Friday 11 July 2014

Oslo City Hall / c.1939 & 2014


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Scan of postcard in my collection mailed 26/Jul/1939, just before outbreak of WW2. It shows the majority of the basic exterior construction was completed by this period. Card no. 8435, published by Harstad's Publishing. Oslo, Norway.

(CC BY-SA credit: Images George Rex.) 
Designed by Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson, begun in 1931 and formally opened in 1950. A 49-bell carillon plays jaunty tunes each hour. Oslo, Norway.