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What to see in Oslo on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Oslo is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Oslo pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks1

  1. 1Oslo rådhusOslo City Hall is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway.

Historic Sites20

  1. 2Carl III Johan
  2. 3Niels Henrik Abel
  3. 4MS Scandinavian Star minnesmerkeMS Scandinavian Star, originally named MS Massalia, was a car and passenger ferry built in France in 1971.
  4. 5Nasjonalmonumentet for krigens ofre 1940-45
  5. 6M48 StridsvognThe NM135 Stormpanservogn is a Norwegian tracked light armoured vehicle (LAV).
  6. 7VATERLANDS BRU
  7. 8NIELS WULFSBERGNiels Wulfsberg was a Norwegian priest, newspaper editor and publisher.
  8. 9Eivind BerggravEivind Josef Berggrav was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop.
  9. 10CORA SANDELSara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius, better known by her pen name Cora Sandel, was a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her adult life abroad.
  10. 11KIRSTEN OHMKirsten Ohm was a Norwegian diplomat.
  11. 12HARRIET BACKERHarriet Backer was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally.
  12. 13VILLA PARAFINAInkognitogata 18 is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Norway.
  13. 14ELISE SEMElise Sem was a Norwegian barrister, women's activist and sports official.
  14. 15VALGKIRKEAn election church is a term used for approximately 300 churches in Norway that were used as polling stations during the elections to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
  15. 16Fridtjof NansenFridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
  16. 17STATTHOLDER GÅRDEN
  17. 18KVINNEHUSET
  18. 19NasjonalgallerietThe National Gallery is a gallery in Oslo, Norway.
  19. 20Oslo domkirkeOslo Cathedral — formerly Our Savior's Church — is the main church for the Church of Norway Diocese of Oslo, as well as the parish church for downtown Oslo.
  20. 21Militærhospitalet

Museums & Galleries9

  1. 22Norges hjemmefrontmuseumNorway's Resistance Museum also known as the Norwegian Home Front Museum is a museum located at the Akershus Fortress in Oslo.
  2. 23Astrup Fearnley MuseetThe Astrup Fearnley Museum is a privately owned contemporary art museum in Oslo in Norway.
  3. 2422. juli-senteret
  4. 25Småflaskemuseet
  5. 26Oslo skolemuseum
  6. 27Nordisk bibelmuseumThe Nordic Bible Museum (Nobimu), located in Oslo, Norway, is the first Bible museum in the Nordic countries.
  7. 28Nobels FredssenterThe Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents.
  8. 29Historisk museum
  9. 30ForsvarsmuseetThe Armed Forces Museum of Norway is a museum located at Akershus Fortress in Oslo, Norway.

Parks & Gardens7

  1. 31Dronningparken
  2. 32Schandorffs plass
  3. 33Kristparken
  4. 34Vaterlandsparken
  5. 35Paléhaven
  6. 36Grev Wedels plass
  7. 37Ankerhagen

Public Art13

  1. 38St. Olavs plass
  2. 39Kong Haakon VII
  3. 40Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
  4. 41Johan Halvorsen
  5. 42Henrik Ibsen
  6. 43Jens Olav Walaas SelvaagOlav Selvaag was a Norwegian engineer and residential contractor, known for his innovative approach to designing and building affordable housing during the later half of the twentieth century.
  7. 44Havnepromenaden infotårn 6 Vestbanen
  8. 45Olafia JohannsdottirÓlafía Jóhannsdóttir was an Icelandic teacher and temperance worker.
  9. 46Havnepromenaden infotårn 5 Tjuvholmen
  10. 47The Cow
  11. 48Arne GarborgArne Garborg was a Norwegian writer.
  12. 49Edvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist.
  13. 50Albert NordengenAlbert Nordengen was a Norwegian banker and politician with the Conservative Party.

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