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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

OSLO: Where Breivik Bombed...

As I visited Oslo, Norway on my way to the snowy mountains I took a stroll around the government buildings - bombed by Breivik using ANFO on the attack that killed 8 persons (Oslo, 22nd of July 2011). 

Actually I was in the norwegian capital on the morning of the 23rd of July 2011. A morning I will never forget: on the main shopping street (500 meters from the epicenter of the bomb) window facades were destroyed by the enormous air-pressure; streets were empty - only tanks and dogs were patrolling; Guards with guns were standing in front of cordoned streets leading to the government buildings.

All that pain we all've been through regarding this attack is unbelievable. 
Now I saw my chance to kind of visit a grave site in respect to the people who died in this terrible attack.

The area felt on me as a ghost town where buildings covered in plastic are protected by tall and massive concrete walls and checkpoints. 

A checkpoint
Where: the government buildings, Oslo, Norway

Concrete walls
Where: the government buildings, Oslo, Norway

She smiles to me because we are in love. I smile to her because I'm in love.
Behind her you see an empty building covered in plastic.
Where: the government buildings, Oslo, Norway

Where: the government buildings, Oslo, Norway

/T-spotter

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