Everything you need to see, eat, do, and of course play in Oslo
This is an all intensive list of things to do in Oslo. You've made a big decision to move here, let's make it easy to get around. This is an evolving list of things so if you have any new suggestions, just let us know!
Stortinget
Wandering around in the city centre (between Stortinget [Parliament building], Slottet [the Castle] and Rådhuset [City Hall] is nice - but beware that this is a touristy area. Tourist shops and many of the restaurants in this area are sub-par compared with other ares of town.
If you are around the castle in the afternoon, make sure to see the Royal Guard’s change of guards at 13:30.
The Opera House
The Opera house, located in the new “Barcode” district. When visiting the Opera house - bring your swimming clothes and visit the Floating sauna boats.
Newly opened museum with a huge collection of Munch’s paintings and other work.
The Vigeland Sculpture park is located at Frognerparken. Is a sculpture park designed by Norwegian sculpture Vigeland. Vigeland was also responsible for the design and architectural outline of the park, which is one of Norway's top tourist attractions, with more than one million annual visitors. This is a nice place to grab a coffee and walk around.
Ekebergparken is another sculpture park that is great for a hike around the area. It is much larger than Vigeland Park, and contains many famous artworks by many artists like James Turrel. To check out the Turrel exhibition you must book a ticket online here.
This ski jump will be something everyone will tell you to check out. Here you will find a Ski Museum with one of the best views of the city.
Located at the tip of the new Tjuvholmen district is the best contemporary art museum. Located in a beautiful building by Renzo Piano, with a decent collection and often many good rotating displays.
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology
The museum is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The Norwegian Folk Museum has an open-air museum with 160 buildings, including Gol Stave Church and the OBOS farm Wessels gate 15. The museum conducts research and knowledge production, and offers programs for children and families. It also has one of the best Christmas Markets.
Other than Vigeland, Henrik Ibsen may be the most important Norwegian artist to the world culture. His plays may be the most performed after Shakespeare. Ibsen is very much present in Oslo.
The Mausoleum by Emanuel Vigeland
The hidden gem among Oslo attractions may be the mausoleum of Vigeland. The fresco paintings cover all the walls and the ceiling in one large dark. quiet room was named Vita (Life). Yes, he is the less famous kid brother of Gustav Vigeland that made the sculpture park. Only open Sunday afternoon; book your ticket in advance. If you are lucky, someone has brought an instrument and will demonstrate the amazing acoustics.
This is a nice overall guide of restaurants in Oslo by category. This is a good list for jumping off guide for when you are looking for something particular.
Norwegian food can be divided into three categories:
Traditional:
Seafood:
Modern Scandi:
Medium:
Bass
Expensive
Flamme Burger - Bernt's FAVE
Don't want to leave the house? that is fine there are two main food delivery services but please tip your riders, they say they get paid well it isn't true.
Indoor & Outdoor Climbing
Trampoline
Kayaking
Tennis
Oslo Tennis Club - Tennis courts, courses and camp
Hiking
Vettakollen Viewpoint
Maridalsvannet
Blåsen utkiktspunkt
Group Workouts
Yoga/Pilates
Kjernekraft Oslo, Yoga og Pilates
Park hangs
This a very popular activity. You pretty much can expect a few people to be there all day and night in the summer/spring months.
While a GP is assigned to you, here are some helpful hints to get started.
An overview of your medical records while in Norway. You can also change your GP here twice a year.
This is an emergency doctor in case you are unable to see your GP, this is great for quick visits or need for care. You can do video or in person visits.
This is a chiropractor that is pretty easy to get appointments
A list of Dentists in Norway
While walking is a good way to get around Oslo, sometimes you don't want to hoof it up another hill (or the weather is bad)
This is the best way to buy a ticket for the public transit. By downloading the app in your app store.
Here you can rent a bike and use it through out the city. There are tons of these blue bikes that makes it easy to get around pretty cheaply.
There are three options for taking the Train or Tog to leave Oslo. Vy, Entur, and buying at the kiosk at Oslo S (Jernbanetorget). At the station it will probably be more expensive but sometimes the apps or site do not like international cards.
This is the preferred application for booking a ticket.
This one will typically work for bank cards outside of Norway.
These are pretty decent taxi services. Download the app and go!