Private Oslo Tours

Oslo appears in 5 of our itineraries across Scandinavia, ranging from 7–14 days. Every one is private, and every one can be reshaped around the time you want to spend here.

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From our itineraries

What a day in Oslo looks like.

Taken from the itineraries themselves — these are real days from trips we run, not a generic description of the city.

Day 2 · Essence of Norway

Oslo — Museums and the Vigeland Park

The Viking Ship Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula (closed for rebuilding until about 2027; until it reopens, the Fram Museum on Bygdøy takes its place) houses the three best-preserved Viking longships in the world: the Oseberg ship (834 AD), the Gokstad ship (890 AD), and the Tune ship — all excavated from burial mounds in Vestfold and preserved in the anaerobic blue clay that kept the oak intact for over a thousand years. The Oseberg ship is the most elaborately decorated Viking object in existence: its carved prow, the burial goods recovered alongside it (sledges, beds, tapestries, and the bodies of two women), and its scale change the perception of what the Viking Age actually was. The National Museum: the new building that opened in 2022 is the largest art museum in Scandinavia, whose collection includes Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893) — the most reproduced painting in art history after the Mona Lisa. The Vigeland Sculpture Park in the afternoon: the 212 bronze and granite figures by Gustav Vigeland arranged in the Frogner Park, the largest sculpture installation by a single artist in the world, depicting the full span of human experience from birth to death.

Viking Ship Museum (closed until about 2027) — the Oseberg and Gokstad longships from 834–890 AD
National Museum — Munch's The Scream and the Scandinavian collection
Vigeland Sculpture Park — 212 figures in granite and bronze

Day 2 · Epic Norway

Oslo — Bygdøy and The Scream

The Viking Ship Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula contains the Oseberg ship (834 AD) and the Gokstad ship (890 AD) — the two best-preserved Viking longships in the world, their oak preserved by the blue clay of the Vestfold burial mounds. The museum is closed for rebuilding until about 2027; until it reopens, Bygdøy means the Fram Museum and the Kon-Tiki Museum. The National Museum in the new 2022 Kleihues+Schuwerk building: the largest art museum in Scandinavia, housing Munch's The Scream, the national collection of Norwegian Romanticism, and the decorative arts collection from the Viking Age to the contemporary. The Vigeland Sculpture Park: Gustav Vigeland's 212 bronze and granite figures in the Frogner Park, the largest single-artist sculpture installation in the world. The Holmenkollen ski jump above the city: the national monument of Norwegian sport, visible from everywhere in Oslo and offering the best view of the city and fjord from its observation deck.

Bygdøy museums — Fram and Kon-Tiki (Viking Ship Museum closed until about 2027)
National Museum — The Scream and the Norwegian collection
Vigeland Sculpture Park — 212 figures in bronze and granite

Day 2 · Norway Fjords and Northern Lights

Oslo Museums

The Viking Ship Museum on Bygdøy, home to the three best-preserved Viking longships in the world, is closed for rebuilding until about 2027, so your guide takes you to the Fram and Kon-Tiki museums on the same peninsula instead. The ships: the three best-preserved Viking longships in the world — the Oseberg (834 AD), the Gokstad (890 AD), and the Tune ship — preserved in their oak by the anaerobic blue clay of the Vestfold burial mounds for over a thousand years. The National Museum: the new 2022 building that is the largest art museum in Scandinavia, housing Edvard Munch's The Scream and the comprehensive collection of Norwegian art. The Vigeland Sculpture Park: Gustav Vigeland's 212 bronze and granite figures arranged in Frogner Park — the largest sculpture installation by a single artist in the world.

Bygdøy museums — Fram and Kon-Tiki (Viking Ship Museum closed until about 2027)
National Museum — Munch's The Scream
Vigeland Sculpture Park — 212 figures in bronze and granite

Day 5 · Essence of Scandinavia

Oslo — The Holmenkollen and the City

Holmenkollen ski jump — the national monument of Norwegian sport, rebuilt for its fifteenth time in 2010, whose observation deck gives the best panoramic view of Oslo and the Oslofjord. The Munch Museum: the dedicated museum for the world's most comprehensive collection of Edvard Munch's work — 1,100 paintings, 4,500 drawings, and 18,000 prints including three versions of The Scream and the complete Frieze of Life series. The Akershus Fortress: the medieval castle and fortress on the Oslo harbour whose foundations date to 1299, whose walls are the oldest standing structure in Oslo, and whose Great Hall was the coronation site of the Norwegian medieval kings. Dinner in Oslo.

Holmenkollen ski jump — the Norwegian national monument
Munch Museum — 1,100 paintings, the complete Frieze of Life
Akershus Fortress — the 1299 castle on Oslo harbour

Day 5 · Grand Scandinavia

Oslo — Akershus and the Munch Museum

Akershus Fortress: the 1299 castle on the Oslo harbour, the oldest standing structure in Oslo, whose restoration covers the full history of the Norwegian medieval kingdom. The Munch Museum: 1,100 paintings, 4,500 drawings, and 18,000 prints — the complete archive of Edvard Munch's work, including the Summer's Day, the Vampire, and two versions of The Scream. Holmenkollen ski jump and the view of the Oslofjord from the observation deck.