Place
Tryvannstårnet
Slender concrete broadcast tower on a forested hilltop, once the heart of a national TV network.
Location
About this audio guide
In 1958, Oslo's reporters kept asking what the tower rising on this hill was really for, and its architect, Pam Mellbye, would not say. This guide to Tryvannstårnet in Oslo looks at the friendly face shown to the public, with its fast elevator and packed-lunch gallery, and at the Cold War purposes that sat alongside it. You'll also hear from the control room at its base, where engineers kept the nation's broadcasts running. Best heard at the foot of the tower, looking straight up.
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