A photograph of Oslo

City guide · Norway

Places to visit in Oslo, Norway — page 3

3838 places catalogued in Oslo so far.

Photograph · P. Hughes · CC BY 4.0

3,838 Places
Suggested stay
2–3 days

Turn this list into a plan

Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.

Plan Oslo

Practical information

Not recorded No country-level practical facts — language, currency, emergency number, plug type — are ingested yet. This section will populate once that data source is added.

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Jewish Museum in Oslo
    51 1 hr 30 min

    Jewish Museum in Oslo

    Jødisk museum

    The Oslo Jewish Museum (Jødisk Museum i Oslo) at Calmeyers gate 15B presents Jewish culture, tradition and history and Judaism in general through exhibitions, lectures, concerts and other cultural activities.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  2. Angry Boy
    52 1 hour

    Angry Boy

    Sinnataggen

    Sinnataggen, the Angry Boy, is a bronze sculpture in the Vigeland installation in Frogner Park and is considered Gustav Vigeland's most famous work. Probably modelled in 1928, it was installed in 1940 as one of 58 sculptures on the Bridge.

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
  3. Villa Paus
    53 45 min

    Villa Paus

    Villa Paus (Pausvillaen) is a listed villa at Christian Benneches vei 6 on Bygdøy in Oslo.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  4. Vaterland Bridge
    54 45 min

    Vaterland Bridge

    VATERLANDS BRU

    Vaterland Bridge (Vaterlands bru) crosses the Aker River (Akerselva) in the centre of Oslo. It carries the street Brugata and links the neighbourhoods of Vaterland and Grønland.

    • Must see
    • Historic site
  5. St. Hanshaugen Park
    55 1 hour

    St. Hanshaugen Park

    St. Hanshaugen

    St. Hanshaugen Park is a large, classic urban park just north of Oslo city centre and gives its name to the surrounding borough of St.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  6. Schous plass
    56 1 hour

    Schous plass

    Schous plass is a square with a park in the southern part of the Grünerløkka district of Oslo. It was laid out in 1873 and named in 1874 after the brewery owner Christian Schou, whose Schou Brewery stood nearby.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  7. Villa Stenersen
    57 1 hr 30 min

    Villa Stenersen

    Villa Stenersen in Oslo was designed between 1937 and 1939 by the architect Arne Korsmo for the financier and art collector Rolf E. Stenersen.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  8. Minneparken
    58 1 hour

    Minneparken

    Minneparken (the Memorial Park) is a 3.4-hectare park in Gamlebyen in the Gamle Oslo district, next to Oslo torg, containing the excavated ruins of several medieval buildings.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  9. Oslo Ladegård
    59 1 hr 30 min

    Oslo Ladegård

    Ladegården

    Oslo Ladegård is a manor house in Gamlebyen, Oslo, built on the site of the Old Bishop's Palace.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  10. Folketeateret
    60 1 hour

    Folketeateret

    Folketeatret

    Folketeateret is a 1,400-seat theatre on Youngstorget in Oslo.

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
  11. Sofienbergparken
    61 1 hour

    Sofienbergparken

    Sofienbergparken (Sofienberg Park) is a large park in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo and one of the city's most popular parks.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  12. Birkelunden
    62 1 hour

    Birkelunden

    Birkelunden (literally 'The Birch Grove') is a park in the centre of the Grünerløkka borough of Oslo, laid out as a rectangle roughly the size of a city block.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  13. Kontraskjæret
    63 1 hour

    Kontraskjæret

    Kontraskjæret is a park of more than 17 decares (1.7 ha) on the open ground in front of Akershus Fortress in Oslo.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  14. Studenterlunden
    64 1 hour

    Studenterlunden

    Studenterlunden ('the students' grove') is a park in central Oslo, bounded by Karl Johans gate, Stortingsgata, Frederiks gate and Roald Amundsens gate, just west of Eidsvolls plass.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  15. Holmenkollen Chapel
    65 30 min

    Holmenkollen Chapel

    Holmenkollen kapell

    Holmenkollen Chapel is a Church of Norway chapel in the Holmenkollen neighbourhood of the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, and a listed site.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  16. Historical Museum in Oslo
    66 1 hr 30 min

    Historical Museum in Oslo

    Historisk museum

    The Historical Museum (Historisk museum) is a museum building at Tullinløkka in central Oslo, opened to the public in 1904.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  17. Baitun Nasr Mosque
    67 30 min

    Baitun Nasr Mosque

    Baitun Nasr moské

    Baitun Nasr Mosque, also known as the Furuset Mosque, is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Furuset in the Alna borough, in north-eastern Oslo, near the E6 highway.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  18. Sofienberg Church
    68 30 min

    Sofienberg Church

    Sofienberg kirke

    Sofienberg Church is a Church of Norway parish church at Rathkes gate 18 in Grünerløkka, Oslo, standing inside Sofienberg Park on what was once a cemetery.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  19. Sagene Church
    69 30 min

    Sagene Church

    Sagene kirke

    Sagene Church is a Church of Norway parish church at Dannevigveien 17 in the Sagene district of Oslo, and one of the city's most rugged and prominent churches.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  20. Kulturkirken Jakob
    70 30 min

    Kulturkirken Jakob

    Kulturkirken Jakob is a church in Hausmanns gate, by Ankerbrua bridge in central Oslo, designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull, built in 1880 and named after the apostle St James.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  21. Tøyen Park
    71 1 hour

    Tøyen Park

    Tøyenparken

    Tøyen Park (Tøyenparken) is a park in Oslo, north-east of the old Munch Museum and next to the University of Oslo Botanical Garden.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  22. Østensjøvannet
    72 1 hour

    Østensjøvannet

    Østensjøvannet is a lake in the Østensjø borough of Oslo, named after the Østensjø farm, and is well known for the wide variety of birds and other wildlife found there.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  23. St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery
    73 30 min

    St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery

    St. Hallvard kirke

    St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery stands on Enerhaugen in eastern Oslo, not far from the site of the medieval St. Hallvard's Cathedral.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  24. Klosterenga
    74 1 hour

    Klosterenga

    Klosterenga park is a long, narrow park of almost 66 decares in the Gamle Oslo borough, between Nordre Gamlebyen and Grønland, running north-west to south-east up towards Galgeberg and bounded to the north by the wall of Oslo Prison.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  25. She Lies
    75 1 hour

    She Lies

    She Lies is a public sculpture by Monica Bonvicini in the fjord next to the Oslo Opera House, installed in 2010.

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

How the city is laid out

Not recorded No editorial orientation text has been written for this city yet. It will appear here once the city guide is reviewed.

Getting around

Not recorded No transit lines, fares or ticket types are ingested yet. This section will populate once a public-transport data source is added.

More city guides