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Show iis The Salt Lake Tribune TRAVEL Children parade in front of the Royal Palace during a celebration of the Norwegian National Day,in Oslo, Norway. The Royal Palace has been through an extensive renovation. Sunday, August 6, 2000 Photos by Bjoern Sigursoen/The Associated Press Thomas Willoch, managerof the Royal Palacein Oslo, Norway, gives a tourofthedaily dining room during a presentation to the press of the new summerpublic tourofthe palace. Norway OpensPalaceto the Public for First Timein 80 Years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Empire-style building, designed by Danish architect Hans OSLO, Norway — Norway's palace in downtown Oslois open for public tours for thefirst Ditlev Franciscus Linstow, took more than 20 years to complete. The building was finished in 1848. It was supposed to be in the form of an “H,” but the government ran outofmoney in 1836 andleft offtwo time since 1920. Even before the summer tours began June25,all 26,000 tickets had been sold for the season that runs through the middle of August. “There has beena lotofinterest , wings. So now a U-shaped building sits in the middle ofthe 54-acre palace park. in the palace,” says Lars Petter Forberg, who heads thepalace staff as lord chamberlain. The newly restored, 158-room building overlooks the Norwegian All the same, the sandstonecolored building with its central pillars is a landmarkin thiscity of capital’s main street and is modest, 500,000 people and a national sym- as royal palaces go. bolto the country of4.5 million that gained independence from Sweden Britain's Buckingham Palace, for example, has more than 600 rooms. just 95 yearsago. Foroutsiders,it is lesser known. Two American tourists tried to en- But Norwaywas a poor country whenconstruction started in 1828 as an official residence for King Carl Johan, Sweden’s monarch ter recently. When stopped by pal- ace guards, they asked,“Isn’t this the national gallery?” Thelasttime the Oslo palace was opened, briefly in 1920, tours were canceled any time it rained. “They didn't want half the sand from the palace grounds. inside,” Forberg says. Now,blueplastic overshoes will be required, and visitors will be welcomeeven on rainy days. The 45-minute tour covers 15 of the palace rooms, noneof them private royal quarters. Thepossibility of meeting popular King Harald V, Queen Sonja or their children is as good as nil. They haven’t begun to use the palace as their official residence because the seven-year, 400 million kroner($47 million) restoration is notfinished. Besides, they're on summer vacation. Apart from being the royal cou- ple’s future home, the palace is used for governmentcabinet meetings, and as a guest house for visiting heads ofstate.It has a staff of IF YOU GO parading pastthe palace. “Manyare excited to get here [at the balcony] because it is something they know from the other side,” says Marshall Walker, a student from Baltimore who has a summer job as one of 10 palace guides. If the project breaks even, the summertour might becomean annual event. “Tt will be i this autumn,” Joergensen says. “Wehaveto see howit effects the 100. The 55-kroner ($6.50) tour includes the minister’s hall, where the king and counciligneet weekly; the White Room, the Bernadotte Salon, the Bird Room, the King Haakon Suite, the Mirror Room, ms and main dining hall. Along the way are portraits of Norway’s and Sweden's royal families, gifts and heirlooms, the king's gilded throne with lion-head armrests, all in rooms with ceilings that seem to touchthe sky. Everything pocket-sized was re- house. This house is a very busy place.” moved so as not to unduly tempt [UCR RONG souvenir hunters. A popular stop in test tours was a drab balcony overlooking Oslo, because every May 17, Norway’s national day, the royal family stands for hours waving at thousandsofschoolchildren Information: The Web site of the Norwegian royal ‘ily is: www.kongehuset.no/ english/index.html The New York phone numberofthe Norwegian Tourist Boardis (212) 9492333. nica CHEAP 1-888-88-cheap FARES EXPRESS ™-7 "ersxtse acm 9207 sourrow $228 catamDo [marcos 207 ii whoalso ruled here after Norwegians grudgingly joined a union with their larger aishain 1814. BY DOUG MELLGREN Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Quito,Eeuador arrose DaLias ORR Eemiet 6 OR 7 NIGHTS £519° ity * eae City Lima San JOS@ coun). Sao Paulo... Rio de Janei London .... Paris..:..... Rome . 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