Travel with Angela Lansbury: Cheap Weekends away Oslo, Norway, seeing sculptures, Viking boats and Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki, on display inside the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo

Oslo is the capital of Norway.

Wrap up warmly. Wear your woollies, your thermal underwear, and your ski clothes. The Norwegian weather is changeable and they have a saying, there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

What To Do and See

1 Guided walking tour past the sculpture of a huge cat.

For an overview of buildings, areas, and scenery, extra or alternative tour options, depending on the weather, include a hop on hop off bus, and other land and sea vehicles including bikes, and boats, and a side trip fjord tour

2 Munch museum. The man who painted The Scream and many more.

3 The National Museum, on the waterfront, contains The Scream.

4 Viking ship museum

5 Kon-tiki Museum. (Thor Heyerdahl's boat named after the old name of an Inca god.)

6 Food tour including reindeer, moose, fishcake, whale, waffles.

On a press tour to Finland I opted for steak instead of reindeer, thinking the reindeer would cost more to my hosts, but reindeer meat was readily available, and beefsteak was rarer and more expensive. So check the menu prices. The local speciality might be dearer or cheaper.

7 Royal palace, huge place, neo-classical with gardens.

8 Oslo Opera House. Rooftop walk, suggested sunset.

9 Henrik Ibsen Museum. Playwright.

10 Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandesparken) - sculptures of Gustav Vigeland. Highlights are the boy, the stages of life. (You might wish to visit a second sites of interest, the museum, where he worked in the attic. A third location is the museum of his brother, which contains more artworks and a mural.)

Some of the locations and tours are offered as a two part package ticket.

Weather , Sun, Snow, Rain Skiing

Going north, you could see the Northern Lights in winter. Experience long hours of daylight in summer, but only 6 hours of daylight in winter. Skiing in some areas in winter, swimming in summer.

Flights from the UK to Norway go from London, Heathrow, London City Airport, and Gatwick.

Useful Websites

Flights

https://www.skyscanner.net/uk

https://www.kayak.co.uk/stays?lang=en&utm_campaign=Destination+-+IS+-+Iceland+-+Country

https://www.expedia.co.uk/Flights-Search?trip=roundtrip&leg1=from:LON,to:OSL,departure:

Norway

https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/art/museums/the-national-museum-of-norway/

Oslo

https://www.localcityguides.com/en/oslo/itineraries/oslo-in-one-day-top-attractions-day-1

https://www.viator.com/Oslo

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oslo