The back story
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Area guide
Bygdøy: the back story
The museum peninsula: the Fram, the Kon-Tiki, the Folk Museum’s stave church, the maritime museum and the Viking ships to come.
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Bygdøy: Our Favourites
The Fram, the Kon-Tiki, the Norsk Folkemuseum, the Maritime Museum and the Viking ships to come.
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What to see and do
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The polar ship Fram
Fram Museum
The polar ship Fram, the strongest wooden ship ever built, which you can board, with Amundsen’s Gjøa beside it.
Bygdøynesveien 39, 0286 OsloExplore View on map
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Thor Heyerdahl’s raft
The Kon-Tiki Museum
The balsawood raft Kon-Tiki, which crossed the Pacific in 1947, in a new exhibition from summer 2026, with the reed boat Ra II.
Bygdøynesveien 36, 0286 OsloExplore View on map
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160 historic buildings
Norsk Folkemuseum
One of the world’s largest open-air museums: 160 historic buildings and the Gol stave church, dated to around 1200.
Museumsveien 10, 0287 OsloExplore View on map
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At the tip of Bygdøynes
Norwegian Maritime Museum
Norway’s museum of the sea, with the open boats of the coast, a 1500s wreck from Bjørvika and a boat about 2,200 years old.
Bygdøynesveien 37, 0286 OsloExplore View on map
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Planned for November 2027
Museum of the Viking Age
The Viking ships’ new home on Bygdøy, under construction: the museum plans to open in November 2027.
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Since 1946
Boat Service Sightseeing
Sightseeing on the Oslofjord since 1946: two-hour fjord cruises, evening skyline cruises with fish soup, and the ferry to the Bygdøy museums.
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