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Foo Fighters Oslo 2015

Foo Fighters Oslo 2015

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Foo Fighters OsloThere will be a Foo Fighters concert in the capital of Norway, in Oslo next year in 2015. Foo Fighters is an American rock band which was formed in 1994.

During the years the band went through some line up changes and the current members of the band are Dave Grohl, who is the former member of the band, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Schiflett. The band’s latest album the Sonic Highways was released this year in the end of November and this was the band’s eight studio album during their musician career. The Foo Fighters will start a world tour from this December and this is going to be the eighth upcoming world tour of the band. The Sonic Highways World Tour is supporting the band’s latest album the Sonic Highways. During the tour the band will give in total 63 concerts all over the world and the first concert will be on 10th December 2014 and the last one will be held on 7th October in 2015. Foo Fighters will visit the capital of Norway as well. In Oslo the concert will take place at the Telenor Arena and the concert will be held on Wednesday 10th June in 2015. Tickets for the concert are already available.

For more information on the tickets and prices check the following site: WorldTicketShop.

If you want to see and experience Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium in London instead, you can read more about the two Foo Fighters concerts that will be arranged at Wembley in London here.

Toto concert in Oslo 2015

Toto concert in Oslo 2015

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Toto OsloToto the American rock band will give a concert in Oslo next year in 2015. Toto is an American rock band which was formed in 1977.

During the years the band went through a lot of line up changes and the current members of the band are Joseph Williams, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Keith Carlock but David Hungate and Mike Porcaro are performing with the band during their world tour as guest musicians. Toto is on a world tour from this year, 2014 until next year 2015 and on this occasion the American rock band will visit several countries all over the world. They will give plenty of concerts from North America through Europe to Australia. Toto will also perform in Norway where they will give two concerts in two different cities. One of their concerts will take place in the capital of Norway in Oslo and the other concert will be held in Bergen just the day before the concert in Oslo.

The concert in Oslo will take place at Sentrum Scene and the concert will be on Sunday 7th June in 2015. Tickets for the concerts are already available.

If you want to know more information on the concerts and the prices check the following site: WorldTicketShop.

Van Gogh and Munch exhibition

Van Gogh and Munch exhibition

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Munch museumThis will be the largest exhibition on Van Gogh and Edvard Munch ever mane so far. Check it out in the Munch museum from May 7th till September 6th, in 2015.

Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist who was born in 1853 and he died in 1890. He is one of the most outstanding painters of the Post-Impressionists and his art work had a great influence of the upcoming generations’ art works. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter who was born in 1863 and died in 1944. Munch had a great impact on the German Expressionism in the early 20th century. His most famous painting is The Scream which he painted in 1893.

This exhibition shows the similarities between the two painters through their paintings. The exhibition will present more than 100 paintings including the biggest masterpieces of the two painters. Both of them had a really unique way, style and technique at painting. The exhibition Munch and Van Gogh will be held at the Munch Museum in Oslo from 7th May in 2015 until 6th September in 2015, and then it will move to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from 25th September in 2015 to 17th January in 2016.

This information is taken from the following article in the Amsterdam Guide.

Top four attractions with children in Oslo

Top four attractions with children in Oslo

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The capital of Norway, Oslo has plenty of attractions and programs to offer for the tourist during a holiday and Norway also has beautiful landscapes and nature. Apart from this it has great cities and the capital of Norway had a wide range of programs to choose from. In this article we will list the top four attractions in Oslo with children.

International Museum of Children’s Art

International Museum of Children’s Art is a lovely museum with a wide collections of various children’s arts from 180 countries. The museum has all kind of textiles, paintings, drawings, sculptures and so on. The museum collects various children’s art works and the museum promotes and prevents the children’s art work worldwide. The Children’s Art museum is open from Tuesday to Thursday from 9.30 to 14.00 and from Saturday to Sunday it is open from 11.00 to 16.00.

International Museum of Children’s Art
Lille Frøens vei 4
0371 Oslo

Childrens Art

Norwegian Museum of Magic

Norwegian Museum of Magic is a museum located in Oslo. The museum focuses on the Norwegian magicians and their work and history. At the museum visitors have the chance to experience magic in a new way and discover more on the life of the Norwegian magicians. The museum sell all kind of various books and magic equipments as well and there are also magic shows on Sundays at 2pm. The museum is open only on Sundays from 13.00 until 16.00.

Norwegian Museum of Magic
Munkedamsveien 65 B, 3 etg.
0270 Oslo

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum is also located in Oslo. The museum includes multiple museums the Botanical Garden, greenhouse, Zoological Museum which shows animals from all around the world and the Mineralogical-Geological Museum which also includes the Paleontological Museum and the only dinosaur museum in Norway as well. The entrance to the Botanical Garden is for free for all the visitors. The museums and the greenhouse are open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00 to 16.00.

Natural History Museum
Sars’ gate/Monrads gate, Tøyen
0562 Oslo

Natural History

The Film Museum

The Film Museum is also based in Oslo. At the museum you can explore the history of the film making in Norway through different samples and original instruments and there are also archive films and Norwegian short films presented to the visitors. The museum also has a film shop with different imported films, classics and Norwegian movies as well. The museum is open from Monday to Friday from 10.30 to 17.00 and on Saturday it is open 12.00 to 17.00, on Sunday it is open from 13.00 to 21.00.

Film Museum
Dronningens gate 16
0152 Oslo

Filmmuseum Oslo
Filmmuseum Oslo

These are four great attractions for children. There are of course activities as well very well suitable for families with children, including a visit to Tusenfryd and so on, but that will come in a future article sometime!

Usher concert in Oslo

Usher concert in Oslo

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Usher is on a world tour from this year, 2014 and he will give plenty of concerts all around world. Usher with the UR Experience tour will start in North-America then later he will be on stage in several European countries as well. Usher is an American singer, songwriter who got world wide known in the late 1990s when he released his second album My Way. In 2004 after releasing his album Confessions brought him an ultimate success in the world of music and made him one of the best selling musician in the 2000s.

Usher 7th studio album Looking 4 Myself came out in 2012. In 2013 Usher mentioned to work on the 8th studio album which will be more similar to his Confessions than to his latest album Looking 4 Myself. In this occasion the UR Experience tour will visit several countries in the world from North American through Europe to Australia. Usher will be on stage in several European countries such as Germany, Finland, France, Norway and so on. In Norway the concert will be held in Oslo at the Oslo Spektrum. Usher will perform on Friday, 20th February in 2015. Tickets for the UR Experience concert tour are already available.

For more information on the tickets and prices check with WorldTicketShop.
Usher

Edward Munch exhibition

Edward Munch exhibition

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The exhibition Through Nature is about Edward Munch’s art work which will be displayed at Munch Museet in Oslo, Norway.

Through nature

The exhibition will show Edward Munch and his art work from a new perspective how it has never seen before. Visitors will have the chance to discover more of the thoughts and meanings behind the paintings and the exhibition will reveal all the secrets and answer all the questions. Edward Munch was a Norwegian painter and printmaker who had a huge impact on the German Expressionism in the early 20th century. He is definitely one of the most outstanding painters of the 20th century. His most well known and famous painting is The Scream which he painted in 1893. At the exhibition visitors will see a wide range of artworks from the painter and the exhibition puts Munch art in a context with natural and historical objects. The museum works in collaboration with the Natural History Museum which lent some objects from its botanical collection for the museum. The Through Nature exhibition will be held in Munch Museet in the heart of Oslo from 26th April 2014 until 4th January 2015.

For more information on the museum and the exhibition check the following site. Information about other Oslo events can be found here.

Sting and Paul Simon concert in Oslo

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Paul Federic Simon is an American singer and songwriter. His career started when the duo Simon and Garfunkel was formed in 1964 with his partner Art Garfunkel, he wrote most of the songs for the band.

Some of their most popular songs such as The Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Water were ranked number one by the US singles charts. After the duo split up in 1970 Simon began his solo career as a singer, songwriter and guitarist and he released three albums over the next few years. Sting is an English musician, singer, songwriter, activist and actor. He was a former member of The Police and he got worldwide known with the band and with his solo career. He was the principle songwriter of The Police. During his career he was nominated and won several awards. He received 16 Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards and many others as well.

Paul Simon and Sting are on a world tour in 2014. The On Stage Together tour started in 2014 and they will visit several countries in the world. They will have concerts in North-America and in Europe as well. They will perform in multiple European countries such as Germany, Poland, Holland, Sweden and Norway. In Norway the concert will take place at the Oslo Spektrum. They will be on stage on Thursday 19th March 2015. Tickets for the concert are already available.

If you want to get more information on the concert, prices and dates click on this link.

Tickets:
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Katy Perry concert in Oslo

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Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. On March 20th in 2015 she will come to Oslo. Will you come as well?

She was interested in singing from an early age and she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. In 2001 she released her first studio album Katy Hudson. Her biggest break through in the music industry was when she released the single I Kissed A Girl and her second album the One of the Boys in 2008. In 2010 she came out with her third album Teenage Dream. Teenage Dream and California Girl from the album were ranked number one by the US Billboard. She released her fourth album Prism in 2013 that includes two number one singles Roar and Dark Horse.

Katy Perry is on a world tour with her latest album. She released the album in 2013. The Prismatic World Tour is her third concert tour and it is supporting her latest album Prism. She started her world tour 7th May 2014 and she will give her last concert of the tour 22nd March 2015. She will perform in several European countries such as Scotland, England, Poland and Norway. The concert in Norway will be in Oslo. She will perform at the Telenor Arena in Oslo. The concert will be on Friday 20th March 2015. Tickets for the concert are already available.

If you want to know more about the dates and prices click on the link.

Tickets:
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Lady Gaga Oslo 2014 concert

Lady Gaga Oslo 2014 concert

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Lady GaGaIt is only one month left before the Lady Gaga concert in Oslo. The 29th of September the diva will come to Oslo to do an amazing concert, and you are of course invited to take part in the fun.

As always when superstars come to Oslo all tickets are sold out within a few minutes. But luckily it is possible to buy second hand tickets safely online, so if you would like to be there at the Lady Gaga Oslo 2014 concert, then use the ticket link at the bottom of this article to buy your tickets online, so that you can be there in Telenor Arena on September 29th to sing along with Lady Gaga.

And of  course, while in Oslo make sure to check out all the fantastic attractions and museums in town, and why not go for a trip on the Oslo fjord with a boat or something like that? If you are looking for a nice place to live, most people agree that the best hotel in Oslo is The Thief. Read more about it in the linked article.

Enjoy Oslo and enjoy the Lady Gaga concert!

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Pharrell Oslo 2014

Pharrell Oslo 2014

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PharrellOn September 14th it is time for a Pharrell concert in Oslo Spektrum. The concert will start at 20.00.

If you are a Pharrell fan and in Oslo on September 14th, then why not make this an evening to remember as you get yourself some tickets for the event and enjoy this event in the most central concert venue in Oslo. Tickets for the Pharrell concert in Oslo can be bought using the link a bit further down.

While in Oslo do not forget to check out all the great attractions, and if you look for a nice hotel, read our article telling you which is the best of all five star hotels in Oslo.

Pharrell Oslo 2014
Tickets: WorldTicketShop