Saturday, 7 March 2009

Stortinget

The Storting (Stortinget, literally "the Grand Assembly / Thing") is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city Oslo. It sits in the Storting building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet.


To read more about the Stortinget click here.

28 comments:

VALKYRIEN said...

Flott bilde av det Store Tinget! Var faktisk ikke klar over at det var en svensk arkitekt bak det! Lærer stadig noe nytt via forskjellige blogger!

Og de SkyWatchbildene er nydelige - som vanlig! Leter etter et speilrefleks om dagen, ser stor forskjell på bilder tatt med det, og mitt eget Olympus SP-560UZ! Men selvfølgelig, man må jo lære seg bruken av det - og det lærer jeg faktisk litt om på forhånd av både dine bilder, og andres. Og jeg evner å lese en bruksanvisning.... :)

Ha en god helg!

Anonymous said...

Super komposisjon John, pene farger og flott lys.

Fortsatt god helg til dere også :o)

Pst... er du ute med freseren din i dag? Her snør det ja... :o(

Rune Eide said...

Den var direkte vakker - Godt jobbet. Er det 50mm'eren din eller har du rettet opp? Ikke antydning til fortegning.

Håper det hvite pulveret der er borte til i morgen...

Arija said...

a beautiful and impressive building looking more like a palace than a parliament.

donnie said...

delightful - such a striking foreground

Anonymous said...

A fitting name... reminds me of a modern day Camelot. Wonderful shot!

Anne-Berit said...

Det var jo storslagent.Tror aldri jeg har sett bilder av annet enn den midterste runde delen.Flott dette:o)

Rose said...

Oh my, what a beautiful building! I don't know what else to say...I think I am going to check out the link you gave.

Anonymous said...

This is such a beautiful structure! and I love how the bottom of the photo gives the illusion of curving with the sidewalk - awesome!

Carletta said...

Hi John,
I missed your Sky Watch and came to check. I see that it is as beautiful as ever.
This is a magnificent shot of some great architecture. You have certainly captured its grandeur.
Hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

Olga T said...

Vacker byggnad och vackert foto!
Tack för tips om större foton. Har testat lite i en testblogg. Jag måste alltså göra uträkning och lägga in de här siffrorna varje gång?

GAWO said...

Stakkars alle østpå som enda sliter med snø. Her er våren kommet. I hvetfall en smakebit. Bare veier og 6 pluss. Like før jeg kommer på veien pr. MC.

Stilg bilde!

Charlotte - FO² said...

Ja, det er en flott bygning. Syns du har fått ett flott lys her. Og likte at du har fått et proposjonalt bilde :)

NoBS said...

What a gorgeous building!

Anonymous said...

Det ante meg at det var et praktfullt bilde som ville møte meg, og jeg fikk helt rett!

Dine skygger er på langt nær så forstyrrende som de jeg har fått på mitt. Ser av lysvinkelen at du har vært der tidligere på dagen, og da slapp du unna skyggen av reklameskiltene på hustaket over gaten.

Unknown said...

What an impressive building.
And you have captured so well its magnificence, well done! Superb shot.

Catherine said...

A perfect symmetrical shot of a beautiful building...

Anonymous said...

Stunning capture of this fascinating architecture. Perfect symmetry and the design and details are fascinating. Excellent shot!

chrome3d said...

The curved foreground and snow gives a lot to this already impressive building.

CP Su said...

Another fine piece of architect!
Very eye-catching.

GMG said...

Got here from your wife's and this is another great blog! Excellent pictures!
Lovely to see Norway in the sunny side...
Blogtrotter

aso said...

Tar av meg den imaginære hatten jeg har på hodet!

Garden Angel said...

Et staselig bygg, og et flott bilde!
Ha en fin uke!

Jane Hards Photography said...

I recognize the s and definition of Grand Assembly because of the Manx Tynwald. Your building is much more impressive though.

EG CameraGirl said...

What a magnificent place for the government to meet! I hope your parliament behaves better than ours The members of each party enjoy very much insulting each other. They are very rude!

dot said...

A very splendid building and so much of interest in this photo!
Thanks for your visit!

Mojo said...

There's an odd kind of optical illusion going on here. I can't decide if the blocks at the bottom of the frame are paving stones on the ground, or building stoned forming some sort of bridge. I thinks the way the show takes away the line of intersection makes the perspective tricky to determine. It's only when you consider that the benches would be facing -- and nearly toppling over -- the very edge of the "bridge" that you realize this coudln't possibly be a bridge. Unless it was designed as a suicide assistance method!

Eve said...

I love the way the sun hits the building! Very pretty!