11 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Oslo
11 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Damstredet
0175 Damstredet, Grünerløkka, Oslo, 0177, Norway
This 160-meter lane of painted wooden houses is the closest thing Oslo has to a time machine.
Mathallen Oslo
5 Vulkan, Grünerløkka, Oslo, 0178, Norway
The building that now houses Oslo's best food hall used to produce steel bridges.
MUNCH
1 Edvard Munchs plass, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0194, Norway
The Scream has been stolen twice.
Norwegian Folk Museum
10 Museumsveien, Frogner, Oslo, 0287, Norway
In the 1880s, a parish in Gol wanted to demolish its old stave church to build a shiny new one.
Oslo Cathedral
11 Karl Johans gate, Sentrum, Oslo, 0154, Norway
This is Oslo's third attempt at a cathedral.
Oslo City Hall
Fridtjof Nansens plass, Sentrum, Oslo, 0160, Norway
Every December 10th, in the main hall of this red-brick building, someone receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
Oslo Opera House
Kirsten Flagstads plass 1, 0150 Oslo
This is the only opera house in the world where you're encouraged to walk on the roof.
The Barcode
Dronning Eufemias gate, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0191, Norway
When aerial photos of this development first circulated, someone pointed out that the row of high-rises looked like an electronic barcode.
The Royal Palace
Slottsplassen 1, 0010 Oslo
The man who commissioned this palace was a French soldier named Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte who somehow ended up as King of Norway and Sweden.
Tjuvholmen & Astrup Fearnley Museum
Strandpromenaden 2, 0252 Oslo
The name means "Thief Island," and that's not a cute marketing story.
Vulkan
Vulkan 5, 0178 Oslo
The neighborhood is named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking, because this stretch of the Akerselva river has been a foundry district since the Middle Ages.
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