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A thousand spruce trees are growing in a forest north of Oslo, and they exist to print books that nobody alive is allowed to read. The sealed manuscripts sit in a room on this route, waiting for the year 2114.
That is one stop on this self-guided audio tour of Oslo, narrated through your own phone with no guide and no group. Over about three hours you stand where a king threw down his glove and moved an entire city, climb the marble roof of an opera house that has no keys, and finish at the home of a king the people actually voted for.
Start this self-guided walking tour whenever suits you, walk at your pace, pause for a bowl of fish soup, pick it up later. The audio works offline.
Good for a first day in Oslo, or a return visit that wants the stories behind the postcard.
Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and the tour comes with a full refund guarantee.
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Itinerary
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1
Stand before the bronze tiger Oslo borrowed from a poem where it fights a horse.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Deichman Bjorvika
Step into a library guarding sealed books that nobody alive is permitted to open.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Oslo Opera House
Climb the roof of an opera house that has no keys and never locks.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4She Lies
Find the floating iceberg of glass that never shows you the same face twice.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Munch (Pass by)
Look up at the tower guarding a painting once taken off a wall at gunpoint.
Admission ticket free -
5Oslo Fjord Sauna (Oslo badstuforening)
Spot the wooden boxes on the water that once out-rescued Oslo's actual emergency services.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Oslo Stock Exchange
Pause at the modest hall a half free nation built, then hear how it won the rest.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7
Decode the iron anchors spelling a date on a house that was court, party hall and prison.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
Trace a prime minister's unpaid bar tab that sat waiting more than a century.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Christiania Torv
See where a king threw down his glove and ordered an entire city to move.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Akershus Castle and Fortress (Akershus Slott og Festning)
Search for the ghost dog said to give anyone who spots him three months.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11
Compare a fishing harbour's lost boat sheds with the priciest address in Norway, named for its thieves.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Oslo City Hall
Press a wah wah pedal that rings a bell thrown out of the tower above you.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Nobel Peace Center (Pass by)
Uncover why the inventor of dynamite read his own obituary and rewrote his will.
Admission ticket free -
13The Norwegian Parliament
Notice how deliberately low this parliament sits, then ask who carved its lions.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14The Royal Palace
Meet a king who refused the throne until Norwegians were asked, by vote, whether they wanted one.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15Oslo Cathedral
Cross the square that vanished under hundreds of thousands of roses in a single week.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
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- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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