When the fjord goes flat

Oslofjord runs north–south with the city at the inner end, facing south toward open water. Ekebergparken, a sculpture park on a hill southeast of the city at 100 meters, faces southwest over the fjord and gives both water and city in the same frame. The Akershus Fortress on the harbor is medieval, photogenic, and faces south-southeast over the inner fjord. Holmenkollen, the ski-jump district in the hills north of Oslo, has a terrace at 417 meters that gives a city panorama looking south. In summer, the fjord can go completely flat around 11pm during the long twilight — a quality of light that is neither golden hour nor blue hour, but something particular to northern summers. At 60°N, golden hour in June runs close to 90 minutes and the sun barely sets before rising again.