Sights in Oslo

 

Once you are in Oslo for sightseeing, then it is really a great fun you can ever have in the city. If you are in Oslo for holidaying then this is the best choice to do in day time. Night time it is for the nightlife to be at extreme. Oslo has great sight seeing with around 50 museums and many art galleries. There are many internationally acclaimed sculptures, ship museum. There are some new attractions that have recently included; Holocaust center and Nobel Peace center are the new ones. This will be challenging and will show you the peace ness of the city Oslo . If the time of your stay in Oslo is less then you are to make careful choice of some sites as for seeing all sites and covering in detail it takes at least 2 to 3 days full.

 

For doing sightseeing in Oslo cheaply you are recommended to go for Oslo card, which is not surprisingly costly and cove the transportation through trains, buses, ferries and trams that are public transport. For details of tourism in the city or in other words the sight seeing you can log on to the official website of Oslo that provides you each and every detail to make your trip pleasant and memorable and plan the trip wisely. The most visited sight is, The Sculpture Park which is huge in the center of the city and housing more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and cast iron by the great artist Gustav Vigeland completed in the 1950s and still well maintained, entrance is free for everyone.

 

For a magnificent view of Oslo , visit the ski museum in Holmenkollen that can be reached by a tram. Visit the Resistance museum that takes you back to the 2 nd world war telling the story of small Norwegian resistant of sabotage mission that caused a major setback for the Nazi's attack of Atomic bomb at the Hydro plant. The museum displays the whole story and the cool artifacts which is worth visiting and must be visited. Another quiet interesting is the very rarely available museum of ships that were excavated hundreds of years back and are well preserved, it is called the Viking ship Museum. When visited the ship museum then never take a chance of missing the ferry ride from the near by harbor.

 

Folk museum is large outdoor museum that explains and details the life of Oslo some hundreds of years back showing the Norwegian farm houses, clothing, and traditional folk dancing and so on that tells you the cultural developments. Art you an art buff, here is your interesting collection that pleases you housing the paintings of country's most famous and internationally acclaimed artists the museum is called the Munch museum. The museum has been damaged for ever due to the bank robbery that happened in 2006 and has been restored with lot care. Modern architecture of Oslo is seen in the construction of the Oslo opera House where you can walk on the roof of it and have a great view of the Sea. There are many more to be listed and detailed but pages are less for all sights to mention. Take time and have sight seeing of Oslo when you are there for a trip.