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Akershus Fortress
Akershus Slott
Festningspl
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 22 41 25 21
Akershus Fortress was constructed in the late 1290s by King Haakon V to protect Oslo from foreign invaders and domestic nobles. The castle survived many sieges throughout its history, most at the hands of the Swedish. During World War II many resistance fighters were executed here, making Akershus Fortress an emotive and highly charged site. Several Norwegian traitors were also executed here after the war, including Vidkun Quisling, the puppet ruler of Norway. A number of Norwegian rulers are buried at the castle, including King Haakon VII, King Olav V and Queen Maud. The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum and the Norwegian Resistance Museum can also be found here.
Fram Polar Ship Museum
Bygdøynesveien 36
0286 Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 23 28 29 50
Norway stretches up into the Arctic Circle, and has historically been the starting point for many polar expeditions. The Fram is one of the most enduring polar vessels, a great ship which saw a number of important journeys to both the north and south poles. Today the Fram is the centrepiece of the Polar Ship Museum. There are also a range of exhibitions further describing the flora and fauna of the poles.
Ibsen Museum
Henrik Ibsens gate 26
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 22 12 35 50
Oslo’s Ibsen Museum was opened in 2006 – the 100th anniversary of the noted Norwegian playwright’s death. This museum, one of three dedicated to Ibsen in his native country, is the writer’s last home. It has been painstakingly restored to the way it would have looked at the turn of the 20th century when Ibsen was writing his final works. There is also a literary-inspired shop on site.
The Munch Museum
Tøyengata 53
0608 Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 23 24 14 00
The Munch Museum houses a collection of more than 17,000 graphic works by Edvard Munch, an artist famous for his twisted, depressed and experimental use of colour and texture. The museum gained international notoriety in 2004 when gun-wielding robbers stole two of his most famous works.
Norske Folk Museum
Museumsveien 10
Bygdøy
0287 Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 22 12 37 00
The Norwegian Folk Museum hosts some 150 period buildings from throughout Norway’s history. Many of the buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries, although the Gol Stave Church was constructed in the early 13th century and moved to its present location in 1885. Walking around the open-air museum, the ambience is authentically historic.
Vigeland Park
Kirkeveien
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 23 49 37 00
Vigeland Park is Norway's most popular visitor attraction, drawing more than one million people every year. More than 192 imposing sculptures made by Gustav Vigeland are to be found here, including an incredible monolith of 121 writhing human figures carved from a single block of stone.
Viking Ship Museum
Huk Aveny 35
Bygdøy Peninsula
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 22 13 52 80
The Viking Ship Museum houses discoveries of Viking war ships from around Norway. The collection includes two of the world’s best-preserved wooden Viking ships dating from the 9th century. Visitors get a real feel for what it was like to be a Viking oarsmen sailing and raiding the coastlines of Europe and beyond throughout the centuries.