Oslo

SarahSassy

I am going to Oslo for a hen party in September and will go a day ahead of the others to see the city. What are the main things to see and do in Oslo??

jjbrien

SarahSassy wrote:

I am going to Oslo for a hen party in September and will go a day ahead of the others to see the city. What are the main things to see and do in Oslo??

Olso is my favorite place to visit in Europe. Your in for a real treat. 1 day is not nearly enough to see everthing the city has to offer. but heres a few suggestions.

Go see the chaning of the guard at the Royal Palace. I think it happens around 1:30pm. When the King is in the palace they have a band for the cermony. But I have only seen the band once.
The Akershus festning is worth a visit also its a very large fortress on the waterfront. Near the Akershus is the city hall this is where the nobel peace prize gets given out every year. Also the viking ship museam tells the story of the vikings.

Nobel Peace Centre is shows the history of the peace prize and a history of the people who have won it.

Here is some other things to take in from wiki travel

* The Henrik Ibsen Museum (Tram 13-19 or bus 30-31 to Slottsparken) in the crossing between Arbins gate and Henrik Ibsens gate have just re-opened, and is a treat.

* The Munch Museum (T-bane, bus 20-60-67 to Tøyen) is definitely worth a visit if you want to enjoy paintings of the famous Norwegian painter Edward Munch. (The museum had been closed, but is now reopened with security improvements.) There is of course also the National Gallery, featuring Norwegian art from the national-romantic period, as well as some art by international artists. National Gallery entrance is free.

* The Nobel Peace Centre (tram 12 to Aker Brygge, bus 70 to Vika or walk from T-Nationaltheateret) has some confronting exhibitions as well as an exhibit for every winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

* Somewhat outside the city center is a peninsula called Bygdøy. You can get there by bus (number 30) or, in summer months, by ferry departing from pier 3 at Aker Brygge outside the city hall. At Bygdøy, you will find two groups of museums within walking distance of each other:
o In the first group, around 800m inland:
+ The Folk museum, a large open air museum featuring typical buildings from various periods in Norwegian history.
+ The Viking ship museum, which in addition to two 900 year old viking-ships (apparently the best preserved in the world) also contains various other viking artifacts and a viking burial chamber, complete with ancient skeletons.
o In the second group, on the harbour:
+ The Norwegian Maritime Museum, which houses a huge collection of ships and boats and records the impact of Norway's seafarers on their own coutry and the world.
+ The Kon-Tiki museum displaying Tor Heyerdahl's balsa raft Kon-Tiki, and Ra II, as well as some other artifacts from Easter Island).
+ The Fram-museum. It features the vessel Fram, the worlds first ice breaker, and presents a history of polar exploration (with a strong Norwegian focus!)

Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki

* The Holocaust Center is also located at Bygdøy. Housed by former Norwegian collaborator and Nazi-leader, Vidkun Quisling. As well as a Holocaust knowledge center, the center also is specialized in religious minorities.

Some other museums are:

* The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Tram 11 or 12 to Kjelsås, bus 22, 25 or 54 to Kjelsås stasjon) is a fun place for both children and adults.
* The Tramway Museum (T-bane to Majorstuen) shows the history of Oslo's trams, buses and subway.

For a small city, Oslo has an amazing number of museums. Many of them are located next to each other and don't take long to visit but, as with most things in Oslo, those with an entrance fee are not cheap. However, in recent years many museums have scrapped the entrance fee, see the tourist information brochure available at Trafikanten or the airport on arrival for details. If you are planning on seeing several of the expensive attractions above in a short period of time, then the most cost effective way to do this is to buy an Oslo Pass. It includes unlimited entry to most of the museums and the Holmenkollen ski jump, as well as free travel on Oslo's quite expensive public transport. You can buy 24, 48 or 72 hour tickets. They can be purchased at Tourist Information Offices in Oslo.
[edit] Parks

* The Frogner park (T-bane, tram 11-19, bus 22-25-45-46 to Majorstua, tram 12 or bus 20 to Vigelandsparken) with the Vigeland Sculpture Park is a large green area about 10 minutes by subway from the city center. In addition to being a nice green recreational area, it is also decorated with hundreds of sculptures by the Norwegian artist Gustav Vigeland. There is a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere here, and if your children wants to climb the statues, nobody will even bother to look twice at you. There is also a cafeteria, and two museums, the City Museum of Oslo and the Vigeland Museum.

* The Tøyen park (T-bane or bus 20, 60 or 67 to Tøyen) stretches out behind the Munch Museum, and is a vast, grassy expanse. An enjoyable place to while away a summer evening. There's also Tøyenbadet, an indoor swimming pool with outdoor activities in summer(closed for renovation, re-opens april 2008).

* The Botanical garden (tram 17 or bus 31 to Lakkegata skole or t-bane to Tøyen, walking distance 200 m) are just south of Tøyen park, and is a wonderful, relaxed area. Free entrance, opening hours 1. april - 30. september: Weekends 10.00 am - 20.00 pm, Mon-Fri 07.00 am - 8.00 pm, 1. october - 31. march: Weekends 10.00 am - 5.00 pm , Mon-Fri 07.00 am - 5.00 pm

[edit] Other sights

* Vår Frelsers Cemetery (Bus 33-37-46 to Nordahl Bruns gate) north of city center on Ullevålsveien holds the graves of Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen.

You have so much to do and see if you only have one day try to pick out what instrests you and you can alway go back

nads

do a search, there's been a few posts recently on Oslo lately