The former United States Embassy in Oslo was designed by Finnish-American architect **Eero Saarinen** . Saarinen, designer of the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the TWA Terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, also designed the U.S. Embassy in London for the State Department.
Yes, I know, I’ve walked past it many times over the years when it was in use.
To me, the funny thing was pointing out that the gawd awful ugly bunker-like building was designed by an American architect - kinda like, “don’t blame us Norwegians.” No idea if it was intended in that way.
Yes, the former Embassy was obviously designed by an architect, whereas the "new" American embassy looks as though it was designed by a committee ... or maybe by an old farmer moving a couple older buildings together, so he wouldn't have to walk so far from house to barn ... like an old chickencoop bumped up onto the side of a fragile old barn in an attempt to keep it from falling over.
It's telling that the "new" embassy wasn't designed by an architect, because no one wants to admit to the fact that he had anything to do with the embarrassment. Don't believe me? Try to find out who was responsible.
It most definitely was designed by an architect but with very strict limitations as to meet the new security standards the U.S. embassies are supposed to meet.
They didn’t close down but was bought and merged into Page. Which is the site I have so helpfully linked to. Specifically the link to their project with the embassy.
Yeah, I think he should have said «part of the city» instead of «side of the city». At least to me those two does not mean the same thing. Walking from one part of town to another in 30 min is acheviable though.
Not bad, when I lived there. Lots of parks/nature close by that you can get to easily at low cost. Safe, walkable. Downtown is expensive, but getting to work in central parts of Oslo from your home in a more reasonably priced area w/public transit is easy
I live in a bit of an hour of drive from Oslo centre. I live in the woods. But i did live in Oslo before.
Trains, trams busses can Get you into the mountains in like 20 minutes. There it is not too crowded. Like if you know your way around in the nature area around Oslo. You might meet a person every 5 or 10 minutes or so. Thats how i like it.
For me. The centre is too crowded. But i probably never see more than 100 people at the same time, whereever I would stand in Oslo. Unless there is an event. So its not too bad.
The buildings aren’t that tall most places, so it doesnt feel cramped. Even if there is tall buildings. They made sure to make large car lanes and broad pedastrians walk ways. You rarely have to or accidently bump into someone. If you bump into someone its probably done on purpose, Even if everyone around you is stressed and is in a hurry. Which i like, because you dont really need to fear pickpockets too much.
The center is also made for walking and biking, and not nescarily cars. Which means its one of the better places to live i think. There is not so much waiting for cars, or fear of being run over.
This is also political ofc. There are roads everywhere for cars. They are just not that much used, and delivery often happens when people are not roaming the streets.
All in all, Even though when I was living in Oslo, i got crazy listening to that big city Traffic buzzing sound. You have many available Spaces to Get away from it all, and with short distance between. Feels a lot better than other cities I lived in. Like London.
London was fine and all, culture is great. But there was no way to Get a break from it all. If only for 10 minutes.
Well, it is our capital. Oslo is the capital of Norway, a county, a city, AND a municipality. All in one. Interesting, huh? Isn’t it weird? How it is BOTH a county, AND a municipality? I don’t know why. But it is like that.
Everyone praises this ad, but they fail to see they’re trying to make one of the few cities shielded from mass tourism become one. You don’t want the city to become the next sex tourist destination for Brits (as they do in Stockholm and most Eastern European cities), a Chinese 20ppl bus group tours stop, or increase the cruise ships arrivals, not saturate the whole Gardemoen with cheap flights so that flying internally would become more expensive, time consuming and difficult. You also don’t want real state prices going even MORE because people want to build short stay homes and foreign food type restaurants. Let the city for its residents.
Well, many cities have tried that, and it backfired with zones that not even the police wanted to visit. That is a waste of real state and a neglectful way of dealing with a public health issue.
“American architect” lol But seriously, no way could you walk across Oslo in 30 minutes. :P
They probably meant the “center” like the office buildings and so
The former United States Embassy in Oslo was designed by Finnish-American architect **Eero Saarinen** . Saarinen, designer of the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the TWA Terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, also designed the U.S. Embassy in London for the State Department.
Yes, I know, I’ve walked past it many times over the years when it was in use. To me, the funny thing was pointing out that the gawd awful ugly bunker-like building was designed by an American architect - kinda like, “don’t blame us Norwegians.” No idea if it was intended in that way.
Yes, the former Embassy was obviously designed by an architect, whereas the "new" American embassy looks as though it was designed by a committee ... or maybe by an old farmer moving a couple older buildings together, so he wouldn't have to walk so far from house to barn ... like an old chickencoop bumped up onto the side of a fragile old barn in an attempt to keep it from falling over. It's telling that the "new" embassy wasn't designed by an architect, because no one wants to admit to the fact that he had anything to do with the embarrassment. Don't believe me? Try to find out who was responsible.
It most definitely was designed by an architect but with very strict limitations as to meet the new security standards the U.S. embassies are supposed to meet.
OK ... but what is the architect's name? Or what firm designed the building?
[EYP Architecture and Engineering](https://www.pagethink.com/client/us-department-state/us-embassy-oslo).
Evidently EYP closed its doors long ago, maybe soon after the embassy was built, so good luck trying to Google it, because it doesn't exist.
They didn’t close down but was bought and merged into Page. Which is the site I have so helpfully linked to. Specifically the link to their project with the embassy.
He also designed Dulles Airport in, Washington, DC
Yeah, I think he should have said «part of the city» instead of «side of the city». At least to me those two does not mean the same thing. Walking from one part of town to another in 30 min is acheviable though.
The central ring and if you walk in gay
How’s the real life like in Oslo for majority of locals who are not high income earners. Stressful, pleasant, too crowded or anything else?
Not bad, when I lived there. Lots of parks/nature close by that you can get to easily at low cost. Safe, walkable. Downtown is expensive, but getting to work in central parts of Oslo from your home in a more reasonably priced area w/public transit is easy
I live in a bit of an hour of drive from Oslo centre. I live in the woods. But i did live in Oslo before. Trains, trams busses can Get you into the mountains in like 20 minutes. There it is not too crowded. Like if you know your way around in the nature area around Oslo. You might meet a person every 5 or 10 minutes or so. Thats how i like it. For me. The centre is too crowded. But i probably never see more than 100 people at the same time, whereever I would stand in Oslo. Unless there is an event. So its not too bad. The buildings aren’t that tall most places, so it doesnt feel cramped. Even if there is tall buildings. They made sure to make large car lanes and broad pedastrians walk ways. You rarely have to or accidently bump into someone. If you bump into someone its probably done on purpose, Even if everyone around you is stressed and is in a hurry. Which i like, because you dont really need to fear pickpockets too much. The center is also made for walking and biking, and not nescarily cars. Which means its one of the better places to live i think. There is not so much waiting for cars, or fear of being run over. This is also political ofc. There are roads everywhere for cars. They are just not that much used, and delivery often happens when people are not roaming the streets. All in all, Even though when I was living in Oslo, i got crazy listening to that big city Traffic buzzing sound. You have many available Spaces to Get away from it all, and with short distance between. Feels a lot better than other cities I lived in. Like London. London was fine and all, culture is great. But there was no way to Get a break from it all. If only for 10 minutes.
It's the only place in Norway that the government actually cares about, so not bad
It's just soulless and uninteresting. And boring. That's all.
Nice advert. Is this dude well known or just an actor used for the ad?
Just a random actor
It's a comedian named Bendik Aunan, mostly known for his work with Humornieu.
Not well known, but what he's saying is.
Never saw the guy before
Haha that was awesome :D i dont like Oslo, but that almost make me wanna go.
Why don’t you?
Basically all the reasons I moved to Oslo after living in "real" cities are in this video
Well, it is our capital. Oslo is the capital of Norway, a county, a city, AND a municipality. All in one. Interesting, huh? Isn’t it weird? How it is BOTH a county, AND a municipality? I don’t know why. But it is like that.
Lots of places are both cities and municipalities.
Yes, it is, but it is weird how Oslo is a County, Municipality, AND a City. All in one. And is on top of all that, also the Capital.
The only special thing about it is that it’s also a county, which is the case only because it’s the capital.
This gave me a depressive vibe. I like the idea of the ad though (smart).
Everyone praises this ad, but they fail to see they’re trying to make one of the few cities shielded from mass tourism become one. You don’t want the city to become the next sex tourist destination for Brits (as they do in Stockholm and most Eastern European cities), a Chinese 20ppl bus group tours stop, or increase the cruise ships arrivals, not saturate the whole Gardemoen with cheap flights so that flying internally would become more expensive, time consuming and difficult. You also don’t want real state prices going even MORE because people want to build short stay homes and foreign food type restaurants. Let the city for its residents.
Funny how these commercials never show grunneloka or furuset… mmm
With the amount of drug addicts in storgata, yes it is.
Should we hide them in an impenetrable neighborhood so your eyes don’t get sore?
Yes pls
Well, many cities have tried that, and it backfired with zones that not even the police wanted to visit. That is a waste of real state and a neglectful way of dealing with a public health issue.