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Bygdøy for the adventurer

Dream yourself away with Norwegian adventurers and fairy tales.

Published : 20.05.2022
Last updated : 22.01.2026

Board the ferry to Bygdøy. Put the city centre behind you and look out towards the Oslo fjord. Quite a lot of dreams and adventures have started here.

Get inspired by the great adventurers

At the Fram Museum and The Kon-Tiki Museum you can get inspired by brave Norwegian heroes such as Amundsen, Nansen and Thor Heyerdahl. Learn about the bold and ground-breaking expeditions to the polar regions and the Pacific islands and try to understand what fuelled their lust for adventure.

 

A place for Norwegian folktales?

Are you more of a fairy tale type of person? Then you will enjoy the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History! Here you can walk around a living museum among old houses and smallholdings and see what life in older times were really like. Back to reality, at Rodeløkken Café you may catch a glimpse of Soria Moria towards the north?

 

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Guide to Bygdøy