Downtown ;-) I used to live there 5 years between 1995 and 2000, so it is cool to see it back :D

Waterfall on Lysaker River

2013, Norway: Akershus Fortress dates back to 1299 and is Oslo's oldest building.

Akeshus festning - hovedstadens eldste byggning.

Photo; Heidi Voss-Nilsen

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Norge / Norway - Akershus - Romerike - Nes - Glomma

(Oslo, Norway)

Rainbow after a violent storm.

Taken from the boat, on my way to work

Made explore on October the 10th.

Winter Wonderland at Lake Nordby

Norge / Norway - Akershus - Romerike - Ullensaker - Hovin

Akershus (Noors: Akershus slott og festning) is een kasteel dat eind 13e eeuw gebouwd werd om Oslo, de hoofdstad van Noorwegen, te beschermen.

De bouw van Akershus werden waarschijnlijk begonnen door koning Håkon V rondom 1290. Hiermee verving het Tønsberg als een van de twee belangrijkste kastelen in die tijd (het andere kasteel was Båhus). Het kasteel werd gebouwd in reactie op eerdere aanvallen op Oslo door de Noorse edelman Graaf Alv Erlingsson van Sarpsborg.

De vesting heeft met succes vele belegeringen overleefd, hoofdzakelijk vanuit Zweden. Begin 17e eeuw werd de vesting gemoderniseerd en verbouwd tot een renaissance-kasteel tijdens de regeerperiode van koning Christian IV.

shadows on an indoor wall at work.

(Akershus is the county surrounding Oslo, and is part of the name of the university college that I work at)

The building of Akershus Castle and Fortress was commenced in 1299 under king Håkon V. The medieval castle, which was completed in the 1300s, had a strategical location at the very end of the headland, and withstood a number of sieges throughout the ages. King Christian IV (1588-1648) had the castle modernised and converted into a Renaisssance castle and royal residence.

The buildings in the fortress are a wonderful collection of styles.

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Akershus Fortress (Norwegian: Akershus Festning) or Akershus Castle (is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city.

August 3 2009 - July 29 2015

Akershus Fortress - Oslo, Norway

Nikon FM2 / Kodak 5207 V3 250D / Nikkor 24-120mm f3.5-5.6D

Medieval Akershus Castle in Oslo, Norway

Oslo, Norway

Shot in September 14.

Found this during a minor clean-up of images.

I have not been in this game so long, but I still feel I have a lot of images stored, (about 10 K). So cleaning up from time to time is desperately needed.

My work-flow during processing, is such that in total I estimate having shot around 20 - 25 K images since I started being more serious about this.

Roughly 1 in 20 have been posted.

What is your Number ??

As we walked towards the church a choir started singing the Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah. We didn't enter, just listened a bit and then left.

This part of the fortress I had never been to before.

50 mm was too tight so I had to take 4 shots and compbine them in Lightroom CC

Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a prison.

Using Nikon D7000, AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens.

Please don't use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my permission.

Akershus fortress church in Oslo, Norway.

Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. The first construction on the castle started around the late 1290s. It has also been used as a prison in the past and presently it is one of the tourist attractions of the city.