Bygdøy for the environmentalist

Bike to Bygdøy and see it in light of the UN's sustainability goals:

No 11 Sustainable cities and communities
The park established by King Karl Johan, was intended to be a park for the public. It stopped the privatization of the peninsula and ensured public accessibility to the forests, beaches and recreational areas. Bygdøy’s cultural environment is protected by the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Act.

No 14 Life below water
The Fram Museum recounts Norway’s polar history. Nansen, Sverdrup and Amundsen’s ground-breaking scientific expeditions in the polar areas, formed a basis for a vast number of studies on both the ocean and the climate.

The Kon-Tiki Museum tells the story of how the adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl discovered lumps of oil in the Atlantic Ocean – a discovery that laid the foundation for the international ban on releasing oil waste in the sea.

The exhibition “Explore the ocean” at the Norwegian Maritime Museum, focuses on maritime littering, where the goal is to make children care for the ocean.

No 15 Life on land
Bygdøy’s nature is protected by two nature reserves. The cultural landscape has roots that go back to the Middle Ages, such as monastery estates for the monks at Hovedøya. Today, Bygdø Royal Manor manages large parts of the peninsula and runs urban ecological farming. Enjoy your lunch at Gartneriet, where the ingredients are locally produced by the farm. The café is certified with a gold mark by Debio, an organisation that controls and certifies Norwegian ecological farming products.