Attractions
Vigeland Park
Oslo’s most popular attraction is Vigeland Park, an enormous green space of lawns, trees and duck ponds. The park is named after famous Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland. More than 200 of Vigeland’s life-size statues are scattered through the park, showcasing 40 years of his work portraying the human form in a range of poses and emotions. The park’s most impressive piece, the Monolith, is an enormous mass of twisting, writhing bodies carved from a single column of stone. The piece is located in the park’s centre and is believed to be the largest granite sculpture in the world. Many more sculptures can be found in the Vigeland Museum, which is close to the park and also showcases the artist’s development through sketches and plaster originals.
Website:www.vigeland.museum.no.
Address: Kirkeveien.
Getting there: Take bus 20 or tram 12, get off at Vigelandsparken. You can also take any westbound underground line and get off at Majorstuen station.
Hours of operation: The park is always open. Museum: Closed Mondays. From September to December, open 12pm–4pm. From June to August, Tuesday to Sunday open 10am–5pm.
