Yep! it was a great night . The wife ,David and I all ended up at the Dubliners pub together with the Oslo pipe band. Robby and Alan played a duet which lifted the roof off the place around 3 a.m .I got to bed around 4 am..The next day...well thats a different story :rolleyes:
Congratulations on a fabulous evening! Very well dressed and photographed.
Never knew there were so many kilties in the Oslo area. Where were you all when I joined the 17 May celebrations (twice) in my own national dress and found that I was the only one in all the thousands of folk in the streets of the city in a kilt? Or were you all hiding in Norwegian National Costume that day?
Congratulations on a fabulous evening! Very well dressed and photographed.
Never knew there were so many kilties in the Oslo area. Where were you all when I joined the 17 May celebrations (twice) in my own national dress and found that I was the only one in all the thousands of folk in the streets of the city in a kilt? Or were you all hiding in Norwegian National Costume that day?
The 17th is a day mainly for the children. So most of us with school age children outside the Oslo area have our own celebrations in our own towns and villages.You'll have to come along to a St Patricks day. There's a few kilts at that
The 17th is a day mainly for the children. So most of us with school age children outside the Oslo area have our own celebrations in our own towns and villages.You'll have to come along to a St Patricks day. There's a few kilts at that
Ah, yes, that explains it. Thanks David.
Actually what most impressed me about the 17 May was just how many adults were wearing national costume - a far higher fraction of the population that I could ever imagine on any national days here - and, indeed were wearing it with pride too. It was one of those rare cases when the tartan got a lot of competition for attention!
Thats true . I'll admit that before buying my first kilt (The Modern Gunn I'm wearing in the pictures)I did consider a Norwegian Bunad.
There are some real beauties out there. However they are only worn on Christmas eve or special family occasions also 17th May(In fact that was my plan for the kilt too. Boy was I wrong )
Brilliant photos - makes me wish I had been there!
Haven't been to Oslo for some years but next time I will be strolling down Karl Johan in my kilt! ;)
I wonder if the late Olav V had a kilt? He was a member of the Order of the Thistle!
King Olav was member of the society .At an earlier event we woudn't leave until the Dancers had finished So his driver had to wait.I think the Cally did present him with a kilt at the time I'll have to check on that one.
King Harald was also invited to this celebration however he is getting ready to travel to Ireland this week so declined the invite
Originally Posted by Andrewson
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