We had already travelled around the west coast of Norway in 2009 but didn't have the time to visit the capital. It's now a done deal.
We stayed at the Scandic Fornebu as we had some very good deal (http://www.scandichotels.com/Hotels/Norway/Oslo/Fornebu/#.UrINT2RDtiw). Well we really couldn't complain. It's a really nice design hotel with good food. Of course, Fornebu is a little bit outside of Oslo but it was interesting walking around. It's amazing how everything is made to have an healthy life over there. You can see bike paths everywhere in this economic neighbourhood and public transport are as punctual as a swiss watch. Another sight of Fornebu is the Statoil building which seems to be based on pick-up sticks.
We took the tramway to go in the center of Oslo. We first stopped at the Royal Palace and its parcs which are as big as two city blocks. Afterwards we went to the port where we saw the impressive Town hall and a little bit on the side the old fort. If you keep on following the water you finally arrive at the well know Opera house.
Beside these major touristic attraction, Oslo isn't the city that impressed us the most but as we wandered in the streets we just felt good and the sphere was friendly. We discovered some street art around a corner and a little further we went through the neatest little street of Oslo. This was a small pedestrian street where we found some old well decorated wooden houses with a lot of colours (Damstredet).
