”MAKESURE
YOUSHOPSOME
OF OSLO’S
bestdesigners,
FROM KARINE
NAESSAND
IBENTO
SØSTERSTUDIO ”
Shopping: Molly Haylor. Photography: Gett y Images.
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Let’sall go to...OSLO
Norway’scapitalhascomeinfromthecold.There’smuch
buzzaboutgalleryMunchMuseum,openingthisspringon
theredevelopedharbour,withanexhibitionbyTraceyEmin
inhonourofEdvardMunch.Aftertakingintheart,stopat
SALT,withfourdifferentsaunas– Skroget,Naustet,TheBarrel
andÁrdna– whereyoucanwatcha movieasyousweat.
Next,headtothecity’scoolestarea,Grünerløkka,where
thestreetslooklikeNewYork’sWilliamsburg,withplentyof
newrestaurants.CheckoutTxotx,a tapashotspot,and
Ostebutikken,anintimatesix-tablebistrospecialisingin
cheese.Besuretoshopsomeofthecity’sbestdesigners,such
asKarineNaess,CathrineHammel,IBENandSøsterStudio.
If homewareis yourthing,headtoFranskBazarforcoloured
glasswareandindustriallamps.
CheckinatTheThief,whichis
filledwithincredibleartfromJeff
KoonsandCindySherman(rooms
from£3OO)oratAmerikalinjen,
onJernbanetorgetSquare(rooms
from£2OO),featuringartby
AlexKatzandJulianOpie.Before
bed,stopbyGustav,itsintimate
basementjazzclub,wheregigs
arestrictlyforthoseintheknow.
£245,STAUDX NEWBALANCE £360,STELLAMcCARTNEY
Trainer mania isn’t going anywherejustyet.AskPrada– whichrecentlycollaboratedwithadidas
- and Staud, now working with New Balance. Great timing for sneaker heads, as Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street,
an exhibition at London’s Design Museum opens on 6 May. Run, don’t walk.
The new thing...
COPENHAGENHASGANNI.STOCKHOLMHASACNE.
BUTOSLOHASPRE T T YMUCHE V ERY T HING
STATUS SNEAKERS
A reinvented city
SEE THE NEW OSLO
OPERAHOUSE(LEFT),
STEAMATSALT(BELOW)
ANDSTOPBYTHE
JAZZCLUBATHOTEL
AMERIKALINJEN(RIGHT)
A life in film
EAT CHEESE AT
OSTEBUTIKKEN (LEFT)
AND CHECK OUT THE
THIEF (BELOW) AND
AMERIKALINJEN’S
(RIGHT) ART SELECTION
SALT
OSLO, NORWAY
AMERIKALINJEN
OSTEBUTIKKEN THE THIEF
£90, STEVE MADDEN £355, ISABEL MARANT £85, ADIDAS
AMERIKALINJEN
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