The back story
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Area guide
Frogner and Vigeland: the back story
The elegant west: Vigeland’s park, the Museum of Oslo, Bogstadveien and Sommerro in the old Light Works.

Area guide · Oslo
Vigeland’s park, the Museum of Oslo, Bogstadveien and Sommerro in the old Light Works.
Area guide
The elegant west: Vigeland’s park, the Museum of Oslo, Bogstadveien and Sommerro in the old Light Works.
Vigeland’s studio and home
Gustav Vigeland’s studio and home, with the plaster models for the park and his restored apartment.
Nobels gate 32, 0268 OsloExplore View on map
The city’s own museum
The city’s own history museum, beside Frogner Manor, a summer house of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Halvdan Svartes gate 58, 0266 OsloExplore View on map
More than 200 sculptures
Gustav Vigeland’s park inside Frogner Park: more than 200 sculptures, the Monolith and the Wheel of Life, open round the clock.
Norway’s biggest rose collection
The largest park in central Oslo, with 14,000 roses of 150 species and Norway’s biggest playground.
One MICHELIN Star
A Japanese omakase counter. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Ruseløkkveien 3, 0251 OsloExplore View on map
One MICHELIN Star
Creative cooking on Underhaugsveien. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Underhaugsveien 28, 0354 OsloExplore View on map
Bib Gourmand
A Mediterranean wine bar and kitchen on Henrik Ibsens gate, Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide.
Henrik Ibsens gate 48, 0255 OsloExplore View on map
In the MICHELIN Guide
Fish and seafood on Henrik Ibsens gate.
Henrik Ibsens gate 48, 0255 OsloExplore View on map
In the MICHELIN Guide
A French brasserie on Josefines gate.
Josefines gate 23, 0351 OsloExplore View on map
In the MICHELIN Guide
Modern bistro cooking on Underhaugsveien.
Underhaugsveien 28, 0354 OsloExplore View on map
At Sommerro
Afternoon tea in To Søstre at Sommerro.
Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

Norway’s longest shopping street
More than 150 shops and as many cafés from Hegdehaugsveien to Majorstuen.
Purely Norwegian
A shop of Norwegian design only: furniture, objects and things for children.
Industrigata 36, 0357 OsloExplore View on map
Founded in Oslo, 2012
The Oslo fashion house of the Holzweiler siblings, best known for outerwear and knitwear, on Hegdehaugsveien.
Hegdehaugsveien 35, 0352 OsloExplore View on map
The Light Works, reborn
The Art Deco headquarters of Oslo’s Light Works, now a hotel of 242 rooms and suites, seven restaurants and bars, the Vestkantbadet baths and a cinema.
Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

Eleven rooms
Sommerro’s private neighbour: an 11-room villa, bookable room by room or as a whole house.

Spa and sauna
Sommerro’s baths and spa, in the old Light Works.
Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

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