Tiger Sculpture
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  • Pandamedic
    Lichfield, United Kingdom5,608 contributions
    Big bronze tiger
    It's a big bronze tiger located near the entrance to central station. We had no idea why there was a tiger there. But it was pretty cool and lots of people were crowding around it to have their photo taken when we walked past.
    Visited December 2019
    Written January 12, 2020
  • permia
    40,176 contributions
    A marvellous play on Oslo's sobriquet
    A great brooding sculpture and its location in front of Central Station means many people see it including first time visitors. Didn’t know that Oslo’s nickname is Tiger City. So when a Company wanted to present the city with a celebratory gift on the occasion of its millennium jubilee in 2000, what else but a Tiger. And here he is in all his fearsome realism. Courtesy of a great creation by the renowned artist Elena Engelsen, who specialises in animal and nature sculptures.
    Visited June 2022
    Written June 22, 2022
  • Mark_Dornoch
    Dornoch, United Kingdom1,509 contributions
    Impressive statue
    A lovely 4.5m bronze statue of a Tiger in front of Oslo Central Station which often serves as a meeting point. Made by Elena Engelson and installed in 2000 to celebrate, Oslo being 1,000 years old. Oslo has the nickname of Tiger City.representing an exciting place.
    Visited May 2020
    Written April 7, 2021
  • Aussie252
    Perth, Australia306 contributions
    Not sure what all the fuss is about.
    Appreciate there is some symbolic significance but...for me. It’s a good landmark outside Oslo central station and great meeting spot! Every time we walked by there were lots of tourists climbing on it or taking selfies.
    Visited December 2019
    Written January 17, 2020
  • Steve_Grant1
    Oldham, United Kingdom1,552 contributions
    A big tiger!
    This is a big tiger sculpture just outside the central station, nice but not outstanding. A first stop after leaving the central station on your city walking tour. The tourist information is nearby so pop in there for a city map.
    Visited January 2022
    Traveled as a couple
    Written February 2, 2022
  • Petur J P
    Oslo, Norway10 contributions
    The real story behind the tiger statue outside Oslo central station
    Back in the days, when Oslo, or Christiania as it was called back then, went under the name "tiggerstaden" (city of beggars) by Danes and people from the more affluent western parts of the country due to the city's quite palpable poverty. The transition from "tigger" (beggar) to "tiger" could probably be attributed to some part to the intricacies of Danish pronounciation, or lack thereof. Obviously the good people of Oslo prefered to hear "Tiger" rather than "Beggar and hence the slightly surreal nickname Tiger Town.
    Visited November 2015
    Traveled as a couple
    Written February 9, 2016
  • doctorfoxtrot
    Taguig City, Philippines7,966 contributions
    One of the city landmarks
    Located at the main railways station is this bronze tiger statue . Huge one , but many people are just around it. My tour guide frowns at the mere presence of this tiger , saying there are really no tigers in Norway , I don’t know if that is true.
    Visited December 2019
    Traveled with family
    Written December 26, 2019
  • chtof2018
    London, United Kingdom370 contributions
    Tiger City
    The tiger in front of Oslo Central Station is one of Oslo's most photographed "inhabitants" and one of the first things that meet a visitor arriving at Oslo Central Station. 0When Oslo celebrated its 1000-year anniversary in 2000, Eiendomsspar wanted to give the city a gift. Oslo wanted a tiger, and that's what they got: a 4.5-metre bronze tiger made by Elena Engelsen. The reason Oslo wanted a tiger, is the city's nickname Tigerstaden ("The Tiger City"), which most Norwegians are familiar with. The name was probably first used by Norwegian poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. His poem "Sidste Sang" from 1870 describes a fight between a horse and a tiger; the tiger representing the dangerous city and the horse the safe countryside.  Since then Oslo has been known as "The Tiger City", but these days it's not necessarily meant as a negative thing. "The Tiger City" can be an exciting and happening place rather than dangerous.
    Visited June 2019
    Traveled as a couple
    Written June 24, 2019
  • rowarowa
    Sotira, Cyprus152 contributions
    Big cat
    A big tiger just in a square outside the central train station. Many kids climb on it for photos and for fun.
    Visited March 2019
    Traveled with friends
    Written April 27, 2019
  • Belinda F
    Senekal, South Africa29 contributions
    Meeting point
    The tiger has a nice story. Also meeting point for free city walking tours. Thought it was a bit understated though.
    Visited June 2017
    Traveled with family
    Written July 21, 2017
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RYC88
Centreville, VA1,265 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
Another fun piece of public art in a city filled with hidden art treasures. It's such a big artwork and gets your attention the minute you leave the train station.
Written July 23, 2023
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LolaGo1
Washington DC, DC6,210 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
This was the first attraction I noticed when I got out of the Oslo Central Station. There are people posing infront of it, had to wait for my turn.

Located near it are benches, restaurants, stops for buses and trams, Johans Gate, etc.
Written May 9, 2023
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Sam
Washington DC, DC11,934 contributions
Nov 2022 • Solo
My favorite animal. It was a pleasant surprise to see it right outside the central train station. Worth a quick picture.
Written November 15, 2022
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Deb W
Reno, NV2,552 contributions
Sep 2022
This poor statue was being mauled every time we went past it. Families were putting their children on top and kids were swinging from it's tail. It's a lovely statue.
Written September 11, 2022
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Spikeyd
Malmesbury, UK5 contributions
Aug 2022 • Couples
It's a large bronze tiger outside the station. It is quite impressive and it is famous so there could be quite a lot of other people trying to take a photo of it too.
Written August 2, 2022
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M09_S11_M18
Zurich, Switzerland593 contributions
Jun 2022
Very nice Sculpture at Jernbanetorget just next to Oslo Central Station. If you walk from Jernbanetorget to Oslo Opera House and you will find it on the way.
Written July 10, 2022
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D38lawn
Stoke-on-Trent, UK578 contributions
Jun 2022
I would say that a lot of people run this statue for good luck! I'll let you guess which part or parts.
Written June 28, 2022
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permia
Ireland40,176 contributions
Jun 2022
A great brooding sculpture and its location in front of Central Station means many people see it including first time visitors.

Didn’t know that Oslo’s nickname is Tiger City. So when a Company wanted to present the city with a celebratory gift on the occasion of its millennium jubilee in 2000, what else but a Tiger.

And here he is in all his fearsome realism. Courtesy of a great creation by the renowned artist Elena Engelsen, who specialises in animal and nature sculptures.
Written June 22, 2022
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zuv
Bucharest, Romania27,047 contributions
Apr 2022
A large sculpture placed in the square in front of Oslo Central Station. Beautiful but, all in all, nothing extraordinary. Just a regular monument.
Written April 25, 2022
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Steve_Grant1
Oldham, UK1,552 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
This is a big tiger sculpture just outside the central station, nice but not outstanding. A first stop after leaving the central station on your city walking tour. The tourist information is nearby so pop in there for a city map.
Written February 2, 2022
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