Akerselva River Walk
Sagene, Oslo, Norway
The Akerselva is the only industrial river in Europe that starts and finishes within the same capital city.
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.
Grefsenkollen
100 Grefsenkollveien, Marka, Oslo, 0490, Norway
At 379 meters above sea level, Grefsenkollen offers what is arguably the best panoramic view of Oslo and the Oslofjord — the entire city laid out below like a relief map, with the fjord stretching south toward Denmark and the forested hills of Nordmarka rising behind you.
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.
St. Hanshaugen Park
33B Geitmyrsveien, St. Hanshaugen, Oslo, 0171, Norway
The name translates to "Midsummer Bonfire Hill," and that's exactly what it was.
Explore nature in Oslo
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