Norway: Oslo
ABOVE: A marina in Oslo Harbor
with the towers of the City Hall in the background.
Our travel
partner for Norway:
Viator: Norway - Book
city tours and regional excursions before you leave home.
General Tourist Information
Oslo
The official guide to Oslo has a full range of tourist information.
Virtual Oslo
Take a virtual
sightseeing tour, or sample the various tourist and business directories.
10oslo.com
Find "Top 10" lists of Oslo hotels, restaurants, shops of different types,
museums, and my favorite: bakeries.
Entertainment
Oslo Philharmonic
The music may be universal, but the text is in Norwegian.
Excursions
Skibladner
The world's oldest paddle steamer has regular sailings from Hamar and other
towns on Lake Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake, which lies north of Oslo.
Hotels
Oslo Hotels
europeforvisitors.com
Another page about Norway from this Europe Travel Planner.
Museums and Libraries
Norsk Folkemuseum
Some 150 buildings make up this open-air museum, including a stave church from
the 13th Century. Entertainment and children's activities are scheduled
year-round. Vigeland Sculpture Park
Gustav Vigeland, Norway's most famous sculptor, created 192 massive works for
this city-owned park between 1907 and his death in 1943.
Restaurants
Engelbret Café
Edvard Grieg dined here under the trees in summer; so can you. The year-round
indoor dining room is a "theatre café" dating back to 1857. If you
don't read Norwegian, see the Oslo tourist office's
English description.
Holmenkollen
Restaurant
Book a table in one of Oslo's most elegant (and expensive)
restaurants.
If you don't read Norwegian, click
this link for information in English.
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Norway Pages
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