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RE: Walkwithme: Nøklevann and Sarabråten (Thursday Oslo forest hike - part 2/3)
howdy from Texas tobixen! wow what a gorgeous area! I can see why you'd like to live there but is it allowed, I mean if they tore that big beautiful home down because it was close to the reservoir.
I love the old vintage photos, I use alot of old photos on my posts as well. The hand-driven paddle boat was especially interesting.
The photos of this area were wonderful, do you have other favorite places that you post about?
The short answer is "no".
It's no longer used as a drinking water reservoir, common rules for the Oslo forest applies; it's allowed to put up a tent but not for more than three days in a row. There are very few buildings remaining in the Oslo forest, it's generally allowed to maintain the existing buildings, but not to build new buildings, and it's very strict.
One thing is the law and regulations, the other thing is what one can get away with. Some years ago there were a group of gypsies having a quite permanent camp in a very popular area (more popular than this place), land was owned by a state organization, it took the full summer and more before the police intervened.
On a place like this, there are too many people passing by and too many that would mind - but I'm quite sure that if choosing land owned by the state or municipality and going a bit away from the trodden paths and popular lakes one could easily build a shed and settle down - at least for some few years.
wow that sounds like a great getaway plan if the stuff hits the fan and the world is plunged into some type of every man for himself scenario!
Thanks so much for the explanation.