Nordic Freeze: Techno in Oslo

 

Norsk Teknisk Museum

“...you have found favor with God.” - Luke 1:30

When I created this blog, I had to come up with a tagline. I thought “Wandering the world with God in my pocket” was perfect as I try to find God’s grace in every place I visit. And as it happens, God’s grace has saved us countless times.

God’s favor on our fourth Nordic Freeze day was Jaffy being able to join us to visit the Norsk Teknisk Museum (Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology). The visit was really for the boys’ enjoyment. I just came along for the ride. This non-techie mom wasn’t expecting much. But surprise surprise, I, too, had fun.

The museum chronicles the development of Norway from an agrarian society to the highly industrialized country it is today. It has permanent exhibitions that I found fascinating.

The Energy exhibit showcased hydroelectric powered Norwegian households.

Energy Exhibit

The Oslo Science Center is a paradise for curious people of all ages. It explores principals from physics, aero-dynamics, optics, TV, anatomy, physiology, light, mathematics, astronomy and renewable energy.

 

Oslo Science Center

I imagined myself going full speed in Full Speed, the display on power and velocity,

 

Full Speed

took unique mirror selfies with the Concave Mirror,

 

Concave Mirror Selfie

and walked into the Light…Room.

 

The Light Room

Transportation is the largest exhibition in the museum that shows different means of conveyance: motorbikes, cars, air balloons, airplanes, steam locomotive.

 

Transportation Exhibit

I admired the luxury cars on display including one used by a king.

 

King Olav's Cadillac

One display I found amusing was a car called “Egoisten” (“The Egoist”). It is a single seater designed and made by a businessman engineer who got tired of ferrying freeloading passengers from his home outside Oslo to the office in the city.

 

The Egoist - 1 seater car

Another interesting exhibit was the one on Norwegian Telecom.

 

Norwegian Telecom Museum

The Teknisk Museum is a place both informative and fun for young and old alike.

After an enjoyable time exploring the museum, we took a six-wheeled bus to Jul Vinterland for the moose burger lunch that I mentioned in my previous blog.

 

Super long bus with 6 wheels

Lunch done, we walked around a bit for some pasalubong shopping.

 

Shopping in Downtown Oslo

We were also supposed to visit the Ski Museum, but it became my one big fail. Before our trip, I made sure I’d be strong enough by going to the gym regularly. And I was happy I was fit enough to keep up with the boys during our loooonngg walks to the train/bus/tram stations. (I’m not exaggerating about the long walks. It made me appreciate the tricycles back home that would bring us from the bus stop to our doorstep.)

Then came the Ski Museum. We scheduled it for last because it was indoor, so even if it was dark (sunset was at 3:00 pm), we wouldn’t have a problem. But a problem it was! The way was uphill and covered with snow.

 

Trail to the Ski Museum

Midway, I raised the white flag. Surrender na si Mommy! I told the boys to just leave me somewhere, but they wouldn’t hear of it. So back to the station we went. We had packing to do anyway as we leave for Bergen tomorrow. (Excuses, excuses!) But thank you, Lord for keeping us safe and for all the favors of this day.