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The Bygdøy Peninsula
The Bygdøy Peninsula is a must-see for every visitor.
This beautiful area, full of residential villas, vast meadows, parks and beaches, is particularly well known for its concentration of museums.
If you want to explore the whole of the Bygdøy peninsula, allow at least one full day – or, if the weather is fine and you can spend time on the beaches, feel free to set aside two days.
Museums on Bygdøy
There are several famous museums in the area that you really shouldn’t miss when visiting Oslo.
- The Fram Museum – Oslo’s most popular museum, featuring the original expedition ship Fram, is dedicated to Norwegian polar expeditions
- Kon-Tiki Museum (official website:kon-tiki.no) – a museum dedicated to the famous Norwegian adventurer and navigator Thor Heyerdahl
- The Norwegian Maritime Museum (official website:marmuseum.no) – extensive exhibitions on Norwegian seafaring from the Viking Age to the present day
- The Norwegian Folk Museum(official website:norskfolkemuseum.no) – the largest museum on Bygdøy, comprising several buildings and a large open-air museum
- Vikingskipshuset(official website:vikingtidsmuseet.no) – a magnificent museum of Viking seafaring featuring a large original Viking ship
- The Holocaust Centre(official website:hlsenteret.no) – a centre for the study of the Holocaust and religious minorities
Beaches and walks
The Bygdøy Peninsula is also a lovely place for walks amongst villas, meadows and woods.
In fine weather, you can visit several sandy beaches here:
- Huk (see map) – the most popular beach, combining sandy, grassy and rocky areas, is easily accessible by bus route 30 (Huk stop)
- Bygdøy sjøbad (see map) – a lovely sandy beach by a small marina, set amidst beautiful parks and meadows. The nearest stop for bus 30, ‘Kongsgården’, is 1.3 km away
- Paradisbukta (see map) – the most natural sandy and pebbly beach lies on the west coast, surrounded by woodland. The nearest stop for bus 30, ‘Huk’, is 650 metres away
How to get there
Bus number 30 runs across the entire peninsula and serves all the museums; you can use it on your way to the city centre (Nationaltheatret, Kvadraturen, the Opera).
The bus runs approximately every 12–15 minutes, and you can check timetables on the ruter.no website.
You can also reach the Bygdøynes ferry terminal near the Fram Museum by taking the B9 ferry, which runs every 20 minutes during the summer. Ruter tickets are not valid on this service, so you must purchase a ticket on board for 79 nok (card payments only).
Accommodation on Bygdøy
Despite its popularity with tourists, there are no traditional hotels on the peninsula itself, nor are there practically any private flats.
The nearest hotel is theScandic Sjølyst ****.
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The Viking Ship Museum is currently closed for renovation.
The open-air museum is brilliant, and the indoor exhibition features touchscreen displays instead of boring, illegible labels, as befits the 21st century (unlike, for example, the Museum of the Resistance, which is firmly stuck in the 20th century, which is a bit of a nuisance).
The Kon-Tiki (and Ra) Museum is also excellent. The Maritime Museum isn’t bad either.