As I have mentioned in previous posts, we have been using Barb’s iPad to assist us in navigation during our visit to Norway. \u00a0But the program is not without its weaknesses. \u00a0On several occasions, when we asked for a route from our position to some specific location, the program would choose a different location that contained similar words. \u00a0Until this had happened several times, we blindly followed the instructions until we had arrived at an obviously-incorrect destination.<\/p>\n
Oslo streets are a nightmare. \u00a0Without the iPad we could never have navigated from our downtown hotel to the Frogner Park. \u00a0But when Barb entered “Frogner Park” into the “destination” blank of the nav program, it chose a street that included the name “Frogner”, a street that coincidentally was near a park. \u00a0When we arrived at the destination and had finally found a parking place, it was only as we entered the park that I realized that something was amiss. \u00a0We had gotten well into the park when we found a sign indicating that we were in the Palace Park.<\/p>\n
Back at our automobile, we then tried “frognerparken” as a destination. \u00a0Bingo!<\/p>\n
Frogner Park, the largest park in Oslo, \u00a0contains the world famous\u00a0Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement<\/strong>\u00a0designed by Gustav Vigeland. \u00a0Although sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Vigeland (Sculpture) Park, the Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement is not a separate park, but the name of the sculptures within Frogner Park.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The sculpture park consists of sculptures as well as larger structures such as bridges and fountains.<\/p>\n Vigeland’s sculpture arrangement was constructed beginning in the 1920s and is\u00a0the\u00a0largest sculpture park made by a single artist. \u00a0The park is the most popular tourist attraction\u00a0of Norway, with between 1 and 2 million visitors each year.<\/p>\n Here are some photos Barb and I took in the park.<\/p>\n\n\t\t