~5 min
Akershus Fortress
1 Festningsplassen, Sentrum, Oslo, 0015, Norway
iconichistorymedieval
This fortress has been besieged at least six times and never once been taken.
~5 min
Bygdøy Peninsula
Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0286, Norway
naturehistorycoastal
Bygdøy has belonged to Norwegian royalty almost continuously since 1305, when King Haakon V gave it to Queen Eufemia.
~2 min
Emanuel Vigeland Museum
8 Gravdalsveien, Vestre Aker, Oslo, 0756, Norway
arthidden-gemquirky
This is Oslo's strangest museum, and possibly the strangest museum in Scandinavia.
~3 min
Norway's Resistance Museum
21 Akershusstranda, Sentrum, Oslo, 0150, Norway
historywarmuseum
The museum sits inside the fortress where the things it documents actually happened.
~4 min
Tjuvholmen & Astrup Fearnley Museum
Strandpromenaden 2, 0252 Oslo
artarchitecturecontemporary-art
The name means "Thief Island," and that's not a cute marketing story.
Explore dark history in Oslo
GPS-guided narration at every landmark. Tap a spot on the map, hear the story. Every fact verified.