St. Hanshaugen
Hilltop park of old trees, ponds and statues, once crowned by a carved dragon-style restaurant.
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This guide to St. Hanshaugen park in Oslo follows the hill's long appetite, from the rowdy Midsummer Eve bonfires of the eighteen-forties to Hasselbakken, the carved timber restaurant architect Holm Hansen Munthe built here in eighteen ninety. You'll hear about the couple whose kitchen made its name, and the unlikely sponsor behind the bandstand. Best heard standing on Festplassen, the flat square at the top.
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