As well as TV productions, he also produced the opening ceremonies for the Lillehammer Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim, the opening of Gardermoen in 1998, Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 and the Millennium Show at Rådhusplassen in Oslo.
In 1938, a competition for decoration of the area was launched, and won by Emil Lie and Per Hurum.
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With the opening of the Oslo Tunnel that connected Oslo Central Station to the Drammen Line, the Port Line became redundant, and was removed in 1983.
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North of the square stands the city hall, to the south the fjord, to the east Akershus Fortress and to the east the former Western Railway Station.