Downtown and Harbor Highlight

This walking tour will show you the major sights in Oslo's compact downtown and harbor area. We'll walk up Oslo's main parade street, Karl Johansgate, and see the Oslo Cathedral, the Norwegian Parliament and the Royal Palace. Just off of Karl Johansgate is the Oslo City Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded and the National Theater where Henrik Ibsen's plays are still produced. We'll walk along Oslo's central harbor area which has been a major urban renewal success. We'll see old dockyard that have been converted into a trendy public area. The crown jewel of the new harbor area is the Oslo Opera House from 2008. We'll walk up its Carrara marble clad sloping roof, which looks like a glacier sliding into the Oslo Fjord. We'll enter into old Christiania from the 1600's and walk by the Akershus Fortress - the oldest part dates back to 1299 (the Swedes attacked it numerous times without success). The length of the walk can vary from about 5-8 kilometers.