Today we explored some areas of downtown Oslo between the waterfront and Grunerløkka. After a great morning coffee with friends at Stock Fleth, we headed to the Pipervika area in central downtown. Sitting in a nice, ordered garden next to the Oslo City Hall (Oslo Rådhus) I decided I do like the decorated, red brick building. I’ve read it was voted the Oslo’s “Structure of the Century” in 2005 and is the location of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony annually (convenient as David Adjaye’s Nobel Peace Center is located diagonally across the Rådhusplassen). The building, by architects Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson, with its twin towers of red brick, offer a background for fountains and sculptures by Norwegian artists. The buildings immediately surrounding are restricted in height, so as to not compete with the City Hall.
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