The Best of Oslo

Description

Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.

Board your motorcoach and drive past imposing Akershus Castle and City Hall. Dedicated in 1950 to commemorate Oslo's 900-year anniversary, the redbrick Radhus is the city's most familiar landmark. See the National Theatre, the University and the Royal Palace. Continue through residential districts with their colorful wooden houses to the Bygdøy Peninsula. The Peninsula is home to a number of Oslo's major attractions.

Your first destination is the Maritime Museum housing the 9th century Viking boat from the largest Gokstad Viking ship findings, and a wide range of Norwegian maritime cultural heritage including the country's oldest vessel (2200 years old). Here you will also see professional shipbuilders creating a replica of a Viking Ship.

Continue to the Fram Museum. Dedicated to Norway's great polar explorers, the museum houses the three-mast schooner built for Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdup and Roald Amundsen's expeditions to the North and South Poles. In fact, Fram has the distinction of sailing further north and further south than any other wooden hulled ship. Her last polar expedition was Amundsen's successful race to the South Pole in 1911. Tour the vessel, which still features its original interior.

Next up is the Norwegian Folk Museum. Founded in 1894, this open-air museum boasts over 150 historic buildings collected from around Norway. The buildings include the 13th century Gol Stave Church and the 14th century Rauland Cabin. The Museum also boasts an extensive photo archive as well as a collection of Sami or Lapp artifacts, art objects and clothing.

Board your motorcoach and drive to Holmenkollen. Perched high above Oslo, Holmenkollen is the birthplace of ski jumping - the first ski jump was built here in 1892. Holmenkollen was the site of the 1952 Olympic ski jumping competition. The 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski championships were held at Holmenkollen National Arena. A local restaurant is the setting for a traditional Norwegian lunch featuring seafood, hot and cold dishes and salad accompanied by coffee, tea or mineral water.

Following lunch, drive to the Vigeland Sculpture Park. Once a source of controversy, the park is now regarded as one of Oslo's favorite attractions. Your guided walk visits the stone, iron and bronze sculptures of Gustav Vigeland. Over a period of 30 years, Vigeland created around 200 sculptures arranged over an area of almost 80 acres. An almost 56-foot granite monolith carved with 121 figures forms the park's centerpiece.

Special Notes:

Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a hat and light jacket or windbreaker.

Flash photography is not allowed inside the buildings at the Norwegian Open-Air Folk Museum.

Use of an audio headset (included) will enhance your tour experience.

If this tour is sold out we recommend OSL-250 The Best of Oslo without Lunch as an alternative tour.

Child Price:

12 & under reduced