At this place you will see the remains of "Tukthusmuren", the
wall surrounding the old "House of Corrections" in Oslo. The
Tukthus was built in the 1700s as an attempt to stop begging and
crime, and was also used to incarcerate the mentally ill. In the
early 1800s it became more and more an ordinary prison, and from
the 1880s a womens prison. The building was demolished in 1938, but
a large stretch of its 500 meter wall still remained.
When the quarter was rebuilt in the late 1990s, part of the
prison wall was removed to make room for the extension of Calmeyers
gate. You can still see the footprint of the wall in the road
surface. Apparently this was enough preservation of a protected
structure to satisfy the politicians. The rest of the wall can
still be seen inside the new central police station, and the
italian restaurant across the street.
The remaining old buildings in the quarter are listed as
protected, due to their historical value. But forces are still
working to demolish them, in order to make room for new and larger
office buildings. It turned out that the recent building activities
made serious damage to the foundation of the nearby old buildings.
But instead of pressing negligence charges against the
entrepreneur, they will let him tear down the rest as well.
The cache is a black Läkerol box, containing a pencil, a log
sheet and some minor trade items.
Please note that this is an extremely busy area, 24 hours a day.
There is a police station nearby, and a restaurant with an outdoor
terrace. Please use all the stealth you can muster in order to
retrieve and replace the cache.
GPS reception in the area is extremely bad, so the coordinates
may be a bit off. The hide should be fairly obvious to the trained
eye though.
Public transport is possible. Take bus (# 30,31,32,34,54) or
tram (# 11,12,13,17) to "Brugata". Parking is possible at the spot
(for money - see the image above).