Vandals hit tour buses in Oslo

[drgs]

Vandals hit tour buses in Oslo



At least 16 tour buses have been badly vandalized in Oslo in recent weeks. Nearly half were buses from Spain, and some tour operators are considering dropping Oslo from their itineraries.

"My company sends buses all over Europe, but we've never experienced anything like this," bus driver Jorge Muniz Paredes to newspaper Aften. "If I talked about this on Spanish television, people would think I was in Africa."

Paredes recently found his bus burning near the new Opera House on Oslo's waterfront. The bus, used to carry Spanish tourists on sightseeing trips in Oslo, was in top condition, he said.

He's convinced vandals are behind the fire on his bus. Two days earlier, the bus' windshield had been smashed.

Norwegian tour bus operator HMK has also suffered vandalism. Two HMK buses parked in Oslo's Vika district on the fashionable west side were broken into two weeks ago.

"The culprits smashed the windows and made a mess inside," said HMK boss Morten Stovner-Sørlie. "They also stole DVDs, a GPS and other items."

HMK has helped 12 tour bus drivers from Spain and Germany in recent week after their buses were vandalized. All the buses were parked at various spots around the city.

Three Spanish tour bus companies have filed a complaint with Norwegian tourism promoters in Madrid, who in turn have contacted both the Norwegian embassy in Spain and the Spanish embassy in Norway.

Some tour operators are considering dropping Oslo from their tour itineraries. "Oslo's not a particularly pretty city, like Rome or Paris," said Paredes. "The only reason we come is because it's the capital of Norway. The vandalism makes the destination insecure and if this continues, we'll stop coming."

Vandals hit tour buses in Oslo - Aftenposten.no

[drgs]

Now 18 buses, 7 of them are Spanish. Buses from Spain, Poland, Germany and Russia have been attacked. The police sees no consistency in this so far.

[Menydh]

Send in Bellisarius to slash the Vandals again.

Who are these new Vandals anyway?

[drgs]

Noone knows

[Savorgnan]

"My" local vandals are setting flats on fire. This happened 50 meters from my windows, on july 12th.

[Heretik]

Bored kids... If they had some preocupation in their lives they wouldn't do such things.

[Leland Gaunt]

lol this new wave of Norwegian heavy metal. "In the glare of burning buses."

[Germanicus]

Originally Posted by Savorgnan

"My" local vandals are setting flats on fire. This happened 50 meters from my windows, on july 12th.

i will despatch 3 of my Legions to quell this new outbreak of Vandals

[Susi]

What next? Visigoths?!

[Marcus Marulus]

Call in Narses!

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Susi

What next? Visigoths?!

They were commissioned to clean up the Vandals, so it is possible.

[Germanicus]

Originally Posted by Menydh

They were commissioned to clean up the Vandals, so it is possible.

I shall reside in my Eastern empire untill the insergents have been dealt with...........

[Menydh]

The abandonning of Gaul, Hispania and Britannia to focus on the eastern empire was what left the western empire an easy prey for barbarians.

[Germanicus]

Originally Posted by Menydh

The abandonning of Gaul, Hispania and Britannia to focus on the eastern empire was what left the western empire an easy prey for barbarians.

By the 6th century Roman warfare had itself become characteristcally medieval, with relatively small armies, looser discipline than in early years, and a prevalance of raiding and other small-scale operations over larger battles.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Germanicus

By the 6th century Roman warfare had itself become characteristcally medieval, with relatively small armies, looser discipline than in early years, and a prevalance of raiding and other small-scale operations over larger battles.

Already in the 3rd century the limes were much neglected.

[The Venetian]

Originally Posted by Menydh

Already in the 3rd century the limes were much neglected.

Limes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[bombadillo]

Originally Posted by Menydh

Already in the 3rd century the limes were much neglected.

Roman plumbing had also started to rust, adversely affecting drinking water.