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The 11 Most Iconic Landmarks in Oslo

11 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Aker Brygge
~3 min

Aker Brygge

3 Stranden, Frogner, Oslo, 0250, Norway

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For over a century, this waterfront built warships.

Akershus Fortress
~5 min

Akershus Fortress

1 Festningsplassen, Sentrum, Oslo, 0015, Norway

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This fortress has been besieged at least six times and never once been taken.

Fram Museum
~4 min

Fram Museum

39 Bygdøynesveien, Frogner, Oslo, 0286, Norway

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The Fram is the strongest wooden ship ever built, and the only vessel in history to have sailed both furthest north and furthest south of any ship on earth.

Holmenkollen Ski Jump
~4 min

Holmenkollen Ski Jump

5 Kongeveien, Marka, Oslo, 0787, Norway

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This ski jump has been rebuilt eighteen times.

Karl Johans gate
~3 min

Karl Johans gate

Karl Johans gate, Sentrum, Oslo, 0159, Norway

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This street connects three pillars of Norwegian governance in a single straight line: the Royal Palace at one end, the Parliament in the middle, and the Cathedral near the other.

MUNCH
~5 min

MUNCH

1 Edvard Munchs plass, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, 0194, Norway

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The Scream has been stolen twice.

Oslo City Hall
~4 min

Oslo City Hall

Fridtjof Nansens plass, Sentrum, Oslo, 0160, Norway

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Every December 10th, in the main hall of this red-brick building, someone receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

Oslo Opera House
~4 min

Oslo Opera House

Kirsten Flagstads plass 1, 0150 Oslo

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This is the only opera house in the world where you're encouraged to walk on the roof.

The Royal Palace
~4 min

The Royal Palace

Slottsplassen 1, 0010 Oslo

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The man who commissioned this palace was a French soldier named Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte who somehow ended up as King of Norway and Sweden.

Vigeland Sculpture Park
~5 min

Vigeland Sculpture Park

32 Nobels gate, Frogner, Oslo, 0268, Norway

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Two hundred and twelve sculptures by one artist, spread across eighty acres, open twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, completely free.

Viking Ship Museum
~5 min

Viking Ship Museum

Huk Aveny 35, 0287 Oslo

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The Oseberg ship was built around 820 AD, buried in 834 AD with two women and fifteen horses, and then sat under blue clay for over a thousand years until a farmer's spade hit wood in 1903.

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