Strolling Oslo on a Saturday night

Downtown Oslo has a major road that runs from the main railroad station, by the Parliament building and ends in front of the royal palace (which tourists not always notion a real palace, given its modest size...). This road is called Karl Johans gate (the Karl Johan road), and plays a major role in Oslo's nightlife.

With the forthcoming football cup final tomorrow, the street was crowded beyond recognition tonight: the bars poured music into the streets where both happy and drunk people eating kebabs made the street and surrounding areas appear as crowded as a sandy beach on a hot summer day--except tonight temperature was below zero (Celsius).

In other words, walking home from a nice evening out with dinner and drinks became a slightly interesting and amusing study of the behaviour of drunk football supporters visiting Oslo and locals, occasionally controlled by a small group of policemen.

It all made my previous sensation of being a little bit drunk vanish into thin air...