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is presented. For the best exterior art, circle the courtyard clockwise, study-
ing the colorful woodcuts in the arcade. Each shows a scene from Norwegian
mythology, well-explained in English: Thor with his billy-goat chariot, Ask
and Embla (a kind of Norse Adam and Eve), Odin on his eight-legged horse
guided by ravens, the swan maidens shedding their swan disguises, and so on.
Circle to the right around City Hall, until you reach the front. The statues (es-
pecially the six laborers on the other side of the building, facing the harbor,
who seem to guard the facade) celebrate the nobility of the working class.
