Oslo Photo Tour

14/03/2024

Promised stories.
Let's start with the "lighter" one. Yesterday and the day before, I gave a tour to the oldest tourist and his wife in my work history. When talking about Norway's card system during the occupation, I said that I doubted they knew what it was. I didn't expect they had it in the States. Well, they did and they remember it. Do you know the last time the United States had a card system? World War II. Yes, my camper was old enough to remember it and he was ~10 years old and today he is 91 years old(!) Can you imagine the man! He doesn't live out his days in a nursing home, but leads an active lifestyle. In two days we made up 6 hours of sightseeing. The last time he was in Oslo was in 1958. To make you realize how long ago it was I will give some examples. In the USSR times of Khrushchev, a year before the USSR launched a sputnik and Gagarin had not yet flown into space. By chance, we talked about birthdays and what struck me was that my tourist had the same name as my Shlomo and they were both born on the same day, only 81 years apart!
I love my job. Where else can you get such a boost of emotion!

To be continued...

28/11/2023

My pictures were published on German embassy Facebook ! Those pictures were taken during the memorial - reading names for deported Jews on Nov 26th 1942.

22/11/2023

Leif Gruzd is telling his story how he has escaped to Sweden by Norwegian resistance assistance in November 1942

Leif Gruzd is telling his story how he and his family escaped from N**i occupied Norway to Sweden in November 1942.Video filmed June 2023 in Jewish museum in...

06/10/2023

No, it's not Oslo. But while going through old files I came across this photo and couldn't forget it. I'm sharing it with you and hope you can't guess where it was taken. Have a good weekend.
Its mine by the way.

17/06/2023

Photo illustration - the shadow of the gate to the cemetery. Notice the hourglass? Time goes one way. If you are interested in this topic, I have a thematic tour of cemeteries in Oslo. And some statistics :)

There was an interesting article in the papers the other day. Not really on the topic of tourism, but for people who look a little spongier, probably will be interesting. What do Norwegians die of? With a population of 5.4 million, almost 46,000 people died in 2022. That's 10% higher than the year before. Causes:
1. heart disease - 10.381
2. Corona - 2,853 and 5 from vaccines
3. various illnesses - 45,947
4. accidents, murders and su***des 2,747.
Specifically:
1,036 died as a result of a fall ( mountain, ladder, etc.)
from drugs - 321. Increase from 2021 by 33%.
alcohol poisoning - 395. The article particularly points out that it was a difficult year and this affected the high number of
su***de - 610. In 2021 there were 660 cases.

28/02/2023

Once I was traveling to Tromso to observe northern lights. Yesterday it come to visit me :) Pretty rear guest in south areas of Norway.

06/05/2022

Time flies :)

Wow feedback from a tourist recently published on my TripAdvisor profile!

"Amazing 5 Star Oslo Private Photo Tour & Local Friend!

First time to Oslo Norway traveling as a solo female and Rami was like a local friend who made me feel safe and comfortable.�
He picked me up from the airport in a awesome Tesla and went directly to exploring the attractions of Oslo while taking professional beautiful photos of me (yay no need for a selfie stick)!

-Viking Museum
-Akershus Fortress
-The Vigeland Park
-Historic Centre

Wow Rami is so talented, creative, and a nice guy; he turned my photoshoot vision into reality while stimulating my mind with facts about Oslo! I'm not an Instagram model but these amazing photos make me look like one! Rami has years of photography experience knows lighting/angles to make you look flawless and very knowledgeable about Oslo.

Thank you again for your positive energy and creating special memories along with perfect photos that will last forever! Your hospitality is sincerely appreciated!���Oslo Photo Tour provides a 5 Star authentic experience that is priceless. �Take this opportunity to book Rami as your private photo tour guide today! "

20/04/2022

Working on a publication takes time, especially when it comes to details. Yesterday I met with a man who witnessed some of the events covered in my forthcoming booklet, A Guide to Jewish History in Oslo. His name is Leif Gruzd. He is 91 years old, a former neighbor to Quisling, escaped to Sweden with his parents and thereby escaped death. Today he is the oldest employee at the Oslo Jewish Museum and works as a tour guide!