. This is where Oslo was founded around the year 1050 by Harald Hardråde who also minted the country's first coin and fought to his death in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Oslo's old town was established with the urban structure around the year 1000 and was the capital of Norway's dominion in 1314. The ongoing construction work aims to open up the waterfront to make the areas along the fjord more accessible to Oslo's inhabitants and visitors. 2008 FS Havnelageret The pink building, often called ”The pink palace of Bjørvika” is Havnelageret, a big harbour storage building built in the period 1916-20 and designed by architect Bredo Henrik Berntsen. The construction of the building was challenging and with rising prices and wages during the First World War, it ended up coasting 3 times more than was anticipated. When Havnelageret was completed in 1921, it was the largest concrete building in Europe and the largest building in the Nordic countries. The building was so substantial that the 4th floor of Havnelageret was used as an air-raid shelter during the Second World War. Today it is used as an office building filled by financiers, ship companies and oil companies. 2009 FS Opera The Opera house of Oslo opened in April 2008. Its award-winning design was the work of the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta. The opera has been built to resemble a glacier, and the main building material is Italian Carrera marble. The special design makes it possible to walk on the roof, so one can combine a stroll on the top of the building with a guided tour in English or Norwegian through some of its 1100 rooms, and with a nice meal in one of the two restaurants. 2010 FS She Lies Moored in the water, and rotating around its own axis is the sculpture ”She Lies” by the Italian artist Monica Bonvicini. It is a three-dimensional interpretation of the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's painting Das Eismeer (1823-24). The sculpture is constantly changing due to the movements and reflecting of its surroundings. 2011 FS Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Norway’s most famous painter, graphic artist and early representative of expressionism. Munch made his debut in 1883 and produced large quantities throughout his life with around 28,000 works. He was educated in Oslo College of Engineering. 2012 FS Munch Museum Humbly bowing and standing 60 meters is the most recent addition to the Oslo waterfront LAMDA. The façade will give MUNCH an enigmatic and ever-changing presence in Bjørvika and reflects the fantastic lighting conditions in Oslo that are constantly changing during the day and throughout the different seasons. MUNCH is designed according to the FutureBuilt criterion of at least a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the areas of transport, energy use and material use compared to current standards. The construction is designed to have a technical lifespan of 200 years. 26 724 of these are works by Munch, which consists of: Close to 1200 paintings, 7050 drawings and sketches, 18 322 graphics, with 842 different motifs, and 14 sculptures. The building also houses restaurants, view points and lecture halls and exhibition rooms.