Audio tour · Norway

Oslo

A self-guided audio walking tour of Oslo.

Oslo sits at the head of a long fjord, the city and the water always in conversation. The centre is unhurried and easy to walk, from the waterfront opera house up through neighbourhoods of dark timber and pale stone, with the forested hills visible from almost every street. It is a city that feels genuinely at ease with itself. In the app, 100 stops in Oslo are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Oslo

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Akershus Fortress. It's hard to say exactly when they started building it, but most historians believe construction began in the late 1290s.
Frogner Park. When you walk through these grounds, you are walking over layers of history.
Munch Museum. You are standing in a place that represents a massive artistic journey.
Oslo Opera House. When you walk up to this building, it really makes you feel like it's rising out of the water.
Holmenkollen Chapel. You're standing in a place with a deep connection to Norwegian identity and architecture.
National Museum of Norway. You are standing outside a building that represents a massive consolidation of Norwegian art.

All 100 stops in Oslo

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Religious (28)

Holmenkollen Chapel
Old Aker Church
Frogner Church
Oslo Synagogue
Trinity Church (Oslo)
Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat
St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery
Rabita Mosque
Uranienborg Church
Vålerenga Church
Kulturkirken Jakob
St. Clement's Church, Oslo
Paulus Church
Slottskapellet (Oslo)
Baitun Nasr Mosque
Sagene Church
St. Mary's Church, Oslo
Fagerborg Church
Mortensrud Church
Sofienberg Church
Ris Church
Bygdøy Church
Gamlebyen Church
St. Mark's Church, Oslo
St. Edmund's Church, Oslo
Ullern Church (Oslo)
Bekkelaget Church
American Lutheran Congregation, Oslo

Landmark (24)

Munch Museum
Oslo Opera House
National Museum of Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
Oslo Metropolitan University
National Gallery (Norway)
Norway's Resistance Museum
Inkognitogata 18
Engebret Café
Y-Block
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Armed Forces Museum (Norway)
The Queen Sonja Art Stable
Peer Gynt Sculpture Park
Dælenenga idrettspark
Hammeren Hydroelectric Power Station
Kunstnernes Hus
Oslo Kongsgård estate
Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art
Rudolf Steiner University College
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
Bjerke Upper Secondary School
Gamle Logen
Schafteløkken

Museum (14)

Kon-Tiki Museum
Fram Museum
Nobel Peace Center
Museum of Cultural History, Oslo
Vigeland Museum
Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
Ibsen Museum (Oslo)
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology
Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Oslo Museum
Polhøgda
Bogstad
Norwegian Pharmacy Museum
Paleontologisk Museum

Square (12)

Youngstorget
Ukraine Square, Oslo
Rådhusplassen
Stortorvet
Eidsvolls plass
Schous plass
Solli plass
Carl Berners plass
Egertorget
7. juni-plassen
Johan Nygaardsvolds plass
Alexander Kiellands plass (Oslo)

Park (8)

Frogner Park
Palace Park
Middelalderparken
Olaf Ryes plass
Tøyen Park
St. Hanshaugen Park
Birkelunden
Sofienberg Park

Theatre (4)

National Theatre (Oslo)
Christiania Theatre
Parkteatret
Folketeateret, Oslo

Palace (3)

Oscarshall
Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
Oslo Ladegård

Castle (2)

Akershus Fortress
Egeberg Castle

Stadium (2)

Bislett Stadium
Valle Hovin stadion

Skyscraper (2)

Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo
Posthuset (building)

Historic (1)

Oslo West Station

Walking routes in Oslo

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Akershus and the Old Harbour. A tight loop from the medieval fortress through centuries of Norwegian history to the bold modern galleries at Tjuvholmen (8 stops)
Frogner Park and the Vigeland Mile. A leafy west-end wander through Gustav Vigeland's open-air sculpture world, past manor churches and the quiet backstreets of Uranienborg (8 stops)
From Edvard Munch to Medieval Oslo. Start at the striking new Munch Museum on the waterfront then follow the shoreline back through the ruins and green meadows of the old medieval city (8 stops)
Holmenkollen and the Forest Ridge. A scenic hilltop circuit around Oslo's famous ski jump chapel and manor, linking the ridgeline landmarks above the city through pine forest paths (5 stops)
Aker Brygge to the National Theatre. Oslo's grandest civic promenade connecting the national art collection and Nobel Peace Center on the waterfront to Ibsen's theatre and the parliament gardens (8 stops)
Bygdoy Explorer Ships and Palaces. Cross to the Bygdoy peninsula for the great polar exploration ships and Kon-Tiki, then loop past the royal summer palace and back through Solli (8 stops)