Vikingskipshuset
Vikingskipshuset is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Tryvannshøgda stands 530 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Anne Stine og Helge Ingstad, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
closed for renovations until 2027
The story
The Viking Ship Museum (Norwegian: Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy) is located on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It is temporarily closed from September 2021 until 2027. It is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo, and houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological finds from Tune, Gokstad (Sandefjord), Oseberg (Tønsberg) and the Borre mound cemetery.
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Dates from 1926.
Wikidata Q961220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Anne Stine og Helge Ingstad: 0.0 mi
- KON-TIKI: 0.5 mi
- Theodor Julius Løvstad (1843 - 1913): 0.5 mi
- TIL KONG OLAV V 2. JULI 1983: 0.5 mi
- Moai: 0.5 mi
- Norsk Farmasihistorisk Museum: 0.1 mi
- Norsk Folkemuseum: 0.2 mi
- Senter for studier av Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter: 0.5 mi
- Kon-Tiki Museet: 0.5 mi
- Bygdø kongsgård: 0.5 mi
- Norsk Folkemuseum: 0.2 mi
- Den engelske hagen: 0.3 mi
- Bygdøy kongsgård: 0.4 mi
- Frøyas have: 0.9 mi
- Skarpsnoparken: 0.9 mi
- Villa Paus: 0.3 mi
- Georg Unger Vetlesen: 0.4 mi
- OLAV V 1903-1991: 0.4 mi
- Lystslottet Oscarshall: 0.5 mi
- Bygdøy kulturmiljø: 0.5 mi
- Store Herbern naturreservat: 0.6 mi
- Kaffeskjær fuglefredningsområde: 0.8 mi
- Prinsesseåsen naturreservat: 0.9 mi
- Galteskjær biotopvernområde: 1.0 mi
- Nakkeskjær biotopvernområde: 1.3 mi
- Paradisbukta: 0.7 mi
- Homolulu: 0.7 mi
- Huk naturiststrand: 0.7 mi
- Huk: 0.7 mi
- Vækerøstranda: 1.3 mi
- Tjuvtitten: 1.3 mi
- The Salmon Vitensenter: 1.4 mi
- D/S Alfen: 1.5 mi
- Hovedøya kloster: 1.6 mi
- Fontenen i Vigelandsanlegget: 1.6 mi
- Skøyenhaugen: 1.6 mi
- Speilen: 2.1 mi
- St. Hanshaugen: 2.5 mi
- Ullernåsen: 2.6 mi
- Ormøykollen: 3.2 mi
- Møllefossen: 1.8 mi
- Granfossen: 2.1 mi
- Nedre Foss: 2.7 mi
- Bjølsenfossen: 3.8 mi
- Vigfoss: 6.8 mi
- Blindern Studenthage: 2.6 mi
- Hospitalhagen: 2.9 mi
- Vikinghagen: 3.0 mi
- Slåttemark: 3.0 mi
- Fjellhagen: 3.0 mi
- Skådalsstupene: 4.6 mi
- Bjørnestupet: 5.4 mi
- Barnehageveggen: 5.9 mi
- Cowboyveggen: 5.9 mi
- Årvoll gruve: 6.8 mi
- Kilden: 6.0 mi
- Pipekvila: 9.2 mi
- Majorskilden: 9.5 mi
- Simensølla: 9.9 mi
- Olavskilden: 12.9 mi
- Grillområde: 2.0 mi
- Sofienbergparken: 3.0 mi
- Bord: 3.1 mi
- Piknikplen: 3.1 mi
- Masjørgengruva: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Vikingskipshuset. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryvannshøgda | N 355° | 530 m | 5.8 mi |
| Frønsvollsåsen | N 2° | 475.3 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ringeriksflaka | N 350° | 460 m | 6.3 mi |
| Vettakolltoppen | N 7° | 419.2 m | 4.7 mi |
| Vettakollen | N 6° | 419 m | 5.0 mi |
| Dølefjell | NW 316° | 416 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rishøgda | N 5° | 411 m | 5.5 mi |
| Grefsenkollen | NE 48° | 380 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:21 | 17:36 | 18:31 |
| June solstice | 03:55 | 21:25 | 22:45 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:26 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 09:19 | 13:07 | 15:13 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28475470
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