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16-572: Most of the departments of the University of Oslo are located at Blindern; other, smaller campuses include Sentrum (law), Gaustad (medicine), St. Hanshaugen (odontology) and Tøyen (botany, zoology, geology and paleontology). The central building is the new university library , Georg Sverdrup 's house. Other buildings of note are Eilert Sundt 's house, the social studies building; the humanities buildings, named after Sophus Bugge , Henrik Wergeland , Niels Treschow and P. A. Munch ; Frederikke,

32-504: A man by the name of Lois Fairgate checked in with her. This man's identity is unknown, as is his location at the time of her death, and it is unclear if he had knowledge of her death or any involvement. She provided a fake address for a small village in Belgium (the village of Verlaine). Her death was ruled a suicide with a Browning 9mm pistol found in her hand. However, the lack of gunshot residue and blood on her hand raised questions about

48-426: A total of 1,500 beds, 140 business rooms and 20 suites. The tower's foundations are concrete, and it has reflective glass facades. The uppermost floors are tapered with a steep diagonal roof on one side, leading to a sharp ridge. It also has an external glass elevator, which travels up to the bar/restaurant at the top. A lower block, three floors tall, contains the entrance, a lobby, restaurants and conference rooms. On

64-421: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sentrum, Oslo Sentrum , meaning city-centre, is located on the southeast side of Oslo near the inner Oslofjord . The district is dominated by high rises like Postgirobygget and The Plaza . Oslo's Central Station is located on the eastern side of the borough. Sentrum consists of Bjørvika which has a history as Oslo 's main harbour. The area

80-630: Is located here. Spektrum is one of the major staging facilities in Oslo . Sentrum is located near the Plaza . Several media companies are located here. Various magazines and companies such as Aftenposten , which offices are located in Postgirobygget and TV Norge . An entrance to the Oslo Central Station is located here and Oslo Bus Terminal is being rebuilt and currently serves at the main bus terminal in

96-407: Is named after the old farm Blindern from Norse Blindarvin . The first element is probably the genitive of an old name of the brook, Blindernbekken ( Blind ), the last element is vin f ' meadow '. The word Blind is derived from the fact that parts of the brook were hidden to see since the brook had a deep course. Blindern was ancient farmland. In the 18th and 19th century the owners were among

112-469: Is now being rebuilt with modern high rises consisting of the Barcode and also several student apartments, schools and museums. Sentrum is not a borough with an administration. It is partially administered by St. Hanshaugen , and in part directly by the city council. The borough St. Hanshaugen takes care of health and social services. The waterfront near what was once a harbour is now a cultural centre and where

128-500: Is situated in Oslo city centre. At 117 metres (384 ft) tall, it is Norway's second tallest building . The building was designed by the architectural firm White.se and completed in 1989. The hotel was officially opened on 14 March 1990, by King Olav V of Norway. In 1992, a footbridge was built between the hotel and the Oslo Spektrum arena. The hotel was remodeled in 2012. The hotel has 37 floors and 678 rooms. There are

144-569: The Oslo Opera House is located. An artificial island is being constructed together with an artificial beach near the Opera. The Munch Museum which replaced the museum at Tøyen is located on the right side of the Opera House. Several canals are built in the apartment district east of the upcoming Munch Museum. The tallest buildings in the city are located in the innermost part of Sentrum. Spektrum

160-401: The cause of death. No identification was found in the hotel room and the pistol's serial number was scratched off. Many theories suggest that Fairgate was a covert operative and she was involved with some sort of intelligence agency. Removing tags from clothing, removing serial numbers from weapons, and a false identity are all common practices of intelligence agents. An autopsy determined that

176-528: The city. Oslo City is a large shopping mall located near Spektrum . It is a large mall and currently the third largest mall in the Oslo district. 59°54′40″N 10°44′00″E  /  59.9111°N 10.7333°E  / 59.9111; 10.7333 This Oslo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oslo Plaza Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo , formerly Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel, Oslo , known locally as Oslo Plaza ,

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192-666: The progressive farmers who employed modern methods of agriculture, sold refrigerated milk to the city. Halvor Blinderen (1733–1804) was a pioneering farm owner and was among the first farmer to grow potatoes in Norway. In the 1850s parts of the Blindern farm were made the vicarage of Vestre Aker parish. Among the parsons was poet and folklorist Jørgen Moe , who is buried at the churchyard ( Vestre Aker kirkegård ). 59°56′N 10°43′E  /  59.933°N 10.717°E  / 59.933; 10.717 This Oslo location article

208-439: The thirty-third and thirty-fourth floors (the top of the building), there is a swimming pool and a sauna. The Oslo Plaza hotel is known for the mysterious death of an unidentified woman in 1995. On 3 June 1995, the body of a woman was found inside room 2805. She checked into the hotel with the false name of "Jennifer Fairgate", but she misspelled the last name as "Fergate" twice on hotel paperwork. On these forms, it appeared that

224-484: The welfare building; and Niels Henrik Abel 's house, for mathematical studies, the biology building, named after Kristine Bonnevie , the first female professor at Oslo University. Though the construction of a university campus at Blindern was decided on as early as 1921, the first buildings were not ready for use before 1931. Only in 1960 was Upper Blindern, the area most associate with the university today, finished. UiO today has approximately 32,000 students. The campus

240-506: The woman was around 30 years old (she lied about her age, claiming that she was 21), stood 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in), weighed 67 kg (147 lb), and had blue eyes with short, black hair. She had extensive dental work done that was done in gold and porcelain indicating a wealthy background. Her belongings contained expensive clothes with all but one of the brand tags removed. She also only packed clothing for her upper body, and no pants or skirts were found among her belongings. She

256-522: Was last seen alive the previous day when she ordered room service at 20:06. Kristin Andersen delivered the food to the woman and noticed the room she was staying in was "almost sterile". The woman gave a tip of 50-kroner (US$ 5.51) before Andersen left. This meal is significant because the autopsy found undigested food in her stomach, suggesting she died the day she ordered the meal, not the day after as investigators originally thought. In November 2016, her body

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