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Oslo is a cozy city with short distances between the many sights, which include churches, museums, the royal palace, the famous town hall and of course Karl Johans Gate. The old town, Kvadraturen, is where King Christian IV established Christiania, which became the starting point for the present Oslo. There are beautiful 16th century houses in this area, and it is also here, the Akershus fortress can be seen. It was the king’s residence around 1300.
The proximity to the water is felt and seen in many places. The beautiful square in front of the town hall or the Opera House roof is among the best places to relax and enjoy the view to the Oslo Fjord, which is the reason for the maritime history of the city. Both places are among the city’s most popular places to enjoy the sun in the season.
Maritime transport is in many ways part of what Oslo has grown from, and the city’s museums in this field are internationally top class. You can board the Roald Amundsen polar ship Fram, see Thor Heyerdal’s fleets and visit Norwegian Viking history just to mention the highlights.
Oslo is also the capital of the fantastic Norwegian nature, and from the city it is never far to the open plains, mountains and forests that supplement the Oslo Fjord with vast recreative activities. You can even get on the city’s subway to the wilderness. The area at Holmenkollen is a good starting point for hiking.
Oslo’s monumental city hall is one of the city’s most famous landmarks. It was built by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson in the period 1931-1950. The dominant feature of the building are the two square towers, which are respectively 63 and 66 meters high, and which stand beautifully and almost sculpturally on the town hall square at the bottom of the Oslofjord.
Every year on 10 December, the town hall hosts the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. The date is the death anniversary of the Swede Alfred Nobel, after whom the award is named.
The decoration of the town hall is done by some of Norway’s best artists, and they were selected through competitions in the 1930s. The 39-metre-long, 31-metre-wide and 20-metre-high Town Hall is clad in marble and decorated with contemporary motifs of, among other things, the city, the country and the king.
The beautiful Banquet hall is the town hall’s most prestigious representation hall. Here there are portraits of Norwegian monarchs and glimpses of life in Oslo on the walls. The Munchrommet is, as the name suggests, named after a decoration by the famous Norwegian, Edvard Munch, who is internationally famous for, among other things, the work The Scream. In the room at the town hall you can see a large painting by Munch.
There is also a lot of decoration around Oslo City Hall. You can see, for example, the gilded Oslo Maiden, the Swan Fountain and the farm’s figures with symbols from Norse mythology.
Fridtjof Nansens Plads in front of the town hall is laid out with a very strict grandiose architecture. On the south side of the town hall towards the Oslofjord, there is a fine view of both the building and the lovely nature of the fjord. From here, in season, you can take a water bus to, for example, Bygdøy with the exciting museums located there.
Kvadraturen is the name of King Christian IV’s modern district from the construction of Christiania in the 17th century. The town plan was very innovative at the time and inspired by the time with the perpendicular streets that have since given it the name Kvadraturen.
The area was created when the city’s former buildings literally went up in smoke during a fire. The houses were made of wood, and to avoid a repetition, Kvadraturen’s houses had to be built in stone, which can be seen in today’s street view.
Oslo’s opera house opened in 2008, and it was built in a central and beautiful location on the Oslofjord, a few minutes’ walk from Central Station.
The building was adopted in the Storting in 1999 as a valuable mark of Norway as a cultural nation and at the same time underline the importance of the institution Den Norske Opera og Ballett to cultural life in the country.
The Opera House itself is designed so that there are horizontal and sloping surfaces on the outside that express something markedly different from the surrounding buildings, which gives the impression of a monumental and dramatic architecture. In the design, large areas have been incorporated for recreational stays and views towards, for example, the Oslo Fjord.
In the interior, the foyer is laid out so that there is a large and varied amount of light, and from here there is also a beautiful view towards the Oslo Fjord. In the beautiful hall for the main stage, 1,358 spectators can sit, while at the second stage of the opera there can be 440. In addition, there is a rehearsal stage that can accommodate 200 guests.
Among the highlights of the interior decoration is the audience room by the main stage, which with its wooden balconies and Norway’s largest chandelier is a very elegant and impressive space.
Akershus is Norway’s great medieval castle, which was built in 1299 by King Håkon V Magnusson to defend the city and the area. In the great fire in Oslo in 1624, the castle was destroyed, and King Christian IV decided to rebuild the castle in the Dutch Renaissance style, which happened in the following decades. A defense system with bastions was built around the castle.
After the loss of the Norwegian territories, Jemtland, Härjedalen and Bohuslen to Sweden in the 17th century, Akerhus’ military importance increased, as the enemy’s border was now much closer to the fortress than before.
In 1815, the fortress was closed down as an actual defense structure, but it was and is used for representative purposes, and there are various museums in the area. The fortress is still a military area, but an active role is not here as in earlier times.
Vigelandsparken, which is also known as Frognerparken, is a large recreational area with lawns, hiking trails, an outdoor summer pool and Gustav Vigeland’s famous sculpture installation. Vigeland’s facility consists of no less than 214 sculptures, all of which were created by the prolific artist after whom the park is today named. Gustav Vigeland also created drawings for the park itself in the first half of the 20th century. The many sculptures are made of iron, granite and bronze.
Within the Park’s beautiful gates you pass the Vigelandsbroen with 58 figures of men, women and children. Pay particular attention to the famous angry boy, Sinnetagen, who attracts a lot of attention. The large fountain, where six men carry a water trough, shows the cycle of life in reliefs, and the 17 meter high monolith at the center of 36 sculptures is evocatively carved from a piece of granite and contains 121 figures.
The Fram Museum is a unique museum of exploration history, named after the ship on display here. The entire museum is built around the ship Fram, which was built in 1892 for Fridtjof Nansen’s polar expedition, which lasted from 1893 to 1895.
The ship was again used on Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition in the years 1910-1911. You can see and experience Fram in the museum building, which also functions as a polar museum.
It is very exciting to walk around the ship and see the conditions the expedition participants lived in during the long voyages. It wasn’t luxurious, and considering the discovery results they achieved, that’s quite impressive.
The Viking Ship House is a museum that exhibits three preserved Viking ships from burial mounds in Gokstad, Oseberg and Tune respectively. The ships were built in the 800s and 900s and used for fjord and sea sailing. The museum also displays other objects from the Viking Age.
The Gokstad ship is Norway’s largest preserved Viking ship; it is from the end of the 9th century and excavated in 1880. The Oseberg ship is from the beginning of the 9th century and was found in 1903, while the Tune ship was the first to be excavated in 1867. The ships give a good impression of the Vikings’ skills and their seamanship, as in larger boats brought them around Europe, along the rivers of Russia and to North America as the first Europeans.
More than half of the world-famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s works are owned by the Munch Museum, which in turn is owned by the city of Oslo. Edvard Munch bequeathed over a thousand paintings and many other effects to the city in 1944, and in 1963 this museum opened to the public.
At the museum, you can experience Munch as the pioneer of his style through the many works in the collection. The most famous is The Scream from 1893, which shows the mental picture of modern anxious people. However, Munch has also painted a number of more positive and colorful pictures, and from them you can see, for example, Vårpløying.
Karl Johans gate is Oslo’s central and famous business district and splendid street. It was laid out in 1826, and only later was it expanded into a beautiful boulevard between the Storting and the city’s royal palace.
Karl Johans gate is named after the first king of the union in Norway-Sweden, who was the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, whose name as monarch became King Karl Johan.
A special detail at Karl Johans gate is that it is now equipped with heating under the pavement, so that you can stroll here all year round and therefore also when the snow is otherwise elsewhere in Oslo.
Oslo Cathedral was consecrated in 1697 under the name Our Saviour’s Church. In addition to the church’s religious purpose, its tower initially served as a lookout point in the fire-ravaged Christiania.
The church was renovated and rebuilt significantly in both the 19th and 20th centuries, but the overall impression is still the original church. The pulpit dates from 1699, and the altarpiece, which has been restored to its original appearance, dates from 1700.
The church room’s stained glass windows were made by Emanuel Vigeland in the period 1910-1916. Emanuel Vigeland is the sculptor Gustav Vigeland’s brother.
Around the eastern end of the church is a long arcade like a crescent moon. The arcade was built in 1858 and they originally served as the city’s bazaar halls. They are still used by various small businesses.
The National Gallery is the Norwegian National Museum’s department of art, and the museum also has the country’s largest collection of works with an emphasis on the period from around 1800 to the present day. The collection consists of both Norwegian, Nordic and international works; not least paintings and sculptures.
In the exhibition you can experience, among other things, a very fine collection of Norwegian art and other Scandinavian and European painting from 1800-1950. Among the works are, for example, several by Norwegian Edvard Munch.
The Astrup Fearnley Museum was opened in 1993 by financier Hans Rasmus Astrup. Its own permanent collections contain Norwegian and international modern art from the period after 1945; among the artworks are works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. Changing exhibitions from the same period are also arranged.
The museum was previously located in Kvadraturen, and since 2012 it has been located on Tjuvholmen in a modern building designed for the purpose by Renzo Piano. There are two buildings in the complex, one of which houses permanent exhibitions and the other changing ones.
Norway’s royal palace is located almost at the top and at the end of the main street, Karl Johans gate. It is said that the king, Karl Johan, in his time should have chosen the location himself during a horse ride.
The castle was built by architect Hans Ditlev Linstow in the period 1827-1849 as a Norwegian residence for the king of the Swedish Union, who in 1849 was King Oscar I. However, the large building was rarely used, because the king’s primary residence was the palace in Stockholm.
It was not until 1905, when the Norwegian royal couple moved in, that the palace in Oslo became the permanent royal residence, and in this connection a large number of improvements were made to the building’s interior. The royal palace is still inhabited by Norway’s royal family, and there is no regular public access to it. There is, however, access to the castle’s park, where you can see a number of sculptures, and in the summer season there are events with the castle open including tours.
The Royal Palace is a plastered, three-winged building in a classicist style. Originally, the castle was intended as an H-shaped building, but for economic reasons during the construction period, the ground plan was minimized.
Inside, there are several styles, which is not least due to the more than 20-year construction period. The Bird Room, which is the waiting room before audiences, is beautifully decorated in national romanticism, while the Vestibule is kept in elegant classicism. The castle’s most pompous hall is the Ballroom, which is 360 square meters in size and has a 10.7 meter ceiling. White walls, gilded moldings, sky blue ceiling and large, beautiful chandeliers characterize the impression.
Oslo City Museum is a city history museum located in Frogner Hovedgård, which was completed in 1792 in its current form. The museum depicts Oslo’s history and culture from the city’s foundation to today’s modern capital. There are many exciting themes, images and descriptions here, which together provide a solid introduction and overview of the things that have contributed to the development of the Norwegian capital.
At the same address as the city museum, you can also experience Oslo’s theater museum, which depicts the varied and important history that Oslo’s theater life has had. You can see the development of performing arts from early theaters to revue, opera and ballet.
The museum building, Frogner Hovedgård, is a former large farm whose lands covered a large part of Vigelandsparken and the current Frogner, which is a district in Oslo. The farm was built in the middle of the 18th century and extended in 1792. Since 1896, the site has been in municipal ownership.
Christiania Torv is the center of King Christian IV’s new city, Christiania, known today as Kvadraturen. On the square is Gamle Rådhus on the corner of Nedre Slottsgate and Rådhusgata. It was built in 1641 as Christiania’s first town hall.
The town hall function lasted until 1733, after which it has had different owners. In the period 1815-1846, the country’s Supreme Court was housed in the building.
Opposite Gamle Rådhus is Rådmannsgården, which dates from 1626 and is thus the oldest preserved building in Kvadraturen. This was where the town councilor had his home. In the middle of the square you can see the sculpture and the Hansken fountain.
The beautiful nature area around Holmenkollen was used in the 1800s as a recreation area, and in 1892 the famous ski hill named Holmenkollen opened.
Holmenkollen is located on top of a hill, and the ski jump tower itself is 62 meters high. From the top, which is 417 meters above sea level, there is an impressive view of Oslo and the surrounding landscape.
The Hopbakken is not just a tourist attraction, but also an active part of Norwegian skiing. There are thus yearly recurring international ski jumping competitions on Holmenkollen’s hill.
If you take the train to Holmenkollen, you can track at the stations what height above sea level you have reached. The tour also goes through beautiful nature with a view of Norwegian wooden houses.
At Holmenkollen is the Ski Museum, which has a large collection of skis and ski equipment as well as polar equipment from Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen’s polar expeditions. There are also effects from Norway’s hosting of the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 and in Lillehammer in 1994. There is also a simulator in the area where you can try your hand as a ski jumper from Holmenkollen.
Bygdøy is a peninsula in the Oslo Fjord immediately southwest of the center of Oslo. It is very varied with upscale housing, fields and forests, and part of the Norwegian capital’s famous museums are located here.
Bygdøy was originally an island, and until 1877 it was called Ladegårdsøen. Filling has made it landlocked with the Norwegian mainland, which happened around the year 1800.
There are several ways to get to Bygdøy; either by the roads here or by the boats that sail from the area by Oslo’s town hall. A boat trip is the most atmospheric transport, and on it you also get some nice views of Oslo’s skyline.
The Norwegian Maritime Museum’s interesting exhibitions depict Norwegian maritime history with general collections and themes on e.g. polar research and whaling. With the country’s rich and proud traditions and present day on the world’s oceans, there are many exciting things, themes and effects to explore.
Outside the museum is Roald Amundsen’s ship Gjøa, which was used for the passage of the Northwest Passage in 1903-1906. There are also other boats in the small harbor; eg a copy of a Viking ship.
The Kon-Tiki Museum is a museum that exhibits boats and objects from adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s various expeditions. The Kon-Tiki itself is the balsa wood raft that Thor Heyerdahl used for his voyage across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia in 1947.
At the museum, which documents and describes Thor Heyerdahl’s travels, you will also find the reed boat Ra II and a number of cultural objects from the trips. Here is also a copy of one of the large sculptures from Easter Island, which was one of the places Heyerdahl visited.
In the park area on Bygdøy is Norway’s largest open-air museum, where more than 150 buildings from the country’s history have been erected. The inspiration was the Nordic Museum and Skansen in Stockholm, and the museum was established in 1894.
The oldest building is the stave church from Gol, which was originally built around the year 1200. Other of the many buildings worth seeing are Raulandstua from the 1300s and the entire settlement, Gamlebyen, which gives the impression of an urban environment.
An important part of Norway’s parliamentary history took place in the town of Eidsvoll. In the Eidsvoll building (Magovegen 13), the Norwegian constitution was drawn up in the spring of 1814. The building is a small manor house where Carsten Anker lived. The Rikssalen stands as it did in 1814, and it has been a museum since 1850. The remaining center was established by the Norwegian government in 1998.
In Eidsvoll Gullverk (Odalsvegen), which lies northeast of the town of Eidsvoll itself, the rich gold deposits were dug for in 1750-1907. In the disused mine, visitors can wash gold themselves and keep what they find.
The town of Byrud is located north of Eidsvoll by Mjøsa, which is Norway’s largest inland lake with 365 km². In the late 19th century, Evelyn Aston found some emeralds in the area. Her father, Edward Aston opened the emerald mine in 1899 and the precious stones were blasted and mined until 1909.
There are a total of 300 meters of mine tunnels, and at its peak 30 people worked here. The emerald mine is only open during the season.
The city of Drammen, southwest of Oslo, was merged in 1811 by two villages, Strømsø and Bragernes. Since then, the city has grown considerably, and now over 90,000 people live here.
In Drammen, it is worth seeing the beautiful town hall at the end of the cozy Bragnernes Torg. It was built in 1871 according to drawings by the Oslo architect Eckhoff. The building is heavily decorated with stucco, and not least the tower may have been inspired by Oscarshall Castle in Oslo. From here you can also see the neo-Gothic Bragernes Church (Cappelens gate 9).
In addition to that, the city center is cozy and the city is surrounded by very beautiful nature; not least the river and the ridge Bragernesåsen immediately north of Bragernes Kirke.
Through the mountain Bragernesåsen runs a 1,650 meter long tunnel with six windings called the Spiral. A walk through brings visitors 150 meters up to the viewpoint Spiraltoppen at the top of the mountain, from where you can look out over Drammen, the Oslofjord and the beautiful surrounding landscape. Spiraltoppen opened in 1961 in connection with Drammen’s 150th anniversary. At the top you can see one of the twelve cannons that were erected in 1905 after Norway’s independence from Sweden.
The scenic area is also excellent for taking walks in. You can walk from Bragernes Kirke towards Spiraltoppen. The zigzag path towards the top starts obliquely behind the church. From many places on the path there is an incomparable view of Drammen and the fjord, including from Åspavaljonen in the middle of the mountain.
The city of Frederikstad was founded by King Frederik II in 1567, and in the 1660s the city was laid out as Norway’s strongest fortress city.
Fredrikstad’s old town, Gamlebyen, is a gem in Scandinavia as the only particularly well-preserved and still inhabited fortress town. The ramparts, moats and projecting bastions are all intact, providing a unique atmosphere with cobbled streets, drawbridge over the moat and a host of Empire and Renaissance buildings.
In the square Kongens Torv you can see a statue of King Frederik II and the old town hall, and on a tour of the city you can see, among other things, Tøihuset (Tøihugaten 41) and Kongsten Fort (W. Blakstads gate), which date from the 1680s.
Outside Fredrikstad, along Riksvej 110 towards Skjeberg lies Oldtidsvejen/Oldtidsveien, which is Norway’s most concentrated collection of ancient monuments from the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. Some of the things you can see are very richly painted rock carving sites, where the many motifs represent people, animals, ships, weapons and more.
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Jernbanetorget 6
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Storgata 32
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Ruseløkkveien 26
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Stenersgate 1
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Karl Johans gate 37-43
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Nedre Slottsgate 8
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Støperiveien 5, Strømmen
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Ruseløkkveien 26
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Karl Johans Gate, Aker Brygge, Bogstadveien, Hegdehaugsveien, Bygdøy Allé, Møllergata
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Ekebergveien 99
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Fotballmuseet
Ullevål, Sognsveien 75
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Holmenkollen
Kongeveien 5
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Frognerbadet
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Naturhistorisk Museum
Monrads gate
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Oslo Reptilpark
Storgata 26
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Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5
Gardeveien 15
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Teknisk Museum
Kjelsåsveien 143
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Østfold Badet
PM Røwdes gate 8
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Archaeological excavations in the Oslo area have resulted in finds in the form of Christian burials, which are believed to date to the years before the year 1000. The finds do not have a clear knowledge of the city’s start, which is set for year 1000, where It is believed that the first church was erected. However, Oslo is considered to be founded as an actual city with Harald Hardrådes first major facility in Oslo in 1049.
The early construction took place at the outlet of the Alna River, which was central to transport across the sea and inland. Harald Hardråde had a royal estate and a church built.
Oslo quickly developed into an important trading town in the area. This happened at the same time as the production of ships and agricultural products took place. During this time, for example through the 12th century, several institutions were also established. These talked the cathedral school as the city’s premier education site.
Oslo’s status in the Norwegian area was elevated to the capital from 1299. It happened to King Haakon V Magnusson, who as the first of the country’s kings took permanent residence here.
The time had also come for the city to be fortified. It happened from the year 1300 with Håkon V Magnusson’s construction of the castle of Akershus, which continues to throne on the Oslo Fjord. The fortress was primarily built to protect the threat from the Swedes to the east, but Akershus also became the king’s residence castle.
The 1300s had started with the construction of Akershus, and it made clear to Oslo’s development that the city was the capital. However, it wasn’t many years before optimism disappeared. In 1349, Oslo and Norway were affected by a plague epidemic, with half to three-quarters of the population perished. The city was for many years after the plague devastation. Trade fell while churches and royal buildings decayed.
In 1380, weakened Norway became part of the Kalmar Union and thus entered into a federal union with Denmark, from which the country was ruled. The Danish kings were also kings of Norway, and for many centuries the country was ruled from Copenhagen, which established itself as the leading city in Scandinavia.
With this form of government, Oslo was not developed in the same way as if the city had been the capital of an independent Norway. A number of institutions, such as higher education institutions, were located in Copenhagen, where some Norwegians went to study.
Over the following centuries, Oslo burned down several times. The houses were often made of wood with peat roofs, which gave the fire good conditions. After the great fire in 1624, King Christian IV decided to move the city to the area at Akershus Fortress and thus effectively establish a new city.
It was a modern city that Christian IV wanted to build, and he was involved in its planning. The city changed its name to Christiania, and to avoid fires the buildings had to be of stone. It was a change for Oslo, which with Christiania saw a new beginning.
Christiania was created with European cities as role models. The streets were perpendicular to each other and should be 15 meters wide. High defenses were also erected around the city center, which was accessed through the city’s three gates. The Christiania of the 17th century can be found in today’s district of Kvadraturen, and here, among other things, lies the city’s oldest town hall, built under Christian IV in 1641.
International trade of the 17th-18th century, especially with England and the Netherlands, developed in the time after Christiania’s founding, and increasing prosperity characterized the 18th century.
It was also the century when the Thirty Years War raged in the North, and in isolation, the Norwegian economy caused a boom through the country’s considerable shipbuilding. In 1716, the city was attacked by Sweden, which besieged Akershus, but did not fall.
Throughout the 19th century, there was a boom in Oslo. The city’s university was founded in 1813, and the following year the union with Denmark was dissolved as a result of the Napoleonic wars, and Christiania became Norway’s capital after Copenhagen. The city was not yet big, but it was developing rapidly through the 19th century. In 1830, Oslo became larger than Bergen, making it the largest city in the country.
The new Norwegian capital became the seat of government and one of the Swedish king Oscar Is residence cities. In 1825, the construction of Oslo’s royal palace was begun, it was completed in 1848. Other institutions were also established; for example Norges Bank, Stock Exchange and in 1866 Parliament.
From the mid-1800s, there was great economic progress in Christiania, and it attracted people from all over the country who hoped for better times for a life in the capital. Industrialization started from the area around the Akerselven, and it gave the economy a real boom. Many facilities and institutions were built in the city, which could eventually be called a larger city. Oslo as a city was expanded in 1859 and again in 1878.
The population of the city grew from 30,000 in 1850 to 230,000 in 1900. Many worked on the countless factories that were built during the industrialization that had also brought the railway to the capital.
In 1905, the union with Sweden was abolished. Christiania again became a royal residence when the Danish prince Carl became Norway’s King Håkon VII.
Economically, things went well in Oslo until the outbreak of World War I, which put a damper on developments across Europe. In 1925, the city’s name was changed from Christian IV’s Christiania to the original name Oslo.
Norway was occupied by Germany in 1940, and the king and the government of Oslo settled during the war years in London. During those years, the Germans and the Norwegian Nazis align themselves with the Akershus Fortress. It was also here that Commander Josef Nichterlein finally returned the city to the Norwegian home front on May 11, 1945.
After World War II, there was a large housing shortage in Oslo, and large-scale housing construction was started in the suburbs. In 1952, the Norwegian capital came on the world map as host of the Winter Olympics, which took place on Holmenkollen’s famous ski slope. However, Norway continued to not count as the economic superpower that it is today.
It was in the 1970s that the extraction of Norway’s large oil deposits in the North Sea started, and this has resulted in a very solid economy in Norwegian society, which is seen and experienced in the modern capital Oslo. Since the 1980s, Oslo has experienced a great cultural boost, which has created a wide range of opportunities for visitors. This applies, among other things, to the city’s opera house, which in modern architecture lies towards the Oslo Fjord.
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Overview of Oslo
Oslo is a cozy city with short distances between the many sights, which include churches, museums, the royal palace, the famous town hall and of course Karl Johans Gate. The old town, Kvadraturen, is where King Christian IV established Christiania, which became the starting point for the present Oslo. There are beautiful 16th century houses in this area, and it is also here, the Akershus fortress can be seen. It was the king’s residence around 1300.
The proximity to the water is felt and seen in many places. The beautiful square in front of the town hall or the Opera House roof is among the best places to relax and enjoy the view to the Oslo Fjord, which is the reason for the maritime history of the city. Both places are among the city’s most popular places to enjoy the sun in the season.
Maritime transport is in many ways part of what Oslo has grown from, and the city’s museums in this field are internationally top class. You can board the Roald Amundsen polar ship Fram, see Thor Heyerdal’s fleets and visit Norwegian Viking history just to mention the highlights.
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Karl Johans gate is Oslo’s central and famous business district and splendid street. It was laid out in 1826, and only later was it expanded into a beautiful boulevard between the Storting and the city’s royal palace.
Karl Johans gate is named after the first king of the union in Norway-Sweden, who was the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, whose name as monarch became King Karl Johan.
A special detail at Karl Johans gate is that it is now equipped with heating under the pavement, so that you can stroll here all year round and therefore also when the snow is otherwise elsewhere in Oslo.
Oslo Cathedral was consecrated in 1697 under the name Our Saviour’s Church. In addition to the church’s religious purpose, its tower initially served as a lookout point in the fire-ravaged Christiania.
The church was renovated and rebuilt significantly in both the 19th and 20th centuries, but the overall impression is still the original church. The pulpit dates from 1699, and the altarpiece, which has been restored to its original appearance, dates from 1700.
The church room’s stained glass windows were made by Emanuel Vigeland in the period 1910-1916. Emanuel Vigeland is the sculptor Gustav Vigeland’s brother.
Around the eastern end of the church is a long arcade like a crescent moon. The arcade was built in 1858 and they originally served as the city’s bazaar halls. They are still used by various small businesses.
The National Gallery is the Norwegian National Museum’s department of art, and the museum also has the country’s largest collection of works with an emphasis on the period from around 1800 to the present day. The collection consists of both Norwegian, Nordic and international works; not least paintings and sculptures.
In the exhibition you can experience, among other things, a very fine collection of Norwegian art and other Scandinavian and European painting from 1800-1950. Among the works are, for example, several by Norwegian Edvard Munch.
The Astrup Fearnley Museum was opened in 1993 by financier Hans Rasmus Astrup. Its own permanent collections contain Norwegian and international modern art from the period after 1945; among the artworks are works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. Changing exhibitions from the same period are also arranged.
The museum was previously located in Kvadraturen, and since 2012 it has been located on Tjuvholmen in a modern building designed for the purpose by Renzo Piano. There are two buildings in the complex, one of which houses permanent exhibitions and the other changing ones.
Norway’s royal palace is located almost at the top and at the end of the main street, Karl Johans gate. It is said that the king, Karl Johan, in his time should have chosen the location himself during a horse ride.
The castle was built by architect Hans Ditlev Linstow in the period 1827-1849 as a Norwegian residence for the king of the Swedish Union, who in 1849 was King Oscar I. However, the large building was rarely used, because the king’s primary residence was the palace in Stockholm.
It was not until 1905, when the Norwegian royal couple moved in, that the palace in Oslo became the permanent royal residence, and in this connection a large number of improvements were made to the building’s interior. The royal palace is still inhabited by Norway’s royal family, and there is no regular public access to it. There is, however, access to the castle’s park, where you can see a number of sculptures, and in the summer season there are events with the castle open including tours.
The Royal Palace is a plastered, three-winged building in a classicist style. Originally, the castle was intended as an H-shaped building, but for economic reasons during the construction period, the ground plan was minimized.
Inside, there are several styles, which is not least due to the more than 20-year construction period. The Bird Room, which is the waiting room before audiences, is beautifully decorated in national romanticism, while the Vestibule is kept in elegant classicism. The castle’s most pompous hall is the Ballroom, which is 360 square meters in size and has a 10.7 meter ceiling. White walls, gilded moldings, sky blue ceiling and large, beautiful chandeliers characterize the impression.
Oslo City Museum is a city history museum located in Frogner Hovedgård, which was completed in 1792 in its current form. The museum depicts Oslo’s history and culture from the city’s foundation to today’s modern capital. There are many exciting themes, images and descriptions here, which together provide a solid introduction and overview of the things that have contributed to the development of the Norwegian capital.
At the same address as the city museum, you can also experience Oslo’s theater museum, which depicts the varied and important history that Oslo’s theater life has had. You can see the development of performing arts from early theaters to revue, opera and ballet.
The museum building, Frogner Hovedgård, is a former large farm whose lands covered a large part of Vigelandsparken and the current Frogner, which is a district in Oslo. The farm was built in the middle of the 18th century and extended in 1792. Since 1896, the site has been in municipal ownership.
Christiania Torv is the center of King Christian IV’s new city, Christiania, known today as Kvadraturen. On the square is Gamle Rådhus on the corner of Nedre Slottsgate and Rådhusgata. It was built in 1641 as Christiania’s first town hall.
The town hall function lasted until 1733, after which it has had different owners. In the period 1815-1846, the country’s Supreme Court was housed in the building.
Opposite Gamle Rådhus is Rådmannsgården, which dates from 1626 and is thus the oldest preserved building in Kvadraturen. This was where the town councilor had his home. In the middle of the square you can see the sculpture and the Hansken fountain.
The beautiful nature area around Holmenkollen was used in the 1800s as a recreation area, and in 1892 the famous ski hill named Holmenkollen opened.
Holmenkollen is located on top of a hill, and the ski jump tower itself is 62 meters high. From the top, which is 417 meters above sea level, there is an impressive view of Oslo and the surrounding landscape.
The Hopbakken is not just a tourist attraction, but also an active part of Norwegian skiing. There are thus yearly recurring international ski jumping competitions on Holmenkollen’s hill.
If you take the train to Holmenkollen, you can track at the stations what height above sea level you have reached. The tour also goes through beautiful nature with a view of Norwegian wooden houses.
At Holmenkollen is the Ski Museum, which has a large collection of skis and ski equipment as well as polar equipment from Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen’s polar expeditions. There are also effects from Norway’s hosting of the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 and in Lillehammer in 1994. There is also a simulator in the area where you can try your hand as a ski jumper from Holmenkollen.
Bygdøy is a peninsula in the Oslo Fjord immediately southwest of the center of Oslo. It is very varied with upscale housing, fields and forests, and part of the Norwegian capital’s famous museums are located here.
Bygdøy was originally an island, and until 1877 it was called Ladegårdsøen. Filling has made it landlocked with the Norwegian mainland, which happened around the year 1800.
There are several ways to get to Bygdøy; either by the roads here or by the boats that sail from the area by Oslo’s town hall. A boat trip is the most atmospheric transport, and on it you also get some nice views of Oslo’s skyline.
The Norwegian Maritime Museum’s interesting exhibitions depict Norwegian maritime history with general collections and themes on e.g. polar research and whaling. With the country’s rich and proud traditions and present day on the world’s oceans, there are many exciting things, themes and effects to explore.
Outside the museum is Roald Amundsen’s ship Gjøa, which was used for the passage of the Northwest Passage in 1903-1906. There are also other boats in the small harbor; eg a copy of a Viking ship.
The Kon-Tiki Museum is a museum that exhibits boats and objects from adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s various expeditions. The Kon-Tiki itself is the balsa wood raft that Thor Heyerdahl used for his voyage across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia in 1947.
At the museum, which documents and describes Thor Heyerdahl’s travels, you will also find the reed boat Ra II and a number of cultural objects from the trips. Here is also a copy of one of the large sculptures from Easter Island, which was one of the places Heyerdahl visited.
In the park area on Bygdøy is Norway’s largest open-air museum, where more than 150 buildings from the country’s history have been erected. The inspiration was the Nordic Museum and Skansen in Stockholm, and the museum was established in 1894.
The oldest building is the stave church from Gol, which was originally built around the year 1200. Other of the many buildings worth seeing are Raulandstua from the 1300s and the entire settlement, Gamlebyen, which gives the impression of an urban environment.
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