Oslo’s City Hall plays Super Mario and Minecraft tunes on the hour  

Residents of Norway’s capital city get an interesting hourly reminder.

The City Hall bells in Oslo are now playing the Super Mario Theme at 8 p.m. every day, as spotted by Eurogamer. It’s one of a number of quirky choices currently on the list of melodies that play hourly from 7 a.m. until midnight, and it shows how deeply embedded video games have become in popular culture.

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