Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Oslo, Norway
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7.6 km
187 m
Explore Oslo in Norway with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in OsloIndividual Sights in OsloSight 1: Etterstadparken
Etterstadparken er en park i bydel Gamle Oslo. Den ble anlagt som kjerne i boligstrøket Etterstad, som ble anlagt med frittstående lavblokker i siksakkmønster i 1940- og 50-årene. Store grønne områder mellom bygningene går over i parken. Dette dannet mønster for senere drabantbyer.
Sight 2: Vålerenga kirke
Vålerenga Church is a church located in Oslo, Norway. Vålerenga church stands in the middle of Vålerenga park in the neighborhood of Vålerenga. The church belongs to the parish of Vålerenga of the Oslo arch-deanery within the Diocese of Oslo of the Church of Norway.
Sight 3: Kampen kirke
Kampen Church is a church in the neighborhood of Kampen in Oslo, Norway. The church was consecrated 29 November 1882. After a fire in Kampen in 1878, the plans for the reconstruction of the neighborhood included a new church. In 1880, the neighborhood was founded a new congregation, that was located elsewhere until the church was finished.
Sight 4: Sommerfrydhagen
Sommerfrydhagen er en park med lekeplass og universell tilgjengelighet på Tøyen i Oslo, spesielt tilrettelagt for bevegelseshemmede. Navnet kommer sannsynligvis fra løkken Sommerfryd, som på 1800-tallet lå der parken i dag ligger.
Sight 5: Klosterenga
Klosterenga or Klosterenga park is a park in Oslo, located in the transition between Old Town and Grønland. The park route extends up to Galgeberg. It was made as part of a housing project.
Sight 6: Korskirken
The Holy Cross Church was a small medieval parish church for the northern part of the Old Town of Oslo, Norway. The ruin was rediscovered in 1922 and is now a part of Minneparken containing the ruins of the church and the larger St. Hallvard's Cathedral.
Sight 7: Minneparken
Minneparken is situated in Gamle Oslo adjacent to Oslo torg at Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway. The park is bounded by St. Hallvards plass and Oslo gate in the west, Bispegata in the south, St. Hallvards gate in the southeast, Egedes gate in the east and Arups gate in the north.
Sight 8: Ladegården
Oslo Ladegård is a manor house situated at Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway. It was built of the site of the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo.
Sight 9: Clemenskirken
St. Clement's Church was one of the Roman Catholic parish churches of Oslo, Norway. Ruins of St. Clement's Church are now exposed and included as part of Middelalderparken in the inner city of Oslo (Gamlebyen). It was located between the former Klemetsallmenningen and Østre strede. It is south of the ruins of Oslo Kongsgård estate and St. Hallvard's Cathedral.
Sight 10: Gamlebyen kirke
Gamlebyen Church is a private church, belonging to Oslo University Hospital and is also called Oslo Hospital's Church, located in the old town of Oslo, Norway. It is leased to the Diocese of Oslo of the Church of Norway and serves as the parish church for the Gamlebyen parish in Oslo. Up to 1925 it had the name Oslo Church, but when the city changed its name from Kristiania to Oslo, the church got the present name. The present church building is listed in 1796 partly on the foundations of the Franciscan monastery church built around 1290. The church is located at the foot of the north-facing slope Ekeberg, across the street from the Gamlebyen Cemetery. The chapel at the cemetery is abandoned as a burial chapel and leased to the Ethiopian community in Oslo. At funerals, the church itself is now used instead.
Sight 11: Mariakirken
St. Mary's Church was a medieval church located in Oslo, Norway. The church ruins are located in Middelalderparken near the neighborhood of Sørenga in the borough of Gamlebyen.
Sight 12: Middelalderparken
The Medieval Park is located in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway. The park was opened in the year 2000 at Sørenga in what was once the southern part of the medieval city of Oslo. The park is located within an area which also included the Minneparken and Ladegården on the north side of Bispegata. Development in the area is prohibited due to ruins and cultural layers above and below ground.
Sight 13: Munchmuseet
Munch Museum, marketed as Munch since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Sight 14: Oslo Opera House
The Oslo Opera House is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera house in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. It is operated by Statsbygg, the government agency which manages property for the Norwegian government. The structure contains 1,100 rooms in a total area of 49,000 m2 (530,000 sq ft). The main auditorium seats 1,364 and two other performance spaces can seat 200 and 400. The main stage is 16 m (52 ft) wide and 40 m (130 ft) deep. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water. It is the largest cultural building constructed in Norway since Nidarosdomen was completed circa 1300.
Sight 15: Kirsten Flagstad
Book Free Tour*Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the longstanding General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera said, “I have given America two great gifts — Caruso and Flagstad.”
Sight 16: Børshagen
Børshagen is the park located around Børsen in Kvadraturen in Oslo sentrum. The park was Oslo's first public park in 1819, then named Grønningen.
Sight 17: Oslo Stock Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange is a stock exchange within the Nordic countries and offers Norway's only regulated markets for securities trading today. The stock exchange offers a full product range including equities, derivatives and fixed income instruments.
Sight 18: Grev Wedels plass
Book Ticket*Grev Wedels plass er en park som dekker ett kvartal i Kvadraturen i Oslo sentrum. Parken ble anlagt i 1869 og gjenåpnet i 1988.
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