Museum · Oslo · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Viking Ship Museum is a museum in Oslo, Norway. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 6 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 380 m you'll find a water point, a public toilet and a bench.
Audio tour · Viking Ship Museum
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You're standing at the Viking Ship Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo. In Norwegian it's simply the Viking Ship House, and that's exactly what it is. This building was made for one thing: three real Viking ships, more than a thousand years old, that once served as graves.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
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Yes, according to OpenStreetMap it is wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a water point at 190 m and a public toilet at 220 m.
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