Le Pertti has recently asked for any recommendations of what to see while in Oslo, and, having been there before, I sent some over ...
He then suggested we should make a travel thread, a place to share travel recommendations, tips, stories; maybe places you've been that are beautiful or interesting, or places you want to go and ask others if they've been and what they suggest to check out.
I've recommended the following for Oslo — a beautiful city that is large but doesnt really feel that way, with plenty of lovely spots:
Funnily enough, I've been to Norway twice now — and Oslo, while being amazing, was both times just the beginning. Its a beautiful country with one amazing spot after the other. And it pays off to explore! For example, the car drive from Oslo to Stavanger was the highlight of our summer vacation this year.
Exploring and not staying in one place for longer than a few days has generally been the way we've ("we" being my partner and I) travelled in the last couple years and its a nice contrast to "laying in the sun for 10 days" (as nice as that can be)...but seeing something new all time is incredibly enriching.
Now I'm curious to the places you've been, what you recommend anyone should see once in their lives!
He then suggested we should make a travel thread, a place to share travel recommendations, tips, stories; maybe places you've been that are beautiful or interesting, or places you want to go and ask others if they've been and what they suggest to check out.
I've recommended the following for Oslo — a beautiful city that is large but doesnt really feel that way, with plenty of lovely spots:
- Akershus Fortress: historic open military defense base, has a couple of cool old buildings, some museums, and nice vantage points overlooking the Oslo fjord.
- Aker Brygge: not too far away from the fortress is this new-ish modern area, has cool restaurants, shops, interesting architecture, museums. theres the National Museum, for example, which is quite extensive (but not expensive)!
- The Royal Palace + the boulevard leading up it (Karl Johans gata) — the castle is quite impressive, along the way theres the Storting (parliament) and other cool buildings, and the castle itself has nice gardens you can walk around in.
- Munch Museum: close to the Opera house is the Edward Munch museum, quite nice + very interesting! The opera house itself is also cool, and you can walk on top of it; giving a nice vantage point towards the Oslo fjord.
- In the Oslo fjord, theres a bunch of fjord tours; if you can get one thats not too crowded, thats a nice ride.
- the Holmenkollen ski jumping museum: you can get all the way up there and its quite the view!
- Norwegian Museum of Cultural History: an open air area where theres plenty of preserved houses from Norwegian history, including a Stave church; very cool place! its just a short boat ride across the fjord. There's a museum about martime history (the Frammuseet) nearby, as well.
- I havent gone to visit it, but the City Hall is also very cool looking!
Funnily enough, I've been to Norway twice now — and Oslo, while being amazing, was both times just the beginning. Its a beautiful country with one amazing spot after the other. And it pays off to explore! For example, the car drive from Oslo to Stavanger was the highlight of our summer vacation this year.
Exploring and not staying in one place for longer than a few days has generally been the way we've ("we" being my partner and I) travelled in the last couple years and its a nice contrast to "laying in the sun for 10 days" (as nice as that can be)...but seeing something new all time is incredibly enriching.
Now I'm curious to the places you've been, what you recommend anyone should see once in their lives!
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