Tourist attractions Oslo

This important collection is presented in a style which is initially disconcerting, yet extremely thought-provoking. For example, one room juxtaposes The Scream and The Dance of Life against works by Gauguin, Courbet and Monet; elsewhere a landsc..

Set in parkland, this museum traces the cultural history of Norway from the Middle Ages. 140 wooden buildings illustrate a variety of traditional Norwegian wood dwellings, with examples from Setesdal, Numedal, Telemark and Gola (fine stave church )...

The peninsula of Bygdøy stretches, amoeba-like, out into Oslo's fjord. It lies to the west of the capital and is home to five great museums which are for the most part devoted to Norway's maritime activities. It is a residential area with a great man..

Like people of other civilisations, the Vikings believed that this life continued into an afterlife. For this reason they buried their dead among the objects that would ensure a transition between the two worlds: jewels, clothing, weapons... For the ..

Edvard Munch (1863-1944), marked very early by illness and death among those close to him, frequented Paris as an adult and adopted Realism (1885). During a second stay there he turned to the Impressionists and Symbolists (1889), before settling in B..

Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) differed from Verdrup, Amundsen and Nansen by not seeking to reach new unexplored lands, but rather to rediscover the routes of ancient peoples. This museum recalls his voyages: the Kon-Tiki expedition from Peru to Poly..

Opened in 1974, this modern museum is laid out over two buildings. Giving onto the fjord, the main building has a spacious interior and houses various collections: paintings, prow figures, interior reconstructions of ships’ cabins, models. The ship r..

There is a single ship in this museum: the Fram , built to reach the poles despite the hostility of ice and snow. It has a smooth keel offering minimal friction, powerful interior reinforcements, a helm and propeller that could be raised in case of ..

This modern art centre enjoys a magnificent setting on the banks of a fjord. It was opened in 1968 to house 300 works donated by the figure skater Sonja Henie (1912-1969) and her shipowner husband. The collection has since expanded and constitute..

The port of Pipervika lies at the innermost point of Oslo's fjord, where it was established under the shelter and protection of the Akerhus fortress eastward. On the other shore, bars and sidewalk cafés sprawl along Aker Brygge 's wharves while fish..

The Kunstindustrimuseet presents an overview of decorative arts from 1100 to 1915 thanks to a collection of fine medieval tapestries, furniture and objects from the Baroque, Regency, Rococo, neo-Classical, Historicist (inspired by the so-called drago..

This museum was inaugurated in 1983 and is devoted to the most famous of all Norwegian dramatists. It is located in the apartment where the author of Peer Gynt (1867) and A Doll's House (1879) lived his last years (1895-1906), near the National T..

Aker Brygge is one of the liveliest places in the Norwegian capital. The waterfront has been completely taken over by cafés. At the first sign of sunshine the terraces fill up with clients from the huge commercial art galleries that have moved into..

Built by Hakon V in about 1300 according to the usual feudal castle plan, the fortress faces the sea in defiance of all attempts to invade from this direction. It was burned, and then Christian V turned it into a Renaissance palace at the start of ..

Vigeland Park, located itself in the vast Froger Park northwest of Oslo, is protected by imposing wrought-iron gates. They are the work of Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) who died a year before finishing this twenty-year-long project. Over the course..

In a handsome wooden manor house with an elegant pinnacle turret, the fascinating Bymuseet brings to life the history of the city through the ages, thanks to documents, paintings and reconstructions of interiors, shops and homes from the 18C. Long-lo..

Located at the bottom of the ski jump, the museum traces the evolution of ski technology and techniques from prehistory to today. The collection also includes clothing and equipment, notably form the polar expedituons of Nansen and Amundsen. A former..

Karl-Johans Gate was cut in 1840 from east to west, from the central station to the new Royal Palace. Karl-Johans Gate serves all the official buildings or their immediate areas: the cathedral , the Parliament, the university, the National Theatre....

Its two tall red-brick towers are beacons for boats coming into the fjord. Highly functional in style, it has a a modern decor in homage to the nation's history through its daily life. It is here in the City Hall salons that every 10 December, the an..