The royal cortège of the times in Bjørvika -the police urges: "Leave the car."
Majesties, Dukes, Duchess, Princesses: Especially on Wednesday, royal guests will embrace the center of Oslo. Then you should leave the car, encourages the police. On Tuesday, it will be a people's party at the palace square.
The Oslo traffic is "heavily burdened" during the celebration of the 80th birthdays of the King and Queen, the police says.
Wednesday, the biggest cortège of its kind will be the center of the day.
Between 30 and 40 high and low noble
guests are expected to Oslo on Tuesday, in connection with King Harald and Queen Sonja's 80th birthdays.
It is the official joint celebration that will take place now: The King had a round day in February; The queen is 80 on July 4th.
The Opera House is debuting
The biggest event will be the Government dinner on Wednesday. At 19:00 that evening, the opera house in Bjørvika will simply debut as a royal venue.
Never before has the marble building been used for a royal dinner for 300 people.
It is also new that both the honorary guests and the other royals are driven down to Oslo's new district, right by the fjord.
According to the police, the cortège will particularly affect traffic in Karl Johans gate, the railway station and Queen Euphemia Street.
The audience who wants to watch the event s will see a record number of cars in Bjørvika. This is the first time that so many prominent guests have been invited to the Norwegian Opera.
"Largest for a very, very long time"
The cortèges are going to appear in many places in the city center. Both hotels and other residences will be used as accommodation for the royal guests in the following days.
Specific information about which other streets that are temporarily blocked is not provided for safety reasons.
Section leader and superintendent Finn Erik Grønli in the Oslo police explains:
"For the police Traffic Corps, this will be one of the biggest tasks for very, very long time. We are planning the arrangements with style and smile. The police want to make it as smooth as possible. Both Tuesday and Wednesday there are many barriers in the center, but we open them as soon as possible. People are encouraged to show consideration and follow police instructions'' says the superintendent.
The official celebration of the royal couple begins Tuesday afternoon and ends at 23 o'clock the following evening. Traffic is also affected by the following conditions:
Departure from Honnørbryggen
There will be a short check-in between Gardermoen and Oslo city center when heads of state and royal arrives - and travel home. Probably this will happen on Tuesday morning as well as Thursday, without specific information being given.
On Tuesday evening the King and Queen holds a gala dinner at the palace. The jubilants and the royal guests arrive at the palace balcony at. 18:30. From 17.30 there will be entertainment at palace square. Large crowds are expected, as well as cortège driving of some of the guests.
Wednesday a 11:00, It's the lunch at the royal Yacht "Norway". For the guests, there will be a departure - and return - at Honnørbryggen, right in front of the City Hall. The streets around the town hall square will be marked by the fact that a large number of royal people will attend that morning.
And here you can see them
Tuesday afternoon there will be a people's party at palace square. At 6.30 pm, the royals arrive at the palace balcony. On Wednesday you can see them in the city streets, in front of the City Hall and at the Opera.
The official celebration of King and Queen's 80's birthdays begins Tuesday afternoon. From 5.30 pm, H.M. The King's Guard contributes musically, at the Palace Square. At the same place, actor Bjarte Hjelmeland will talk to the jubilants.
Between 30 and 40 royal people are waiting for Oslo. At 18.30 on Tuesday they arrive at the palace balcony. 90 minutes later, the gala dinner begins at the palace. Where the King and Queen are hosts.
Lunch at the royal yacht
At 11 o'clock, King Harald and Queen Sonja will have lunch for the guests aboard the royal yachy "Norway". The departure takes place at the newly restored Honnørbryggen, right in front of the Town Hall. The government's official dinner, in the Opera foyer, starts Wednesday at. 19:00.
Along the entire route, from the palace downwards, the honorary guests will drive in cars - without sooted glass. Also from other places in Oslo there will bee royal cortèges.
Denmark's Queen arrives in the royal ship "Dannebrog", where she will also live. From Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden, both kings and queens are attending. From Luxembourg, the grand duke couple, his oldest son and wife.