6 landmarks in Gamle Oslo with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Bygdøy Peninsula
Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0286, Norway
Bygdøy has belonged to Norwegian royalty almost continuously since 1305, when King Haakon V gave it to Queen Eufemia.
Ekeberg Sculpture Park
23 Kongsveien, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0193, Norway
This is the exact spot where Edvard Munch felt an infinite scream pass through nature.
Hovedøya Island
Hovedøya, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0150, Norway
Five minutes by ferry from the center of a capital city, there's an island with twelfth-century monastery ruins, Napoleonic-era cannon batteries, half-a-billion years of geology, and a population of five people.
MUNCH
1 Edvard Munchs plass, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0194, Norway
The Scream has been stolen twice.
Sørenga & Medieval Oslo
4 Sørengkaia, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0194, Norway
The original city of Oslo is buried here.
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.
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