Lysaker
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We are now in Lysaker, a district in the municipality of Bærum which borders Oslo. The name Lysaker means “bright acres” although today it could be better referred to as “bright buildings”. What was once a farm has today been replaced with high rise offices and commercial buildings. The district is only home to 4000 people, but the huge office complexes that you can see employ over 30 000 workers. Today there is nowhere else in Norway that has more daily traffic than the motorway ‘Europavei 18’ around Lysaker, well over 200 000 cars a day. In addition to this train and boat traffic mean a significant number of people pass through the junction of Lysaker daily. In Lysaker you can also find Polhøgda home of the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen is renowned for both his expeditions and his burning commitment to others. In 1922 he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his international efforts to help refugees after the 1st World War.