Things to see in Norway

3,017 places worth seeing in Norway on an illustrated map: Urnes Stave Church, Galdhøpiggen, Beerenberg, Oslo Opera House and Munch Museum, and more. Zoom in and watch the landmarks, museums, nature and fun appear.

Highlights

  1. Urnes Stave Church The oldest stave church in Norway, built around 1130 AD. Included on UNESCO World Heritage List. Due to its fame, the stave church in Urnes
  2. Galdhøpiggen Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain peak in the Nordic countries at 2469 m above sea level. Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Europe
  3. Beerenberg The Beerenberg volcano is probably the main sight on Jan Mayen.
  4. Oslo Opera House Shaped as a glacier or a ship, the amazing building seems to float by the inlet Bjørvika, giving a stunning impression. Climb the building o
  5. Munch Museum Opened in Oct 2021, this striking harbour building exhibits paintings by the Norwegian painter Edward Munch (1863-1944). Lots of his famous
  6. Borgund Stave Church Built around 1180. It is the best preserved stave church in Norway.
  7. Oslo Cathedral Oslo's cathedral is none too impressive, but has been refurbished. It was erected in 1697, and expanded in the 19th century using different
  8. Royal Palace, Oslo The Palace is the residence and offices of the king, Norway's head of state. Council of State meetings are held there every Friday. When new
  9. Bislett Stadion is one of the best known sports facilities in Oslo. Houses the annual athletics ExxonMobil Bislett Games.
  10. Arctic Cathedral The city's most photographed building. The striking 1965 structure contains one of the biggest stained-glass windows in Northern Europe, and
  11. Seven Sisters waterfall Iconic waterfall that splits into seven strings (hence the name). Total drop about 400 meters and tallest vertical drop about 250 meters. No
  12. National Theatre Oslo One of Norway's main theaters for performance of dramatic arts. The building is monumental and there are statues of several well-known Norwe
  13. Ullevaal Stadion This is one of the largest sports arenas in Norway. It is home ground for the Norwegian national team in soccer and there the Norwegian cup
  14. Fram Museum Features the vessel Fram, the world's first ice breaker and the last polar expedition ship made of wood, and presents a history of polar exp
  15. Heddal stave church The largest and perhaps most impressive of the existing stave churches. These wooden buildings were designed and constructed during years 10
  16. Nobel Peace Center Includes some confronting exhibitions and an exhibit for every winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Included in the Oslo Pass. See also Nobel to
  17. Viking Ship Museum Museum featuring the Tune, Oseberg and Gokstad Viking ships, found in burial mounds.Closed until 2027 for renovations.
  18. Kon-Tiki Museum Displays Thor Heyerdahl's balsa raft Kon-Tiki, and Ra II, as well as some other artefacts from Easter Island. Included in the Oslo Pass.
  19. Dovrefjell Dovrefjell mountains/plateau and national park.
  20. Fantoft Stave Church Stave churches are built in a distinctive style using the logs of trees as pillars, by the early Christians. This is a reconstruction of a c
  21. Vøringfossen About 180-m fall into a wild canyon. The waterfall has been a major tourist attraction and icon since it was first described by visitors in
  22. Norwegian Museum of Cultural History Founded in 1894 and built in parallel with Skansen in Stockholm, during the Swedish-Norwegian union. Contains several indoor exhibition as w
  23. Stavanger Cathedral Stavanger Cathedral (Romanesque style from about 1125, with later Gothic additions) is the best preserved medieval cathedral in Norway and w
  24. Hardanger Bridge One of the longest suspension bridges in the world (longer than Golden Gate bridge in California), the longest two-lane suspension bridge. T
  25. National Gallery of Norway featuring Edvard Munch's The Scream
  26. Frogner Park Frogner park including Vigeland Sculpture Park is a large green area about 10 minutes by subway from the city center. In addition to being a
  27. Troldhaugen This is the house of the famous composer Edvard Grieg, who wrote the Peer Gynt suite and the Piano Concerto in A Minor and is Norway's natio
  28. Låtefossen The most popular of the waterfalls in the "valley of waterfalls". A 160-metre-high cascade fall. Road 13 crosses the flow on a fine old brid
  29. St. Olav's Cathedral the first Norwegian Roman Catholic cathedral (from 1856) which was built after the Protestant Reformation. The cathedral has church services
  30. Vikingskipet The Viking Ship, officially known as Hamar olympiahall (Hamar Olympic Hall), is a modern speed skating arena, and was built for the 1994 Oly
  31. University Museum of Bergen The Natural History Collections include botany, geology and zoology. The zoology exhibitions is preserved more or less as they were when the
  32. Lofotr Viking Museum Located on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, is a huge reconstructed Viking Chieftains hall in a dramatic landscape. The
  33. Vår Frelsers gravlund Graves of Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen, and a large number of reputed Norwegians. Several statues, including one by Gustav Vigeland. Gamle
  34. Dalsnibba Dalsnibba is a 1500 m (4920 ft) mountain summit. Fabulous view over the fjord and the mountain behind. Detour from road 63 (Geiranger mounta
  35. Torghatten A mountain renowned for its distinctive hole piercing straight through the hillside. You really get the sense of man’s inferiority to nature
  36. Steinsdalsfossen The waterfall is one of the most visited tourist sites in Norway. From the parking lot, the path goes along the waterfall, up a hill, and be
  37. Tromsø Cathedral The world's northernmost Protestant cathedral, built in 1861. With 800 seats, it's one of Norway's major wooden churches.
  38. Oslo Spektrum The place for great concerts, rallies and indoor sports events.
  39. Flesberg stave church Medieval stave church, modified 17th century, surrounded by unusual fence.
  40. Langfossen The fifth highest waterfall in Norway: water falls down a towering mountain about 612 metres (2,008 ft) before the water leaps into Åkrafjor
  41. Ringebu Stave Church One of the few remaining of Norway's once countless stave churches. Built around 1200 AD.
  42. Eidsborg Stave Church One of the smallest stave churches. Erected 13th century, reconstructed in the 19th and 20th. Part of West Telemark open air museum. Guiding
  43. Stetinden An important landmark for seafarers, elected Norway's national peak by a radio channel. . A good view probably requires climbing some other
  44. Kaupang Around 800 AD a Viking trade post was established here, and today it is both an archaeological site and a venue for Viking events in the sum
  45. Kristiansand Cathedral In the Neo-Gothic style, by the square in the very center of town is one of the largest cathedrals in Norway. Beautiful inside and worth vis
  46. Lomen stave church A 12th century stave church in the small village of Lomen in Vestre Slidre municipality. Can be visited outdoor anytime, but the church is c
  47. Lom Stave Church Believed to have been built in 1158 and was enlarged in 1634, with two naves added in 1667. Some runic inscriptions are still visible in the
  48. Sognsvann Sognsvann lake is one of the most popular places in Marka (Oslo forest), nice meadows and easy path around lake, paths continue through the
  49. Fannaråki Fannaråki is the 2068 m above sea level and the DNT lodge right on the summit is the highest accommodation in Norway. There was a manned met
  50. Maihaugen Northern Europe's largest open-air museum with 200 buildings. Among the traditional Norwegian buildings is the Garmo stave church from 1200

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