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Favorite thing: Enjoy yourself in the centre of the city on a sunny day, stroll along the main street, Karl Johan, and visit the harbour area. Take the ferryboat from Vippetangen SE of Akershus Fortress to the small island of Hovedøya. It will only take a few minutes, and if you have a bus and subway ticket you can also use it for the boat. Cistercian monks built a monastery there in 1147, and it was a thriving place until it was abandoned following the reformation in 1542. Only the ruins remain. The peaceful island, popular with sunbathers in the summer, is easily explored on foot and gives you another view of the city.
Fondest memory: Visiting my good friends there and sailing with them in their boat on the Oslo fjord.
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