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See and stand underneath the original balsa wood raft that Thor Heyerdahl sailed 8,000 kilometers across the Pacific in 1947 to prove ancient peoples could have crossed oceans
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Walk the ramparts of a 700-year-old fortress, see where Norwegian kings and queens are buried, explore WWII resistance history in atmospheric museums, and watch sunset over Oslo's harbor from the best free viewpoint in the city.
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The museum hold the original plaster models for almost all sculptures in the Vigeland Sculpture Park, plus tools and sketches that show how each piece was made. You can examine the full-scale plaster Monolith and see individual figures in a way that´s impossible in the park due to the height of the column.
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Norway's oldest botanical garden (established 1814) with free admission to 6.5 hectares of geographically organized plant collections, a Victorian Palm House from 1868, and modern climate-controlled greenhouses.
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Experience Oslo's original sauna village with architecturally unique wood-fired saunas including the city's only wheelchair-accessible floating sauna, and guided Aufguss rituals that commercial sauna boats don't offer.
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A centrally located, seasonal public winter event that combines a public ice rink, chalet-style stalls with Norwegian seasonal food and crafts.