Finally! ; Did you get it because you recognized it, or did any of the clues get you on track? ; It's a shot of the statue from the rear, which I thought might be more confusing - I was sitting having a coffee and pastry in the bakery seating area when I noticed that as a possible WAI.
Clue summary:
Frigid cold - just a small allusion to Norway's weather
Running - yep, it was a clue! ; Waitz was a Norwegian champion marathoner
And he waits - for 'waitz'.
A ha! - Famous Norwegian rock band in the '80s.
We're oh so slowly - As in, Oslo..the capital.
Arctic cold - since part of Norway resides above the Arctic circle.
stave off my hunger - Norway's iconic middle-age churches are called Stave Churches...which is the example sitting at the Norway Pavilion's entrance.
Scream out the answer - For yesterday's record auction of 'The Scream', the famous painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Mountain Kings - From the orchestral piece 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, for the play Peer Gynt.