Himmelsk solgløtt over fjorden

 

Dette fantastiske synet møtte oss 

da vi ankom fjordkanten

og utsikten mot Oscarsborg festning

straks før det store bålet ble tent, St. Hans-aften 2013.

Vet ikke om vi skal konkludere med "perfekt timing" eller et lykketreff?

 Den mørke silhouetten til høyre, nærmest i bildet,

er en byste eller statue av oberst Eriksen,

som skuer mot "sin" borg midt i Oslofjorden.

Eriksen var kommandant ved Oscarsborg den 9. april 1940,

da slagskipet Blücher ble skutt i senk i dette området.

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Beautiful view towards the sunset at midsummer,

and the fortress Oscarsborg being south of Oslo.

This is a view from Drøbak, where we visited to look at the big bonfire 

that was to burn like huge bonfires all across Norway on the evening of June 23rd,

to celebrate the brightest day and night of the year.

This part of the Oslofiord was very central and important on the first day of WW2 in Norway. 

Here the German military ship - Blücher - was seriously damaged from the Norwegian defence.
The ship sank, which caused a delay of the German attack on Oslo on the early morning of April 9th 1940.

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