"Without the London Pub, Oslo wouldn't be Oslo," Joakim, who moved to Oslo nine years ago, explained. "We are an inclusive and progressive city," Mayor Marianne Borgen boasted at an early evening reception at City Hall.Īt the stroke of one in the morning, more than ten shots were fired near the London Pub, an institution, the oldest bar in the capital, and the mecca of the Oslo Pride celebrations in the Norwegian night. Some danced wildly on the street as the hours wore on, in the half-light of the northern summer nights. Gay and lesbian couples strolled freely, hand in hand, between façades decorated with dozens of rainbow flags. We are interested in your experience using the site.
The giant sound system installed in Studenterlunden, the park in the center of Oslo, was blasting Lady Gaga. The night was going to be bright and joyful. That Friday, June 24, the Norwegian capital was hosting the country's biggest annual LGBT festival, a whole week of celebrations and music, famous for attracting bigger crowds than the national holiday. Oslo hit in the middle of LGBT celebrations He had been there during the night, taking selfies in the crowd, before being woken in the morning by calls from his worried relatives. It's an attack on everything we've built, our model of tolerance, of acceptance of otherness," he explained, flabbergasted. We're in the heart of the gay district in Oslo. Tron-Petter pointed to three bars at the ends. According to a provisional report, he killed at least two people and wounded 21, striking at the heart of Norway's capital and its progressive values.īlue dress and sunglasses on eyes who've seen it all, Tron-Petter Aunaas, 24, places two rainbow flags at the foot of the wreaths at the intersection of Pilestredet and Rosenkrantz streets, blocked by the police. an assailant pulled a gun and fired at festival-goers. The Norwegian capital woke up on Saturday, June 25 to the shock of the mass shooting in the city center, on the eve of the last day of Pride, a week of festivities by the LGBT community. The rumble of the streetcar, cries of seagulls, and deafening silence. On the night of June 24-25, at least two people died and 21 were injured in what the authorities are treating as a homophobic attack.
Subscribers only Young people gather around the London Pub in Oslo. Oslo: LGBT community in shock after attack near Norway's oldest gay and lesbian barĪ man opened fire at the London Pub, the Oslo's queer mecca, leaving at least two people dead and 21 injured, in the heart of Oslo Pride.īy William Audureau Published on Jat 23h55, updated at 23h56 on June 25, 2022