Literary Walking Tour of Oslo City Center (3 hours).

Hear about Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse, about his Oslo home Grotten at the Palace Park. See (outside) both national theatres in Oslo, The National Theatre and The Norwegian Theatre, the latter connected to Nobel laureate Jon Fosse. Why do we have two theatres considered national - and two official languages? Hear about the playwright Henrik Ibsen and the last 13 years of his life living in Oslo, learn about his frequent visit to Grand Café where other of the cultural elite met in the late 19th century. All the events in "Hunger", the debut novel of Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun took place in Oslo (called Christiania then, you will hear why). We will see some of the locations. For 400 years Norway was in union with Denmark, learn about some of the authors of whom we quarrel with the Danes whether they are Danish or Norwegian. Hear about feminist Camilla Collett, and about queen Eufemia who had a street named after her in Oslo. The new Main Library is located on this street because she was a literary person.