Norwegians would have iron men back like a shot
Oct 24 2006
By Jessica Shaughnessy Daily Post



Staff

THE people of Norway rue the day they let the Antony Gormley statues go, it was revealed last night.

The 100 iron men, which

now stand on Waterloo beach, spent a year on Sola Beach in Stavanger. Sven Egil Ombal, the culture editor on the city's respected regional newspaper the

Stavanger Aftenblad, says the Norwegians would take back Another Place in an instant.

Like Liverpool, 2008 will be a big year for Stavanger when it

will celebrate the title of non-EU Capital of Culture.

Mr Ombal said: "Many people in our city still have posters of Another Place in their houses.



"If we could have kept hold of them, we would have without a doubt.



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