2025 in Norway (Oslo)
// updated 2025-11-09 14:48
On June 25, 2025, the appropriately-named Norwegian Dawn cruise landed in Oslo, Norway, after an hours-long sailing through the scenic Oslofjord:
This made it my:
- 40th country
- 29th European country
- final (5th) Nordic country
- final (3rd) Scandinavian country
At this point, if I were somehow unable to travel anymore, I would feel content enough, feeling glad to have visited Norway at last.
Oslo had a very walkable city centre. Also, after several days of visiting Northern European cities, I felt a little "tour guide fatigue". So, I decided to visit Oslo on my own without any guidance except for Google Maps:
Day 1 (June 25)
- Royal Palace (Slottsplassen)
- Shopping street (Karl Johans gt)
- Got a free can of a Faxe Kondi drink!
- Oslo Cathedral (Oslo domkirke)
- Oslo tiger statue
- Deichman Bjørvika library
- Opera house [outside visit]
- Munch museum [free on Wednesday after 6pm]
- "Midnight daylight" on the ship!
Day 2 (June 26)
Making it lower key, I didn't make any significant videos of this leg:
- Bydgøynes
- Roald Amundsen and Norwegian explorers monuments (as above)
- Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911
- Inukshuk, a Canadian-Norwegian friendship thing (as below)
- Roald Amundsen and Norwegian explorers monuments (as above)
Reflection
If the chance permits, a visit to Oslo and Norway should happen in the future. Knowing that much more good stuff in Norway happens outside of Oslo, the city will definitely serve as a starting point for a more in-depth visit to this country. More fitting for a less summer-y day, I would also try to visit a few more museums and galleries, if time and conditions permit, such as:
- Kon-Tiki Museum
- Maritime Museum
- Fram Museum
Despite taking a bus to Bygdøynes, I did not go inside those museums out of the interest of time and getting back on the cruise ship!