Steg for steg : Step by step

Before daylight in the morning I have the opportunity to walk on the marble square in front of the new Opera house lying by the fjord in Oslo. Behind the enlighted edgeline the square slope down to the sea without any railing to prevent people to slide down to the waterfront. How many people will happen to trip on the edge and have a bath, voluntarely or non voluntarely?

The Opera house itself is enlighted behind me. On the sloped roof upwards the audience is supposed to stay during a break in the opera performance or gather in a mild summer night. Even this morning I feel a temptation to mount it, but a small obstacle is still present. In a couple of months on the official opening ceremony, I expect a crowd of people to enter the slope.

This morning the water is like a mirror. A picture of the enlighted monumental building on the other side of the Bjørvika fjord harbour, called Oslo havnelager, is reflected from the sea, looking more like a castle than a business headquarter. Will this building get people's attention as much as the Opera house? And what is the name of its architect?

The answer is Bredo Berntsen, years 1916-1920, The building was a giant iron concrete construction at that time.