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1 Akershus Slott
and Hjemmefront­
museet
Festningsplassen. v 12 to Christiana
Torv. Akershus Slott:  Stortinget.
Tel 23 09 39 17. Open May–Aug: daily,
Sep–Apr: Sat & Sun. Closed public
hols. & 8 Akershus Festning:
Open daily. Hjemmefrontmuseet:
Nordmarka Tel 23 09 32 80. Open daily.
Closed public hols. & =
Located on a knoll overlooking
Busy shopping street in Oslo’s city center the Oslofjorden, the Akershus
Majorstua Slott (Akershus Castle) is the
city’s most notable memorial to
K I R K E V E I E N BISLETTGATA WALDEMAR Gardermoen 1300, the castle was besieged
FROGNERPARKEN M A J O R S T UVEIEN medieval times. Built around
several times before King
BOGSTADVEIEN
MADSER U D ALLÉ PROF. DAHL S GATE JOSEFINES THRANES GATE T HO RVA L D M SOFTIENBERG- Airport Christian IV of Denmark
LØVENSKIOLD S G A T E
HOLTEGATA
PARKEN
transformed it into a lavish
H A LDVAN SVARTES GATE GYLDENLØVES GATE URANIENBORGVEIEN PARKVEIEN GRAVLUND MARID A LSVEIEN SOFIENBERGGATA Renaissance residence in the
GATE
VÅR FRELSERS
TRONDHE I M S V EIEN
HAFRSFJORDGATA BYGDØY ALLÉ COLB JØ R N S E NS G AT E PARKEN P I L E S T RED E T OLAVS GATE U L LEVÅLSVEIEN AK ER SV E I E N MØLLERGATA N O RD R E GAT E EY ER S G AT E TO F TE S G ATE LAKKEGATA SARS GATE TØYEN- FINNM ARK G ATA 1620s. A fortres
SK ØVVEIEN
Kunstindus-
castle, known as the Akershus
trimuseet
PARKVEIEN
SLOTTS
HAGEN
FROGNERVEIE N
Festning, is still in use today.
BRISK EBYVEIEN RIDDERVOLDS
GATE
S T.
Little remains of the castle’s
TØYEN
Akerselva
DRONNING BLANCAS V EIEN F R O G N E R S T R A N D A FREDERIK STANGS GATE NIELS JUELS GATE Nobel- LØKKE-VEIEN MUNKEDAMSVEIEN S TO RTINGSGATA PRINSENS GATE STORGATA NYLANDSVEIEN VAHLS GT. TØYENGATA Munchmuseet KJØLBERGGATA former gl
National-
Theatret
M OTZFELDTS GATE
HAUSMANNS GT.
instituttet
Tøyen/
DRAMMENSVEIEN
being relatively bare, although
A K E RSGA T A HENRIK IBSENS GATE
the tapestries in the Romerike
KRISTIAN IV'S GATE
Stortinget
Hall are impressive. You can
KARL JOHANS G.
DR A M MENS V E I E N
C.ADELERS G.
Stortinget
also visit the royal chapel and
Jernbanetorget
BYGDØY
Grønland
JENS BJELKES GATE
M U N K E D A MSVE I E N
GRØNLAND ÅK E BERGVEIEN
members of the present
( E 1 8 )
Sentralstasjon
Frognerkilen
Norwegian dynasty lie buried.
TJUVHO- RÅD H USGATA DRONNINGENSGATE Oslo SCHWEIGAARDS GATE the royal mausoleum, where
LMEN Pipervik a AKERSHUSS TRAN D A KONGENS GATE The most somber period
MUSEUMSVEIE N
LANGVIKSVEI E N H U K A V E N Y AKERSHUSSTRANDA Bjørvika Bispevika E18 BISP EGATA in the Akershus Slott’s history
H A U S M A N N S G A T E
was during World War II, when
the occupying Nazis tortured
FRE DRIKSBORGV E I E N and shot members of the
Norwegian resistance here.
Pictorial displays at the
Hjemmefrontmuseet
(Resistance Museum), located
Kiel by the gates of the castle,
Copenhagen,
Frederikshavn provide a moving account
HOVEDØYA
of the war in Norway, from
occupation through
resistance to liberation.
Key
Sight / Place of interest
Pedestrian street
Highway 0 meters 750
0 yards 750
Akershus Slott, Oslo’s finest surviving
medieval monument
For keys to symbols see back flap
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