Slottsparken
Romantic landscape park of lawns, ponds and old trees wrapped around a hilltop royal palace.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Slottsparken, the Palace Park in Oslo, is about a building project that ran into trouble almost as soon as the foundation stone went down in eighteen twenty-five. It follows King Charles John, his architect Hans Linstow, and a parliament in no mood to pay the bills. Best heard on the slope looking up at the palace front.
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