Stone age Oslo

No matter how long one lives in a city, one always find something interesting to discover about it. After hearing about the rock carvings in an Oslo suburb, we set out to find it. From the city center, we took the tram to Ekeberg. Just a few steps from the tram stop, we found the rock carvings that showed figures of animals and humans. It is believed that they have been carved on the rock by dwellers of the place around 6000 BC! By the proportion and number, one can tell that the world then was less about human and more about the herd.

It is believed that Ekeberg was the place early people of Oslo settled in the stone age era. Later, settlers moved to the plains and further inland where the city stands now. The old site of the city then called Christiana (now Gamlebyen..meaning old city) is visible from the Ekeberg hill including the ruins of the Mariakirken (Maria Church) where old Christian Viking kings worship.

Walking along the heritage path, believed to be a path taken by the early settlers, gives one a feeling of how it must be for those who chose the place to be their home. At the other end of the path, one finds a camping place where modern people (and tourists) can choose to live a more simple life like the early settlers did.