Vigeland Sculpture Park, with the granite Monolith beyond the sculptures

Area guide · Oslo

Frogner & Vigeland: Our Favourites

Vigeland’s park, the Museum of Oslo, Bogstadveien and Sommerro in the old Light Works.

The back story

  1. Area guide

    Frogner and Vigeland: the back story

    Frogner·In depth

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

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What to see and do

  1. Vigeland’s studio and home

    Vigeland Museum

    Frogner·Sculpture museum

    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

  2. The city’s own museum

    Museum of Oslo and Frogner Manor

    Frogner·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

  3. More than 200 sculptures

    Vigeland Sculpture Park

    Frogner·Sculpture park

    Gustav Vigeland’s park inside Frogner Park: more than 200 sculptures, the Monolith and the Wheel of Life, open round the clock.

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  4. Norway’s biggest rose collection

    Frogner Park

    Frogner·City park

    The largest park in central Oslo, with 14,000 roses of 150 species and Norway’s biggest playground.

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Where to eat

  1. One MICHELIN Star

    Sabi Omakase Oslo

    Frogner·Restaurant

    A Japanese omakase counter. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.

    Ruseløkkveien 3, 0251 OsloExplore View on map

  2. One MICHELIN Star

    Stallen

    Majorstuen·Restaurant

    Creative cooking on Underhaugsveien. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.

    Underhaugsveien 28, 0354 OsloExplore View on map

  3. Bib Gourmand

    Frances Vinbar

    Frogner·Restaurant

    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

  4. In the MICHELIN Guide

    Eero

    Frogner·Restaurant

    Fish and seafood on Henrik Ibsens gate.

    Henrik Ibsens gate 48, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

  5. In the MICHELIN Guide

    Plah

    Frogner·Restaurant

    Thai cooking at Sommerro.

    Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

  6. In the MICHELIN Guide

    Brasserie Blanche

    Majorstuen·Restaurant

    A French brasserie on Josefines gate.

    Josefines gate 23, 0351 OsloExplore View on map

  7. In the MICHELIN Guide

    FYR Bistronomi & Bar

    Majorstuen·Restaurant

    Modern bistro cooking on Underhaugsveien.

    Underhaugsveien 28, 0354 OsloExplore View on map

  8. At Sommerro

    To Søstre at Sommerro

    Frogner·Afternoon tea

    Afternoon tea in To Søstre at Sommerro.

    Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

Shopping

  1. Norway’s longest shopping street

    Bogstadveien

    Majorstuen·Shopping street

    More than 150 shops and as many cafés from Hegdehaugsveien to Majorstuen.

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  2. Purely Norwegian

    Pur Norsk

    Frogner·Design store

    A shop of Norwegian design only: furniture, objects and things for children.

    Industrigata 36, 0357 OsloExplore View on map

  3. Founded in Oslo, 2012

    Holzweiler

    Frogner·Fashion

    The Oslo fashion house of the Holzweiler siblings, best known for outerwear and knitwear, on Hegdehaugsveien.

    Hegdehaugsveien 35, 0352 OsloExplore View on map

Where to stay

  1. The Light Works, reborn

    Sommerro

    Frogner·Grand hotel

    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

  2. Eleven rooms

    Villa Inkognito

    Frogner·Private villa

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

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Health and wellness

  1. Spa and sauna

    Vestkantbadet at Sommerro

    Frogner·Spa

    Sommerro’s baths and spa, in the old Light Works.

    Sommerrogata 1, 0255 OsloExplore View on map

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