Oslo Travel Guide

 65 Reviews  When I booked the tour for Oslo, I had thought that we might get to the Kon Tiki museum the Vasa Museum or the Vigeland museum. But instead, we stopped at the Viking Museum. Here we saw three huge old ships, the Gokstad Ship, the Oseberg Ship and the Tune Ship. These 3 ships were found in separate... 

 83 Reviews  Akershus Fortress began its life as a castle/fortress combination in the 13th century and was altered several times. Sometimes, it was more of a Royal Palace, sometimes more like a military defense structure. The renaissance palace which forms a big part of the complex, dates back to the 17th... 

 50 Reviews  The Royal Palace was finished in 1849 in a neoclassicist style. It was designed by Hans Linstow. At that time, Norway was part of the Swedish Empire and this palace was the local palace of the Swedish King Karl Johan XIV. Today, it is the official residence of the Royal Family.Compared to other... 

 40 Reviews  There are quite a lot of statues and art-work by Aker Brygge. One of which is a man walking on stilts in the ocean. On one square there is a polar-bear, a big snail and all kinds of statues - and not far from those statues are explicit statues of naked ladies - there are so many naked statues in... 

 59 Reviews  Oslo City hall or Oslo Rádhus is a very big majestic building by the harbour and Aker brygge. The seat of the political and administrative leadership in Oslo. It dates back to 1950. Here the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on the 10th of December. There is lovely wooden art work by the entrance... 

 40 Reviews  Kon Tiki museum is one of the trio (with Fram and the Viking ships museums) settled on the Bydgoy peninsula facing downtown Oslo. Unlike the other two, this particular locale brings rather mixed feelings. I have not been a fan of Thor Heyerdahl for very long time and I came to this shrine of his... 

 32 Reviews  Karl Johansgate street is the main shopping street in Oslo. It stretches from Oslo S train station and right up to the Palace. In parts it is closed for traffic, but you cross a lot of side-streets so you have to watch out for traffic. Here you can find all the main high street stores and in... 

 67 Reviews  The ski museum in Holmenkollen is the oldest ski museum in the world. It depicts the ski history of Norway over 6000 years! It shows different skis from all over Norway. And I especially liked the toddler on ski in my second photo :) There is the "hall of fame" of skiing and The Royal exhibition... 

 53 Reviews  Another interesting part of the Museum is the exhibition on Sami life and culture. Here, there were models dressed in Sami clothing, I could see how the Sami lived and how they hunted. It was very interesting. Part of the prized display, is the pair of Sami baptismal boots, made of white fur from a... 

 17 Reviews  We came to Oslo on a cruise ship and had the opportunity to leave through the fjord when evening was falling. It was magical. Small seaside towns dot the landscape. Sailing boats were out. Ferries ply the waters. And there are rocks and lighthouses. If you have the chance to cruise to the open sea,... 

 20 Reviews  A visit to Bygdoy is probably on most peoples list, as over here are many good Museums. There are several ways to reach there. We chose to go over by Ferry which was very nice. We passed by some interesting Boats, then nearer Bygdoy, there are some nice looking homes on the waters edge. For our... 

 25 Reviews  There is a special show-room called The Baroque room at The National Gallery - it is awesome. I am totally hooked on the Baroque period, so I added a special tip on this show-room. The Baroque room was guarded very well, there was a security guard sitting by the entrance and an alarm system went... 

 28 Reviews  The Gjoa was the first ship to be sailed through the entire Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and his six companions accomplished this in 1903-06. We saw the Gjoa is a part of the Fram Museum. It was a wet day, and the Ship is outside in the weather. At that time, it wasn't open to the public and... 

 21 Reviews  An impressive building I came across, was Parliament House. NO, dull grey buildling here, but a stylish yellow brick building! I was here at a sad time, only a week after a right-wing extremist set off a bomb near Parliament House, killing eight people, before going on a shooting rampage. On the... 

 26 Reviews  One of the most popular museum which has the distction to be home of "The Scream". Together with the Mona Lisa and van Gogh's sunflower paintings, "The Scream" is one of the world's best known paintings. Little do people know that there are four editions of this painting as well as several... 

 9 Reviews  Peppes Pizza id found on several locations in Oslo and Norway in general. They have very good pizzas, both american and italian style, including healty alterantives. A good place to share a pizza with your friends. Pizza, pie 

 18 Reviews  Well, in practical, during the summer you cannot really call it nightlife as it was sunshine when I went into a club (around 11 PM) and was sunshine again when went out. (around 2 AM) Places were great for dancing, rock music and went even to one nice jazz club. I cannot remember names, places had...