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However, most visitors don't actually care what the plants are and just content themselves
with lolling about under a tree!
Natural History Museum MUSEUM
(Naturhistorisk Museum; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.nhm.uio.no ; Sars gate 1; adult/child Nkr50/25;
11am-4pm Tue-Sun)
Under the trees of Oslo's Botanical Garden, the university's Natural History Museum com-
prises two different museums: the Zoological Museum ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) , which as
you might guess is stuffed full of stuffed (excuse the pun) native wildlife. Adjacent to this
is the Geological-Palaeontological Museum ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) , which contains
displays on the history of the solar system and Norwegian geology, as well as examples of
myriad minerals, meteorites and moon rocks.
The palaeontological section includes Ida, the world's oldest complete primate fossil. In
addition you can ogle a 10m-long iguanodon skeleton and a nest of dinosaur eggs. The ad-
mission fee also allows you to get green-fingered with the tropical plants inside the green-
houses.
Damstredet OLD TOWN
( MAP GOOGLE MAP )
The quirky 18th-century wooden homes of the Damstredet district and the nearby Telthus-
bakken are a nice change of pace from the modern architecture of the city centre. Once an
impoverished shanty town, Damstredet has become a popular residential neighbourhood
for artists. To get there, walk north on Akersgata and turn right on Damstredet gate.
Telthusbakken is a little further up Akersgata, also on the right.
On the way, you'll pass Vår Frelsers Gravlund , the graveyard where Ibsen, Munch and
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson are buried.
Gamle Aker Kirke CHURCH
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Akersbakken 26; noon-2pm Mon-Sat)
This medieval stone church, located north of the centre on Akersbakken, dates from 1080
and is Oslo's oldest building. Take bus 37 from Jernbanetorget to Akersbakken, then walk
up past the churchyard.
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