Before arriving in Oslo, I wondered if I would notice any changes due to the attack last summer and the ongoing trial. I noticed banners saying “The city remembers” already at the central station, and the site where the attack took place felt like a silent beacon.
![Bomb site at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo](https://minkmachine.reine.se/gfx/blog_oslo_12_1.jpg)
On July 22, 2011, the car bomb exploded near Regjeringskvartalet, the government quarter of Norway. The powerful blast was heard 7 kilometres away.
![Bomb site at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo](https://minkmachine.reine.se/gfx/blog_oslo_12_5.jpg)
Almost one year after the attack, many windows still have wooden replacements.
![Bomb site at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo](https://minkmachine.reine.se/gfx/blog_oslo_12_4.jpg)
The trial has ben going on for two months and the local press features a page every day with the latest developments.
![Bomb site at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo](https://minkmachine.reine.se/gfx/blog_oslo_12_3.jpg)
I generally don’t encourage “catastrophe tourism”, but visiting the site gives a powerful emotional response of the terrible tragedy.
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