Places to visit in Oslo, Norway — page 2

Oslo Cathedral

Oslo domkirke

Oslo Cathedral (Oslo domkirke) is a Lutheran church of the Church of Norway in the city centre and the seat of the Bishop of Oslo.

• Must see
• Historic site

Oscarshall

Lystslottet Oscarshall

Oscarshall is a royal pleasure palace (maison de plaisance) on the small fjord Frognerkilen on Bygdøy in Oslo.

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• Museum

Museum of Cultural History

Kulturhistorisk museum

The Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistorisk museum, KHM) is a group of museums belonging to the University of Oslo.

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• Museum

Norway's Resistance Museum

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.

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• Museum

Oslo Spektrum

Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in central Oslo, opened in December 1990 and run by Nova Spektrum. It stands next to Oslo Central Station, the bus terminal, the Jernbanetorget public transport hub and the international ferry terminals.

• Must see
• Art and culture venue

Hovedøya Abbey

Hovedøya kloster

Hovedøya Abbey (Hovedøya kloster) was a medieval Cistercian monastery on the island of Hovedøya in the Oslofjord. It was founded on 18 May 1147 by monks from Kirkstead Abbey in England and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Edmund.

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• Historic site

Norwegian Maritime Museum

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.

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• Museum

Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities

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.

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• Museum

Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5

Sporveismuseet

Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5 is Oslo's public transport museum, housed in a former tram depot at Majorstuen. The depot, designed by Paul A.

• Must see
• Museum

Forsvarsmuseet

Forsvarsmuseet, the Armed Forces Museum, is the main museum of the Norwegian Armed Forces and has been at Akershus Fortress since 1860.

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• Museum

Frognerseteren

Frognerseteren is a historic restaurant from 1891 high above Oslo, on the edge of the Nordmarka forest, and one of the best examples of the dragon style (dragestil) in the city.

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• Historic site

Palace Park

Slottsparken

The Palace Park (Slottsparken) is a 22-hectare public park in the centre of Oslo surrounding the Royal Palace.

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• Nature site

Ibsen Museum

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.

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• Museum

St. Olav's Cathedral

Sankt Olav domkirke

St. Olav's Cathedral (Sankt Olav domkirke) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo and the parish church of St. Olav's parish.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

Norsk Teknisk Museum

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is Norway's national museum of technology, industry, science and medicine.

• Must see
• Museum

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theatre) is a theatre in Oslo founded in 1912 on the initiative of Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs.

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• Art and culture venue

Eidsvolls plass

Eidsvolls plass is a square and park in central Oslo, west of the Parliament building, south of Karl Johans gate and east of Studenterlunden and the National Theatre.

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• Nature site

Bogstad

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.

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• Museum

Nordic Bible Museum

Nordisk bibelmuseum

The Nordic Bible Museum (Nordisk bibelmuseum, Nobimu) in central Oslo is the first Bible museum in the Nordic countries.

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• Museum

Middelalderparken

Middelalderparken (the Medieval Park) lies between Bjørvika and Gamlebyen in the Gamle Oslo district, in what was once the southern part of medieval Oslo.

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• Nature site

Chat Noir

Chat Noir (French for "black cat") is a cabaret and revue theatre in Oslo.

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• Art and culture venue

Olaf Ryes plass

Olaf Ryes plass is a roughly square park at the centre of the Grünerløkka district of Oslo.

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• Nature site

The Queen Sonja Art Stable

Dronning Sonjas kunststall

The Queen Sonja Art Stable (Dronning Sonja KunstStall) is a museum, art gallery and concert hall in the former stables of the Royal Palace in Oslo, close to the Palace Park.

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• Museum

Old Aker Church

Gamle Aker kirke

Old Aker Church (Gamle Aker kirke) is a medieval church and active parish church that is the oldest existing building in Oslo.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Intercultural Museum

Interkulturelt museum

The Intercultural Museum (Interkulturelt museum) occupies the former Grønland police station in Oslo, where the old cells are now used as exhibition spaces.

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• Museum