Travel Photography | Oslo, Norway.

Quite some time ago I was found myself extremely bored. I mean extremely. With two midweek days off in front of me and nothing to do. I thought of going up to London but I had been doing that too much and started to find London less than interesting. So for a laugh I started looking at cheap flight websites. And as I just got paid this was all feasible but at the time it was just for a laugh.

Then I saw a really cheap flight to Oslo and almost booked it when a good friend Tommi popped up on MSN and our conversation went something like this.

Me: Heya man, what you up to tomorrow?
Tommi: Nothing, why?
Me: How about the day after?
Tommi: Nothing, why?
Me: Come round I’ve got something to show you!
Tommi: Will I need a day bag?
Me: Just come round!

He finally got to my house at about 10:30 that night and I showed him the flights and he was up for it. So we booked them, well nearly, we had to run to his house at about midnight and get his passport. But eventually we booked it. In order to get there on time we had to get the earliest possible train to London and then on to Gatwick. We get there, got on the plane and we were away.

Now, one of the things about this trip, and I know this sounds geeky, was which camera to take. That’s when I decided on my one camera rule. This basically means that for a holiday I would take one camera and possibly a small compact digital as back up. And for this trip I decided to take my first ever camera. My Olympus Trip 35. I borrowed it from my mum when I was Seven and never gave it back. If you are lucky enough to own one of these cameras you will know how amazing it is.

When we landed in Oslo we came across one problem. We had no idea where to stay for the night. For the few hours that we had to look Oslo up the night before, finding a place didn’t seem to come into it. And because we were only there overnight the men at customs looked at us strange as we left the airport, me with just my signature messenger bag and Tommi with no luggage at all.

But due to luck, overhearing and my ability to talk to anyone as if I’d know them for years we managed to find a group of lads who were talking about a Hostel they were about to visit. So I asked as we could follow them as we had nowhere to stay and they were fine with it.

A little side note, the currency in Norway is the Krone [I think I still have some lying around indoors actually]. Tommi and I didn’t know that and went and ordered a load of Euros. It was lucky the women behind the counter was making idle conversation and asked where we were going otherwise we would have been royally screwed. Anyways…

So we got to the hostel and it was brilliant. The guy behind the counter was a legend. As well as that I would not be lying to you if I said that it was actually better than any hotel I‘ve been too. I loved it there. So after that Tommi and I went around Oslo and I slowly started to admire the place. I really liked it, and I intend on going back there again in the near future for more than an overnight stop off because, and I’m not sure why, it seemed to remind me of London.

Below I have placed 11 photographs. All these photographs were taken with the Olympus Trip 35, a 35mm camera that was produced from 1967 to 1984. I am not sure when my particular model was made but I am assuming mid to late seventies. I apologise for the equality of some of the shots, but, the scans that I received form Jessops were of poor quality and to scan them again would take a lot of work as my scanner is currently underneath a few cameras. Also with this camera you have to guess your focus which I seem to have forgotten to do in one of the shots]. The photos span from the airport to the flight and the trip itself. And all the shots were taken with ISO 200 film. The poor scanning at Jessops did prove interesting though, as you can see in the last shot. If you’ve enjoyed this travel blog then it might be good to note that I am going to do more in the future. The next one is more than likely going to be on my trip to Pisa last year.