Christiania Torv

Interesting sculpture

Nice sculpture in the center of a public square. Place is surrounded by restaurants and pubs. It’s worth a brief visit but not a destination location.

Story of Oslo's reconstruction

A story of reconstruction of Oslo after the fire of 1624 by Christian IV, who decided where exactly the town should be rebuilt

Build it here

In the grand square an interesting sculpture sits in a fountain, which incidentally was quiet. Inspired by a legend that after the 1624 fire the King pointed his finger on a map to the place where...

The glove monument

This fountain-monument is situated in the middle of the Christiania square. People also call this square as Hansketorget (The Glove Square). Christian IV (1577-1648) was the king of Denmark-Norway....

Cosy Square

This is very close to the hotel we stayed in Park Inn. There is a sculpture of the gloves of the founder of Oslo. There are many cafes near around it is also crowded during the evening