Known for its outstanding choice of restaurants, clothes shops and coffee outlets – most notably, Wayne’s Coffee – Aker Brygge is a fine place to observe Oslo’s human traffic.

The waterside location teems with activity as visitors take advantage of the bracing air and come the day’s end another jewel in Oslo’s crown reveals itself: the setting sun bathes the Stranden in a lustrous light as it adds a delightful shimmer to the harbour.