Street View Page on
Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland
Outline
- Street View Screen Captures
- First Street View of
Frogner Park, Oslo
- Second Street View of
The ABBA Museum, Stockholm
- Third Street View of
Market Square, Helsinki
- Links to Street View Panoramas
- Link to First Panorama
of The Norwegian Maritime Museum, Oslo
- Link to Second Panorama
of The Royal Palace, Stockholm
- Link to Third Panorama
of Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden
- Map Channels Street View Animation
- Route from
- Route from
- Route from
- Moore's Where to Invade Next
Street
View Screen Captures
Frogner Park, Oslo
Frogner Park houses a sculpture installation by
Gustav Vigeland. This piece is called “Monolitten.”
ABBA Museum,
Stockholm
The ABBA Museum is home to exhibits and experiences
about the famous 70s Swedish pop group.
Market Square,
Helsinki
This market is full of artisans selling their
crafts and food vendors. There is a website- https://www.freewalkingtourshelsinki.com
- where you can sign up for a free walking tour where a tour guide will give
you information and the history of Market Square. This market is near the docks
to catch a canal cruise.
Links
to Street View Panoramas
Example I –Norwegian Maritime Museum Oslo
Example II – The Royal Palace Stockholm
Example III – Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden
Helsinki
Map Channels Street View Animation- For each animation, I chose directions from a touristy
place to a nice restaurant or bar type of place. That’s how we usually
like to travel. You walk around all day, and end your evening with a good local
meal and a few drinks.
My First Animation- OSLO
Frogner Park to
STOCK Spiseri & Drikkeri
My Second Animation– STOCKHOLM
The Royal Palace to
ICE bar
My Third Animation- HELSINKI
Royal Line Oy Cruise
to Löyly
Moore’s
Where to Invade Next
Moore's documentary is politically polarizing.
Conservative columnists, such as Armon White, are sharply critical of the movie. First, comment on the validity of White's negative
review. Then, putting aside politics, what can the movie show us about the
value of travel in understanding our own country.
I found the
Armon White article interesting, even if I don’t totally agree with all
the points made. The article felt as extreme in some cases, like when liberals
and conservatives make fun of each other. I consider myself liberal, and
I’m a little older than your typical 18-22 college-aged student. I think
that it’s pretty easy to say to yourself “oh, why wouldn’t we
have free college, and why wouldn’t we be helping addicts recover rather
than letting them rot in jail?” I don’t have children, but it
wouldn’t phase me one bit if my nieces and nephews had more than I have
now. I have clearly rambled and did not put aside politics very well. Funnily
enough, I found this
New York Times article that feels like the antithesis of White’s
article. What I garnered, in the case for the value of travelling to foreign
countries to better understand our own is that history and those who are in
power play a large roll in how and why the society forms as it does. For
example, while the US was involved in both World Wars and other conflicts, we
have not seen the same sort of devastation in the continental United States. I
feel that the wars and conflicts of the 20th century, dictatorships,
bouts of isolationism, economic rise and fall, and religion all play a large
part of what shapes each nation. I hope that we could have grade schools like
Finland, help addicts like Portugal, work towards rehabilitations of offenders
like in Norway. But, in the grand scheme our government and economy are
different enough to make these types of changes difficult.
Submitted by Victoria Follin