Bigdoy Peninsula Museums

Trip Start Aug 09, 2012
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Trip End Oct 07, 2012


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Flag of Norway  , Oslo,
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Woke up early again today and managed to talk to Krissy on Skype which was great. Buying the Oslo Pass yesterday proved to be an excellent move. Not only does it include entry to many attractions and discounts to others but the best part is it enables us to travel for free on bus, tram or boat so we don't have the same problem we had in Copenhagen when we ended up walking everywhere. We took the tram to Aker Brygge which is the port area and had some brekky at a cafe next to the tram stop. Then wandered over to the ferry stop and discovered we just missed a boat so had to wait 30 minutes for the next one. So got to The Norway Folk Museum around 11am after a 10 minute walk from the ferry. This was a fantastic open air museum where original buildings from Norway's past were preserved and moved to this location. It was very interesting and amazing how they put them all back together again. Highlight was the Stave Church which is the typical traditional Norweigan style of church. We spent a good 2,5 hours at this museum which also featured old toys, an exhibition about the Sami people or as we commonly know them, Lapps ( as in Lappland) and old Viking paraphanalia
Norway Folk Museum
Norway Folk Museum
. By then it was 1.30 and we sat down for lunch to also rest our weary feet. Actually had Smorresbod (open sandwiches) which is what we were suppose to try in Copenhagen but never got around to doing. They were very yummy I must say and that's from I who dislikes sandwiches. 

 After that we took the Nr 30 bus to the next museum, The Viking Ship Museum. This was also amazing as they had 3 viking ships on display, 2 of which were quite well preserved. They all had been actual ships but then used as burial ships for Noblemen or women. Most of the valuable things were looted at some time but seeing the boats so well preserved was just amazing. The museum also had bones from the remains of the people who were buried and some sleds and other equipment from the Viking era. Another must see attraction in Oslo. 

 From there we took the Nr30 bus again to the Kon Tiki Museum which was right next door to the Fram Museum. By then we weren't sure if we had time for both but it turned out we did because the Fram didn't close until 6pm. Museum here seem to close later than Copenhagen so another plus for Norway. Kon Tiki Museum was all about Thor Heyerdahl the Norweigan explorer who did these amazing journeys in balsa rafts and papyrus boats. The actual vessels were also on display, another very interesting museum and we can't wait to see the new Norweigan film about the Kon Tiki expedition.  

 Finally onto the Polar Fram museum and this had the actual Fram polar ship in the museum and you could go on board and explore it as well as read all about the different polar expeditions by Norweigans (and others). 

We finished around 5pm and got the ferry back to Aker Brygge where we were just in time to join the Fjord Sightseeing cruise where we spent a relaxing 2 hours touring the Oslo Fjord and finished at 7.45 before having some nice pasta dishes for dinner at Aker Brygge.  We decided to go to Oslo Central to collect our train tickets for the next leg of our journey. So a very packed day of activites, thats for sure.
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