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Akershus Slott & Festning
This medieval fortress was built in 1300 and is a popular attraction for its forbidding remember
of how desperate life was in previous centuries.
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Opening
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Grounds: daily 6 am - 9 pm. Castle: Guided tours
- May to mid-September: daily at 11am, 1pm & 3pm; mid-September to April: Thursday, 1pm.
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Pricing:
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Grounds and concerts: free. Castle: NKK 40.
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Contact:
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Tel: 22 41-25-21 |
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Getting
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Akershus Slott, Festningspl, Oslo,
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Vigeland Park
This is Norway's most popular attraction, with more than one million visitors each year. Here
you can spend hours wandering around and seeing 192 sculptures made by Gustav Vigeland.
The park's highest point, a 14m (46ft) monolith carved out of a single block of stone, consists
of 121 writhing human figures.
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Opening
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Park: open 24hrs, year round. Museum: September to May - Tuesday to Sunday 12pm to 4pm; June to August - Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm.
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Pricing:
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Free admission to the park. The museum costs NOK45 (adults) and NOK25 (children)
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Contact:
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Telephone: 2349 3700 |
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Getting
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Kirkeveien. Bus 20 or tram 12 to Vigelandsparken; all westbound underground lines to Majorstuen station
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Norske Folkemuseum
This fascinating open-air museum contains around 150 buildings from different regions, mostly dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, including one of Norway's oldest structures, the Gol
Stave Church, built early in the 13th century in Gol and moved to its present location in 1885.
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Details
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Opening
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Sep 15 - May 14: 9am - 6pm; May 15 - Sep 14: 9am - 8pm.
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Pricing:
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Jan 02 - May 14: Adults NOK 70; Children NOK 25; Family ticket NOK 150; Children under 6 years free. May 15 - Sep 14: Adults NOK 90; Children NOK 25; Family ticket NOK 200; Children under 6 years free
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Contact:
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Phone: (+47) 22 12 37 00 Fax: (+47) 22 12 37 77 nf@norskfolkemuseum.no |
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Wheelchair accessible.
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Getting
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Museumsveien 10, Bygdøy, N-0287 Oslo. Bus: No 30 Bygdøy from downtown Oslo. Ferry: from the City Hall pier (summer only)
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Vikingskipshuset
If you want to get a better idea of how the Vikings sailed around the world then the excellent
Viking Ship Museum is your best port of departure. This museum houses Viking ship discoveries from Gokstad, Oseburg, Tune and around the Oslo Fjord. Here you will see the world's two best preserved wooden Viking ships built in the 9th century. It's worth spending time checking out
each of the three ships. The Oseberg was found in 1903 and in its heyday required 30 oarsmen.
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Details
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Opening
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May to September: daily, 9am to 6pm; October to April: daily, 11am to 4pm
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Pricing:
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Adults: NOK40; children: NOK20; other concessions available
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Contact:
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Telephone: 2213 5280; E-mail: info@khm.uio.no; |
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Getting
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Huk Aveny 35, Bygdøy Peninsula. Bus 30 from the National Theatre, or ferry 91 from Pier 3 behind the City Hall (summer only); |
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Kon-Tiki Museum
The highlight here is the world-famous balsa-log raft that Thor Heyerdahl used in 1947 on his sail from Peru to Polynesia.
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Opening
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June to August: daily, 9am to 5.30pm; January to March: 10.30am to 4pm; April
to May & September to October: daily, 10am to 5pm;
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Pricing:
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Adults: NOK40; children: NOK20. Other concessions are available
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Contact:
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Address:; Telephone: 2308 6767; E-mail: kon-tiki@online.no |
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Getting Here:
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Bygdøynesveien 36,
Bygdøy Peninsula. Bus 30 from the National Theatre, or ferry
91 from Pier 3 behind the City Hall to Bygdøy (summer only)
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Drobak
A pleasant day trip from Oslo, this charming town contains numerous clapboard timber buildings. Santa Claus apparently calls Drøbak home and has his own post office here. You can send Christmas cards with the official Santa stamp 365 days of the year from here. The town has a Christmas theme pretty much all year round. Drøbak is mainly a summer hideaway for Oslo residents, but there are a few things for tourists to do here. The Oscarsborg fortress was built
in 1845 and sits on a small island in the fjord. Shots fired from here sunk the German warship Blücher in 1940.
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Fredriksten Festning
This imposing fortress, located at Halden, southeast of Oslo, was built in 1661 and has proven enduring ever since, having survived six Swedish sieges. The first siege, by Swedish king Karl XII
in 1716, ended with the people of Halden setting fire to the town themselves, so that the Swedish army had to retreat. Exploring the fortress' ramparts and bastions, storehouses, powderhouses
and deep, mysterious passageways is an unforgettable experience.
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Opening
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18th May to 31 August: daily, 10 a.m - 5 p.m.
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ontact:
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telephone 6918 5411. |
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More
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Guided tours by prior arrangement
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