The Neighborhood
The museum peninsula, plus beaches.
Bygdøy packs Norway's polar ships, Thor Heyerdahl's rafts and an open-air village of historic buildings onto one green peninsula, with Huk beach for afterwards. Take the ferry from the City Hall pier and make a day of it.
An open-air village of 160 historic buildings from all over Norway — including the Gol stave church — with costumed hosts, farm animals and lefse from the wood-fired griddle in summer.
Thor Heyerdahl's original balsa raft Kon-Tiki and the papyrus boat Ra II, plus the Oscar-winning documentary — the whole improbable story in one room across from the Fram.
The polar ship Fram — the wooden vessel that carried Nansen and Amundsen toward both poles — parked whole inside its own A-frame hall. You walk the actual deck.
A calm waterfront restaurant on Bygdøy where the view is just as important as the food. Long summer lunches or relaxed dinners.
seafood · waterfront · views · summer