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Briskebyen, Oppland
Briskebyen is a neighborhood in Gjøvik, around the street ''Storgata''. Briskebyen was a working-class district, made up of wooden houses built in the area before 1865. Most of these houses were destroyed between 1960 and 1970. They were replaced by high-rise flats and the hospital at Haugtun. The area is named after Briskeby Briskeby is an electropop band from Larvik, Norway. Bjørn Bergene, Claus Heiberg Larsen and Bård Helgeland are from Larvik, while Lise Karlsnes is from Tønsberg. Biography Their debut album ''Jeans for Onassis'' was released in 2000, sol ... in Oslo, which was also a working-class district. Gjøvik {{Oppland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjøvik
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen. The municipality is the 169th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gjøvik is the 35th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 30,267. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information Historically, the village of Gjøvik was part of the parish and municipality of Vardal. On 1 January 1861, the village was granted kjøpstad (town) status. At that time, the village was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality given its new status as a town. Initially, the new town and municipality of Gjøvik had 626 residents. On 1 July 1921, a part of Vardal municipality located just outside the town of Gjøvik (population: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briskeby, Oslo
Briskeby is an area in the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway. Originally a rural area in the former municipality Aker, it was incorporated into Christiania city in 1878. It received public transport with the Briskeby Line in 1894. Area The area was originally only west of Briskeby road, but in recent times the areas east of the road are often included, even though they historically belonged to Holteløkken under the Frogner Manor, and Uranienborg. To the north, west and south the boundaries are to the district of Frogner, the farm that it was historically a part of. The boundaries are fluid, but many count Professor Dahl's street as the boundary to the north, Schives Street and President Harbitz' street as the boundary in the west, Meltzer street in the southwest and Skovveien in the southeast. History Briskeby was originally two smallhold farms under Frogner Manor that became independent when the property Lille Frogner was separated from the main farm. Briskeby road was the far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
