City guide · Norway
3838 places catalogued in Oslo so far.
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Munchmuseet
The Munch Museum (Munchmuseet), marketed as MUNCH since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Norsk Folkemuseum
Norsk Folkemuseum (the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History) on Bygdøy in Oslo is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections from all social groups and all regions of Norway, and a large open-air museum of more than 150 buildings…
Vikingskipshuset
The Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset) at Bygdøy is closed while it is rebuilt and extended as the new Museum of the Viking Age.
Framhuset;Frammuseet
The Fram Museum (Frammuseet) on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo tells the story of Norwegian polar exploration.
Kon-Tiki Museet
The Kon-Tiki Museum (Kon-Tiki Museet) on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo houses the vessels and maps of Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions and a library of about 8,000 books.
Bygdøy is a peninsula on the western side of Oslo and part of the borough of Frogner. Originally an island, it became a peninsula through post-glacial rebound.
Nobels Fredssenter
The Nobel Peace Center (Nobels Fredssenter) is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents, on the City Hall Square in central Oslo.
Vigelandmuseet
The Vigeland Museum (Vigelandmuseet) in Frogner, Oslo, is dedicated to Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), Norway's most famous sculptor, and stands just outside Frogner Park with its Vigeland installation.
Ekebergparken is a public sculpture and cultural heritage park on Ekebergåsen, the hill on the eastern side of Oslo, with a wide view over the city and the Oslofjord.
Skimuseet
The Holmenkollen Ski Museum (Skimuseet) lies inside the Holmenkollen ski jump, one of the most modern ski jumping venues in the world, with views over Oslo.
Botanisk hage
The Botanical Garden at Tøyen is part of the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum, Norway's largest natural history museum, whose premises cover everything inside the garden's fences.
Bymuseet
The Museum of Oslo (Bymuseet) is the city museum of Oslo, housed in Frogner Manor in Frogner Park together with the Theatre Museum.
Grünerløkka is both a borough and a neighbourhood of Oslo, which became part of the city (then Christiania) in 1858. It is named after Friedrich Grüner (1628–1674), who served as chief administrator and master of the mint in Christiania.
Sognsvann is a lake with a circumference of 3.3 km at the northern edge of Oslo, lying just inside the greenbelt that surrounds the city.
Lystslottet Oscarshall
Oscarshall is a royal pleasure palace (maison de plaisance) on the small fjord Frognerkilen on Bygdøy in Oslo.
Kulturhistorisk museum
The Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistorisk museum, KHM) is a group of museums belonging to the University of Oslo.
Norges hjemmefrontmuseum
Norway's Resistance Museum (Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum) at Akershus Fortress in Oslo tells the story of Norwegian resistance during the German occupation of 1940–1945.
Norsk Maritimt Museum
The Norwegian Maritime Museum (Norsk Maritimt Museum) stands at Bygdøynes on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo. It was founded in 1914, was formerly known as Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, and is operated together with Norsk Folkemuseum.
Senter for studier av Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter
The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret) is a research and education institution that has been housed since 2006 in Villa Grande, a villa on a hilltop on Bygdøy in Oslo.
Sporveismuseet
Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5 is Oslo's public transport museum, housed in a former tram depot at Majorstuen. The depot, designed by Paul A.
Forsvarsmuseet, the Armed Forces Museum, is the main museum of the Norwegian Armed Forces and has been at Akershus Fortress since 1860.
Ibsenmuseet
The Ibsen Museum preserves the apartment where Henrik Ibsen, Norway's greatest playwright, lived the last 11 years of his life with his wife Suzannah.
Norsk Teknisk Museum
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is Norway's national museum of technology, industry, science and medicine.
Bogstad gård
Bogstad (Bogstad gård) is a historic manor house and former estate in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, beside the lake Bogstadvannet in the Sørkedalen valley.
Nordisk bibelmuseum
The Nordic Bible Museum (Nordisk bibelmuseum, Nobimu) in central Oslo is the first Bible museum in the Nordic countries.
