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The museum is particularly poignant because many of the patriots featured
inside were executed by the Germans right outside the museum's front door; a
stone memorial marks the spot. (At war's end, the traitor Vidkun Quisling was
also executed here.) With good English descriptions, this is an inspirational
look at how the national spirit can endure total occupation by a malevolent
force.
Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet)
—Across the fortress parade
ground, a too-spacious museum traces Norwegian military history from Vik-
ing days to post-World War II. The early stuff is sketchy, but the WWII story
is compelling.
Cost and Hours:
Free, May-Aug Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun
11:00-17:00, shorter hours off-season, tel. 23 09 35 82.
While there are many schools of painting and sculpture displayed in Nor-
way's National Gallery, focus on what's uniquely Norwegian. Paintings come
and go in this museum (pesky curators may have even removed some of the
ones listed in the self-guided tour on the next page), but you're sure to see
plenty that showcase the harsh beauty of Norway's landscape and people. A
