Oslo Attractions
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Munch Museum
The Munch Museum in Oslo houses a fine collection of works by the famed Norwegian painter, Edvard Munch. Paintings, graphic art, drawings, watercolors and sculpture are all on display.
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Akershus Castle
Akershus Castle was built in the late 13th C and turned into a Renaissance castle later on. Today it is used for hosting government functions.
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City Hall
(Karl Johans Gate and District)
Oslo's City Hall is a landmark building. This very square looking red brick structure has two towers, one of which is a carillon with 38 bells.
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Henie-Onstad Art Center
The Henie-Onstad Art Center contains the country's most extensive collection of international art.
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National Museum of Contemporary Art
Located in an art nouveau style building, this museum focuses on Norwegian and international artists from the end of WWII to present times.
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Norwegian National Gallery
The Norwegian National Gallery contains a quality collection of works by Norwegian painters, with a room devoted entirely to Edvard Munch.
Oslo Historical Museum
Beyond the National Gallery (entrance at Frederiksgate 2) is the Historical Museum (1903), which contains Oslo University's historical and ethnographic collections. Among the Nordic antiquities the rich collection of material on the Viking age (ca. 800-1050) is particularly noteworthy. There are also a collection of material on the Eskimo and Siberian peoples and a coin cabinet.
Hours
May 15 to September 14
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
September 15 to May 14
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Norwegian National Day (May 17)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Norwegian National Day (May 17)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
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Vigeland Sculpture Park
(Frognerpark (Vigelandpark))
The Vigeland Sculpture Park displays hundreds of sculptures by Gustav Vigeland.
Agricultural University of Norway
Spread out over an expanse of 60ha, this parks includes a number of very mature trees, a reflecting pool and informal garden space.
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
This privately owned museum, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, features temporary international artist exhibitions. There is also a collection of Norwegian contemporary art.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Botanic Garden and Museums
On the eastern outskirts of Oslo is the Botanic Garden (Botanisk Have; entrance in Trondheimsveien), with a great variety of trees and shrubs, flowers and useful plants. It includes a museum containing large herbaria.
On the hill above the Botanic Garden are the Zoological Museum, the Museum of Mineralogy and Geology and the Palaeontological Museum.
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On the hill above the Botanic Garden are the Zoological Museum, the Museum of Mineralogy and Geology and the Palaeontological Museum.
Hours
April 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
October 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| Family | kr 100.00 |
| Adult | kr 50.00 |
| Students | kr 25.00 |
| Child 16 & under | kr 25.00 |
| Child 3 & under | FREE |
The museums and greenhouse hours - Tuesday to Sunday 11am-4pm. Free admission to Botanical Garden.
Cemetery of Our Savior
North of Oslo's Museum of Applied Art, between Ullevålsveien and Akersveien, is the Cemetery of Our Savior (Vor Frelsers Gravlund), with the graves of Bjørnson and Ibsen, the painter H. F. Gude and the poet Henrik Wergeland.
Ibsen Museum
The Ibsen Museum features the life and works of Henrik Ibsen as well as the apartment in which he spent his last 11 years. The Ibsen apartment features original furnishings with the library, dining room and parlours open to the public.
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Hours
September 15 to May 14
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Norwegian National Day (May 17)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday) - Christian (May 27)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Norwegian National Day (May 17)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday) - Christian (May 27)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
| Family | kr 170.00 |
| Adult | kr 85.00 |
| Senior | kr 60.00 |
| Students | kr 60.00 |
| Child | kr 25.00 |
| Child 5 & under | FREE |
J. H. Wessel Monument
To the south of the Norwegian Parliament Building, in Akersgate, can be seen a monument to the poet J. H. Wessel (1742-85). Opposite it is the Freemasons' Lodge.
Museum of Applied Art
At the north end of Akersgate is St Olav's Church (1853; R.C.). Opposite the church, at St Olavsgate 1, is Oslo's Museum of Applied Art (Kunstindustrimuseet), which gives an excellent survey of the development of the applied and decorative arts in Norway (tapestries, including the fine Baldishol Tapestry of about 1180 from Baldishol church in Hedmark county; metalwork, glass, furniture, etc.). Associated with the Museum is a School of Arts and Crafts.
All values are in Norway Kroner
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 14:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 22:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| Family | kr 1400.00 |
| Adult | kr 800.00 |
| Senior over 62 | kr 400.00 |
| Students | kr 400.00 |
Norwegian Armed Forces Museum
In Oslo's old Arsenal in Nedre Akershus is the Military Museum, with displays of weapons and other exhibits illustrating the history of the Norwegian forces and the defense of Norway down the centuries.
Hours
May 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
September 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian (May 28)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday) - Christian (May 27)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday) - Christian (May 27)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Norwegian Museum of Technology
In the north of Oslo, at Kjelsåsveien 143, is the Norwegian Museum of Technology and Industry (telecommunications, transport, etc.). There are numerous press-button working models and apparatus which visitors can try out for themselves.
This museum holds a variety of aircraft used in Norway from the First World War to the 1970s.
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This museum holds a variety of aircraft used in Norway from the First World War to the 1970s.
Norwegian Museum of Technology and Industry
Kjelsåsveien 143
N-0491 Oslo
Norway
Kjelsåsveien 143
N-0491 Oslo
Norway
Hours
June 20 to August 20
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
August 21 to June 19
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| Family | kr 200.00 |
| Adult | kr 80.00 |
| Group discounts | kr 40.00 |
| Child 17 & under | kr 40.00 |
| Child 3 & under | FREE |
Oslo Municipal Library
Beyond the Oslo's Trinity Church, to the east, are the Deichman Library (the Municipal Library, with some 1,378,000 volumes) and the Swedish Margaretakirke (1926). To the southeast, in Youngstorg, is the Norske Opera (1958).
Oslo Public Library
Henrik Ibsens gate 1
N-0179 Oslo
Norway
Henrik Ibsens gate 1
N-0179 Oslo
Norway
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | Closed |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Oslo Spektrum Arena
The Oslo Spektrum is home to a variety of cultural and entertainment events. Some of the events include the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, the Eurovision Song Contest, Pop Idol finals, the Spellemannprisen award ceremony and Oslo Horse Show. It is also a popular location for trade fairs.
Oslo-Andalsnes-Trondheim-Bodo-Narvik - Scenic Rail Trip
This scenic rail route features beautiful mountain and seaside scenery. Constant daylight for the whole trip, combined with musk and rich scenery make this a memorable voyage.
Studenterlund
In Eidsvollplass, adjoining the Parliament Building, is a statue (by Bergslien) of the poet Henrik Wergland (1808-45). A short distance away lies the Studenterlund, originally a park with a bandstand, now the haunt of street musicians, with stalls selling a variety of wares.
Trinity Church
From the Storting, Oslo's Akersgate leads northeast past the modern Government Buildings (1957- 59; Nos. 42-44) to the Trinity Church (Trefoldighetskirke; 1853-58), a neo-Gothic brick building. Notable features of the interior are the stained glass (by F. Haavardsholm) in the choir, the altar, with a painting of the Baptism of Christ, and the fine organ-case.
Underground (T-Banen)
The Oslo Underground (T-Banen) was opened in 1966 and is made up of seven lines with 98km of track, 14.5km of which are underground. There are sixty-five stations, thirteen of which are underground. The system has a flat fare structure with full integration of fares with other modes of transport in the city.
The system serves about fifty-five million passengers yearly with a rolling stock of 205 cars. During peak hours trains run every one and three-quarter minutes.
The system serves about fifty-five million passengers yearly with a rolling stock of 205 cars. During peak hours trains run every one and three-quarter minutes.
Oslo Surroundings
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Holmenkollen
Holmenkollen is a pleasant wooded area and popular ski destination in winter.
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Kon-Tiki Museum
(Oslo - Bygdoy)
The world famous balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki is housed in this museum of the same name. Also on display are items from Easter Island.
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Norwegian Folk Museum
(Oslo - Bygdoy)
The Norwegian Folk Museum is an open air museum with several buildings displaying everyday items from bygone days.
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Viking Ships Museum
(Oslo - Bygdoy)
The Viking Ships Museum houses three Viking ships discovered in the late 19th and early 20th C.
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