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All members of the family will enjoy a visit to
Akershus,
a medieval castle built
in the 12th century and reconstructed as a fortress during the 17th century. Stand-
ing at the front of Oslo's City Hall, you can see the fort off to your left. Akershus's
military atmosphere is aided by the presence of two military museums. The
Nor-
wegian Resistance Museum
chronicles Norway's struggle against the Nazis, and
the
Norwegian Armed Forces Museum
traces the country's military history from
the Vikings to World War II. The fort maintains a garrison of armed sentries who
patrol the grounds in dress uniform and plumed headdress.
During your stay in Scandinavia's oldest capital—Oslo was established in 1050
by Harald Hardrade—you should plan to visit the world-famous
Kon-Tiki
raft, the
polar vessel
Fram,
and the collection of Viking ships on exhibition at Bygdoy,
across the harbor from the city hall. Each vessel bears a proud history in nautical
accomplishments.
Day Excursions
When you consider that Norway is larger than the British Isles, you can readily ap-
preciate why we deviate from our usual Base City-Day Excursion format for Oslo.
An “out-and-back” excursion between Oslo and
Bergen
offers an almost limitless
variety of travel modes and a visit to the fjord at
Flåm.
Within our usual Base City-Day Excursion concept, we selected a variety of
daytime trips that will permit you to see the beautiful fjords, lakes, and mountains
without daily packing and unpacking.
A day excursion to the towns of
Larvik
and
Skien
takes you into Norway's sea-
coast towns for a look at some breathtaking scenery as well as a close look at the
country's ports.
Hamar
lies to the north of Oslo. Its day excursion affords inspection of the coun-
tryside surrounding the town and its extensive railroad museum.
The northernmost day excursion takes you to
Lillehammer,
site of the 1994
Winter Olympics and one of Norway's best-known summer-and-winter resorts.
Day Excursion to
Bergen
And the Fjord at Flåm
Depart from Oslo Sentral Station
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