As they head even further north, Sultan, Hassan and Kelly visit Norway where more global mania breaks out amongst the masses when our 8 ft 1 in tall friend makes an appearance!  Read on...

We arrived in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday evening and settled into yet another hotel room fit for a King.  In fact, the former Tallest Man in the World also stayed in the same room during his visit to Norway!  

We had an early start the next morning for an appearance on NRK TV, Norway’s morning news show followed by a couple of newspaper interviews.  After that, we headed for Vigelandsparken or Vigeland Sculpture Park, a landmark beautiful park that covers 80 acres and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures created by Gustav Vigeland. NRK Dagsrevyen News selected the backdrop of an area called The Children’s Playground to interview Sultan. The area is a collaboration of eight bronze statues, all in the likenesses of children at play. The most famous figure is Sinnataggen, the little Angry Boy, a bigger than life brat which Sultan finds quite amusing. The facial scowl and generally frustrated stance seems to make this among the most popular of the sculptures and has been stolen several times! 

Sultan stopped at the local crèche for a quick visit before heading to VG Nett, an internet based news channel where he answered questions live from people writing in. His day ended with a book signing at the Norli Bookstore Ski Storsenter where hundreds lined up to meet him.

On Thursday, Sultan started the day with an interview at Radio P4 which kindly presented him with a typical Norwegian sweater made especially for him.  This came in handy as temperatures in Norway continued to drop - BRRRR! The highlight of the day was a visit to Oslo’s IKEA store which was celebrating Guinness World Records Day by breaking the record for the Largest Gingerbread Man weighing a staggering 651 kilos!  After unveiling the Gingerbread Man, Sultan posed for photos with another GWR Record Breaker, Narve Laeret who currently holds the world record for the most concrete blocks smashed in 30 seconds which he achieved in Turkey on GWR day last year. 

We also made a stop at the Skoda showroom where sultan got to try out one of Skoda’s latest models and posed for a few photos with the car.

Once again, Sultan wrapped up his day signing books at another bookstore only this time the crowds were much larger and definitely rowdier - yikes!  Sultan heads home to Turkey tomorrow, but stay tuned for his next stop……Italia!

PS: On the flight home to London, Kelly was surprised to learn that the gentleman sitting on the adjacent row just happened to be His Royal Highness, the King of Norway himself!  That Kelly just can't stop hobnobbing with the rich and famous!