A cold season coloured warm!

Cold, cloudy and grey – that’s the typical Norwegian fall weather. But don’t let it get you down! As we say in Norway: There are seven kinds of weather in the autumn night...

Here are 7 things you can do in one night (now that the nights are stretching longer and longer):

1. Bake!
   Nothing beats fresh cinnamon buns straight from the oven…
2. Go for a walk
   Explore the Bygdøy area or stroll along the Akerselva river and enjoy the scenery!
3. Light a scented candle
   Take some time to think of happy memories which make you smile.
4. Read about something that interests you
   …and try to see it in a different light!
5. Make a new friend
   Ask someone you don’t normally hang out with to join you for a casual evening of games – how about some cards or a mind wrecking game of chess?
6. Go see a movie at the theatre
   Premiering today are among others the drama "One day" and comedy "Tower Heist.
7. Pay someone a compliment
   Let someone know why they amaze you! It will make them feel good, and yourself too!

How strange that the chilly fall brings out such warm colours in nature! The fiery leaves of yellow and red, the earthly browns of tree trunks and soil and the indescribable beauty of the peachy twilight horizon...

What to do on a rainy day?

When it rains I love going to the cinema! My favorite cinema in Oslo is definitely Gimle cinema. It`s old fashioned and very charming. You can even buy a glass of wine or two and take it with you into the movie theatre.

Gimle cinema is placed at Bygdøy Alle 39, just 5 minutes walking from Skovveien 8, and has since the opening in 1937 been well known to show artistic and quality movies. Right now, it is Woody Allen`s new romantic comedy A midnight in Paris. The film was premiering at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in May, and is fable-like, with a sense of “when you wish upon a star” quality. I would say this is his best and most enjoyable work in years!

Gimle cinema also broadcasts Opera from the Met in New York.

If it`s raining, or if you just want to be entertained, I would suggest you visit Gimle cinema. It`s absolutely worth trying!

Check out: http://www.oslokino.no/kinofakta/gimle/
And the weather forecast: http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Oslo/Oslo/Oslo/

Skovveien 8

Skovveien 8 ”Frogner”The location and the region are fantastic! The address is full of life and motion; and here are a couple of the bars and restaurants which put their stamp of this area. These restaurants and bars have historical significance, and have been serving great food experiences throughout. They have long been the popular water holes for artists, cultural people, old Frogner’s wives and the common people who dream of something different.
Tiffany’s - Behrens Gate 2, 0257 OSLOA bar and a small food place with most rumours all over Oslo. Not so many years ago, this was the place to be and be seen, a place for the top among the media, arts, culture, and other interesting personalities. Now it is a place where locals and other eccentrics gather. Tiffany’s offers a cosy atmosphere, friendly people and simple meals. It is really worth a visit as an interesting start to the evening. Sit down take a look around and take note of all the unique and curious interior details.
Champagneria - Frognerveien 2, 0257 OSLOI’m talking about Oslo's best outside terrace and address! The guests are often well dressed, coming straight from work to enjoy a glass of nice red wine, or a glass of sparkling champagne as the name indicates. Here you also can enjoy easy, Italian-inspired tapas with many pleasant alternatives. Late evenings, they often have a DJ on site playing relaxing lounge and house music, which is easily changed for more dance-friendly beats depending on the crowd that particular evening.

You choose!

As you may know, Frogner House Apartments is all about tailoring our services to provide an optimal offer for each guest, ensuring their sense of feeling at home when they’re not. In conjunction with our refurbishing plans of Skovveien 8, already in progress with our Dusty Days corridor make-over, we have decided on adding a range of new services and facilities to enhance and expand our service options:

Choose your room lay-out: When making a reservation, you receive a floor plan and can rearrange the furniture any way you like!

Choose your view: Thin film will be added to all windows on request, displaying the view of your choice. Options include Norwegian Royal Palace, The Norwegian Sognefjord, Norwegian Farm Scenery, New York Skyline, Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers, Tropical Island Scenery and more. The offer is available through online booking here.

Choose your companion: Life-size posters of your favourite celebrities can be ordered from reception. Have someone to come home to!

Choose your flavour: Water filters will be installed in all our buildings to provide optional taste additives to our drinkable tap water: Tastes will include orange, lime, strawberry, peach and mint.

Choose your lullaby: The bedrooms will have speakers installed, in connection with a patented automatic rocking device at the base of the bed. By using a simple remote, you will be able to choose from a list of lullabies, or download your own (USB port), and activate the adjustable rocking motion to lull you to sleep.

Choose your life: We have hired 3 life coaches to support our guests and help them make the right choices – not only at Frogner House Apartments, but also in life! The life coaches aim at empowering our guests, helping them navigate through current life prioritizing and decision making to determine what is right and what is wrong, what is true and what is false.

Choose your bill: How much is it worth? Choose how much you would like to pay for your stay!




Happy April Fool's Day!

Change from 4 to 2 wheels!

So why not write a small text about bikes now when the spring is knocking on our doors, I hope and believe that there are more people than me waiting for streets empty from snow and until the day you can pack a picnic basket and ride out to Bygdøy or why not Frognerparken.

Is there something more exclusive and beautiful way to get around in the city than with a bike? a classic men's or bike for ladies with a saddle from Brooks, a sign of quality and convenience that makes definitive if not 100% sure more impression than a Porsche Cayenne in central Oslo.

In my opinion there are too few bicycles in Oslo, and I hope this will change, look at Copenhagen they have figured out that totally 36% take there bike to work and by 2015 they should reach 50% I think this is something Oslo should find inspiring, the city would be booth more beautiful and also sustainable! So we at Frogner House Apartments promise that from the 1 of April at least 50% of our crew will take there bike cycle to work.

Attractive cities in 2011

Lonely Planet has listed the most attractive cities in 2011; and if they can, Frogner House Apartment can. So here is the list over the cities we at Frogner House Apartments (mostly me personally) find interesting and recommend our readers to take a look at in the year 2011.

1. Oslo – Spring is great! When a city has winter 7 month a year everyone can imagine how people wake up and get an extra big smile on there faces when the first sun arrives and the temperature goes over 10 + Celsius!
2. Amsterdam - A modern and urban Paris with a touch of New York, buy a bottle of Rose wine and enjoy it by the side of one of all beautiful cannels.
3. Miami – Our general manager, Arne, consider this city to be one of his favourites. He has many travel memories among others when he rented a cab and drove to the airport to pick up his friends with Will Smiths classic song Welcome to Miami playing on the radio. I think you get the picture!
4. Delhi – All the interesting story’s guests have told us about India and particular Delhi in the past year have created an enormous interest and personal feeling about this city!
5. Hong Kong – Combines’ the best of all world, enjoy the mountains, skyscrapers and history!

Times changed with Galileo

Speaking of ideas and creativity, I went to the theatre yesterday and saw Galileo by Bertolt Brecht.

(Painted by: Giuseppe Bertini)



The play portrays how the invention of a telescope in the 17^th century brings Galileo on edge with the Catholic Church, as he discovers the movement of planets and moons in accordance with each other. This leads him to the conclusion that the world is not the centre of the universe, rather a part of an infinite, moving universe where the astronomical objects circle around the sun, around themselves and even around each other!

Considering the simplicity of the preceding world understanding, where every single star is attached and moving along a sky dome surrounding our stationary earth to prevent them from falling down on us, it’s no wonder people get confused. After all, if the world revolves around itself, at which point are we upside down? Hang on tight, everyone!

The scepticism and counter-arguments are overpowering. Galileo is told that he is mistaken, and that even if he is not mistaken it would be best not to publish these ideas "for the sake of the morale of the population".

Yesterday’s blog presents that knowledge is more easily available, and the innovative and new-thinking population, independent of social stance, is now the major force for development. Galileo believed firmly in the power of common sense, and that if presented with evidence people would be able to draw logical conclusions and change their perceptions accordingly. He was clearly a man ahead of his time…

Are we there yet?