27 – 29 September

Art tour of Oslo

27. Sept Thursday Individual arrival to Oslo

Get the airport express train to Oslo Central station

Check in at hotel: Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama, http://www.thonhotels.no/hoteller/land/norge/oslo/thon-hotel-oslo-panorama/

16.00 Meet & Greet Cocktail at the Panorama Suite with 360 degree view over Oslo

17.00 Guided tour of the Oslo Opera House, http://www.operaen.no

Visit to this popular designer building is a „must‟. This is one of the only opera houses in the world that is open to the public – go inside the lobby and look at the architecture, then head onto the roof with a great view of Oslo and the islands.

18.00 Dinner at Sanguine at the Oslo Opera House

20.00 See the dance performance Nacho Duato at Oslo Opera house, approx. 2 hours 30 minutes: Bach as dance. His music made visual through movement. Multiplicity, Forms of Silence and Emptiness is the well-known choreographer Nacho Duato’s homage to Bach and a choreographic reflection upon the composer’s music and life.

28. Sept Friday Breakfast at hotel

09.00 Meet in reception

09.00 Sightseeing by boat if weather permits

10.00 Grand Opening of the new Astrup Fearnley Museum at Tjuvholmen in Oslo. The new museum building is designed by world- renowned architect Renzo Piano. The Architect will be present and available for interviews at the press conference.

14.00 Lunch at Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin

15.00 Visit to the Munch Museum including a unique opportunity to see the original scream. www.munch.museum.no/?lang=en

There exist four originals work of “The Scream”: two pastels and two actual paintings. The first pastel was the copy sold at the auction at Sotheby’s in New York earlier this year; the other is on display at the Munch Museum. One painting is displayed at Norway’s National Gallery in Oslo, and the last painting is locked away deeply within the hidden chambers of the Munch Museum. Available for an exclusive viewing.

16.30 Rest at hotel

17.30 Visit to the Vigeland Sculpture park, www.vigeland.museum.no/en/vigeland-park

18.30 Aperitif at “Ekely” Edvard Munch’s original atelier, hosted by residing artist Munch lived and worked for 28 years at Ekely until his death at the age of 80, on January 23, 1944. Only his winter studio remains; today it is rented out to artists. Ekely is only open to the public during exhibitions and concerts

20.00 Dinner at Holmekollen restaurant, www.holmenkollenrestaurant.no

29. Sept Saturday Breakfast at hotel

09.00 Photo opportunity and interview with architects and representatives from Astrup Fearnley

12.00 Lunch at Restaurant Lofoten , www.lofoten-fiskerestaurant.no/en/

Individual return