Got My Towel: Vikings & Sculptures & Ski Jumps, Oh My

On day two in Oslo we decided to hit all the free and/or cheap tourist attractions in the area. Therefore we went to the Holmenkollen ski jump, which sadly was under construction, so we couldn't even get close to it. But even so it's an amazing structure more than capable of being admired from afar.

Thar she blows.

At the Viking Ship Museum we got our student discounts, making it essentially free. But even if it cost me $50 I would have gone. As a self-proclaimed Viking nerd, I found this museum absolutely amazing. The ships were extremely impressive, and quite enormous, and the artifacts recovered from the three ships housed in the museum were gorgeous.

The Oseberg ship. It is a believed that a Viking Queen and her slave girl were buried in it.

The Gokstad ship, burial site of a chieftain.

A wagon found in the burial site at Oseberg.

No one is really sure what this guy is for, but scientists think it might have been mounted on a pole and carried at religious ceremonies.

A decorated bedpost. Where can I get a bed like this?

Finally we went to the Vigeland Sculpture park. This is a section of the much larger Frogner Park in western Oslo. Sculptor Gustav Vigeland was commissioned by the city to create the artwork for this area. I'll just say the sculptures were very interesting and thought provoking.