the pulse this week

The Discovery of the Mountains.
At the Nasjonalgalleriet

The exhibition shows artistic and scientific expeditions into the mountains in East and West of Norway in the first part of the 19th century. The artists on these expeditions documenented their magnificent natural surroundings.
Scientists and artists exchanged experiences and copied each other. The exhibition presents 150 works, with an emphasis on drawings, graphic works, and oil paintings, but with the inclusion of some of the maps and measuring instruments from the period.

You will be able to see works by acclaimed landscape painters like J.C. Dahl, Flintoe, Fearnley, Frich and Gude

From Wednesday until satarday.

Entrance is absolutely free.

Take tram 11 18 or 17 and get out from tullinøka

More info www.nasjonalmuseet.no


War & Love

A photographic exhibition by Henrik Saxgren
At Stenersenmuseet

Photography - About immigration to the Nordic countries War and love has literally brought these people to the remote cold north, many of them close to the Polar Circle? Why did they wish to settle that far north? Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren has portraited more than 80 immigrant families in their new homes. The photographs tell their stories.

Wednesday to Friday at 11am

Free

More info www.stenersen.museum.no



Our Holy Rooms

At Oslo Museum, avd. Interkulturelt museum (IKM

Did you know there is a holy hindu lake in Oslo's forest, that Hell's Angels in Oslo have a sikh temple as their next-door neighbour, or that Norway in some connections is considered a buddhist country? The exhibition Our Holy Rooms gives you a chance to experience the religious diversity in Oslo under one roof.Our Holy Rooms is an exciting informative exhibition about religious minorities in Norway. Over two floors, the visitors can see reconstructions of holy rooms from six of Oslo's minority religions: A catholic church, an orthodox synagogue, a Pakistani mosque, a Tamil hindu temple, a Vietnamese buddhist temple and a sikh gurdwara.
Tuesday till Friday at 10am

Free

More information www.oslomuseum.no

The international traffic light party

Here at chateau neuf
The first international traffic light party will take place this Friday 15ths February,
Wear your colors, red means you are reserved, yellow means you might be and green means you are available. Entrance for ladies will be free before 23 hours while guys will pay 50 NOK. The theme of this party is meeting the world because we can make it a better place. So be there or be squared.