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between these two museum clusters. All Bygdøy sights are within a pleasant
(when sunny) 15-minute walk of each other. The walk gives you a picturesque
taste of small-town Norway.
Citybus#30connects thesightsfourtimes hourlyinthisorder:Norwegian
Folk Museum, Viking Ship Museum, Kon-Tiki Museum, Norwegian Holo-
caust Center. (For the Holocaust Center, you'll use the Bygdøyhus stop a long
block away; tell the bus driver you want the stop for the “HL-Senteret”). The
bus turns around at its final stop (Huk), then passes the sights in reverse order
on its way back to the city center. If you take the bus within an hour of hav-
ing taken the public ferry, your ticket is still good on the bus. Note that after
17:00, bus and boat departures are sparse. If returning to Oslo by ferry, get to
the dock a little early—otherwise the boat is likely to be full, and you'll have
to wait for the next sailing.
Eating at Bygdøy: Lunch options near the Kon-Tiki are a sandwich bar
(relaxing picnic spots along the grassy shoreline) and a cafeteria (with tables
overlooking the harbor). The Norwegian Folk Museum has a decent cafeteria
inside and a fun little farmers' market stall across the street from the entrance.
The Holocaust Center has a small café on its second floor.
▲▲▲Norwegian Folk Museum (Norsk Folkemuseum) —Brought from
all corners of Norway, 150 buildings have been reassembled here on 35 acres.
While Stockholm's Skansen was the first museum of this kind to open to the
public (see here ), this museum is a bit older, started in 1882 as the king's
private collection (and the inspiration for Skansen).
CostandHours: 100kr,dailymid-May-mid-Sept10:00-18:00,off-season
park open Mon-Fri 11:00-15:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00 but most historical
buildings closed, free lockers, Museumsveien 10, bus #30 stops immediately
in front, tel. [phone], www.norskfolkemuseum.no .
Visiting the Museum: Think of the visit in three parts: the park sprinkled
with old buildings, the re-created old town, and the folk-art museum. In
peak season, the park is lively, with craftspeople doing their traditional things
and costumed guides all around. (They're paid to happily answer your ques-
tions—so ask many.) The evocative Gol stave church, at the top of a hill at the
park'sedge,isamust-see(builtin1212inHallingdalandpainstakinglyrecon-