Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Oslo, Norway

Hasle Church is a church in the neighborhood of Hasle in the city of Oslo, Norway.

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Tøyen Park is a park in Oslo, Norway. It is located to the north-east of the old Munch Museum and neighbours the University of Oslo Botanical Gardens.

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The Botanical Museum was established in 1863 and moved into the current buildings (1913) at Tøyen in 1915. The initiative was taken by Professor of Botany Johan Nordal Fischer Wille and Professor and Rector Waldemar Christopher Brøgger; The latter also established the Geological Museum in 1917. The Botanical Museum was merged with the Botanical Garden in 1975.

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The Geological and Palaeontological Museum was established in 1917 and is part of the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo. The museum was created on the initiative of geology professor Waldemar Christopher Brøgger, and the public was given access to the exhibitions from 1920. When the museum's new building at Tøyen was started in 1911, it was 100 years after the mineral collection at the Mining Seminary in Kongsberg was transferred to the new university.

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The Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo is Norway's oldest and largest museum of natural history. It is situated in the neighborhood of Tøyen in Oslo, Norway.

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The University Botanical Garden is Norway's oldest botanical garden. It was first established in 1814 and is administered by the University of Oslo. It is situated in the neighborhood of Tøyen in Oslo, Norway.

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Sofienberg Park is a large park in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo, Norway, covering an area of 74 ha.

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Schous plass is a square in the southern part of the borough of Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway.

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Kulturkirken Jakob is a church in Oslo, Norway, designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull and built in 1880. The original name of the Church was St James's Church or Jakobs kirke.

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Folketeateret is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has been used as a movie theatre and as an opera house. The theatre has 1,400 seats.

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Trinity Church, is a church in the Hammersborg neighborhood in central Oslo, Norway. Trinity Church is neighbor of the government buildings in Regjeringskvartalet. It is the parish church of the parish of Trinity, belonging to the Diocese of Oslo of the Church of Norway. It is one of the largest churches in Oslo. The church itself is in the raw red brick, while the vaults, arches and small columns have gray scale color. The nave is octagonal with a Greek cross superimposed, with the choir in the apse, shallow transept and rectangular entrance flanked by two slender, octagonal bell towers. A central dome rises above the church. Trinity Church is the largest church in Oslo and one of the largest of the many octagonal churches in Norway, but one of few octagonal churches constructed in red brick.

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Commander T.I. Øgrims plass is a square at Bernhard Getz' gate in central Oslo, in the block between St. Olavs gate and Keysers gate. Between the square and Akersgata there is a pedestrian passage with a portal through Akersgata 73. The square is located in the district of St. Hanshaugen.

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The 22 July Centre is a learning centre in Norway that works with the mediation of memory and knowledge about the terror attacks in Oslo and on Utøya on 22 July 2011.

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The National Gallery is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.

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Museum of Cultural History is an association of museums subject to the University of Oslo, Norway. KHM was established in 1999 as Universitetets kulturhistoriske museum with the merging of the bodies Universitetets Oldsaksamling which housed a collection of ancient and medieval objects, Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset) at Bygdøy, the Coin Cabinet (Myntkabinettet) and Ethnographic Museum. In 2004 the name was changed to Kulturhistorisk museum.

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The "Abel Monument" is a monumental sculpture modelled by Gustav Vigeland and erected in 1908 on Abelhaugen, a hill southwest of the Palace Park in Oslo, in memory of the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829).

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The Haakon VII statue on the 7th of June square in Oslo was made by the sculptor Nils Aas and was unveiled on the 100th anniversary of King Haakon's birth, and is considered a major work of Norwegian sculpture in the post-war period. The relatively young sculptor Aas defeated several of his older colleagues in the prize competition for the task, and the competition thus took on the character of a generational change.

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The Ibsen Museum (Ibsenmuseet) occupies the last home of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is located close to the Royal Palace on Henrik Ibsens gate (street) in Oslo, Norway. The museum is closed; however, regarding the possibility of having the museum open during Summer 2023: the government has been petitioned, to provide financing.

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The "Karl Johan Monument" is an equestrian statue of the Swedish-Norwegian King Karl III Johan on the Palace Square in Oslo. The statue, which stands in front of the Royal Palace with a view towards Karl Johans gate, was made by Brynjulf Bergslien. It was unveiled on 7 September 1875, 57 years to the day after Karl Johan became crown of Nidaros Cathedral (1818).

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Palace Park is a public park in the center of Oslo, Norway, surrounding the Royal Palace. It is 22 hectares.

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The Queen Sonja Art Stable is a museum, art gallery and concert hall located in the former stables of the Royal Palace in Oslo.

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Sommerroparken, formerly known as Solliparken, is a small park between the streets of Sommerrogata and Henrik Ibsens Gate in the Frogner district of Oslo, Norway. It consists of a narrow grass-covered strip with park benches, ornaments, trees and bushes.

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The National Library of Norway was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005.

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Ankerhagen is a small park in Ruseløkka in Oslo.

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Oslo West Station or Oslo V, is a former railway station located in Vika in Oslo, Norway. It was the terminus of the Drammen Line between 1872 and 1980, until the Oslo Tunnel opened. The station remained in use until 1989, when all traffic was moved to the new Oslo Central Station. Until its closure it was the main station for trains on the Sørland Line, the Drammen Line and the Vestfold Line. There was no passenger rail connection to Oslo Ø, the eastern station that served the eastern lines and trains to Bergen. The only connection was the Oslo Port Line that went partially through some of the most trafficked streets in Oslo.

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The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents. The center is also an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution. The center is located in Oslo, Norway at the City Hall Square (Rådhusplassen).

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Kontraskjæret is an area in Oslo, Norway.

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The harbour promenade is an approx. 9 kilometre long, continuous promenade along the entire waterfront in central Oslo, from Alna's outlet in Grønlia in the east, through the centre of Oslo with Bjørvika, Akersneset and Pipervika and to the bottom of Frognerkilen. The promenade was adopted in 2008 as part of the fjord city project that is planned to last until 2030. The promenade has an average width of 20 meters, and is designed for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Some parcels were built as a promenade before the project, while other sections will be built a few years into the future. Langkaia, west of Bjørvika vis-avis Operaen, which was opened in 2013, was the first parcel built as part of the Harbour Promenade. Sign and route marking of the Harbour Promenade was completed at the opening of the Harbour Promenade on 14 June 2015. The route is marked with various orange elements, including 14 orange containers of various sizes that serve as information points. The containers are illustrated with motifs from the cartoon Krüger & Krogh.

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Framneshaven is a park at Skillebekk in Oslo. The park forms a transition to Filipstad, and was upgraded with a new play area in 2015.

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