A six-day guide to Norway's cities and western fjords
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Explore Oslo's eastern inner city and the transformed waterfront district of Bjørvika.

Order an aeropress single-origin filter coffee at this micro-roastery founded in 2004.
Examines over 26,000 works bequeathed by Edvard Munch across 13 floors on the Bjørvika waterfront.

Walk up the angled Carrara marble roof for views across the Oslofjord. The structure opened in 2008 and houses the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.

Reservations open months in advance for this tasting menu focused on organic and wild Norwegian ingredients.

Sample house-distilled aquavit, gin, and vodka at this multi-room bar behind an unmarked door on Storgata.
Visit the open-air sculpture park in Frogner before taking the public ferry to Bygdøy's maritime museums.

Pick up a kanelbolle (cinnamon bun) and drip coffee at this branch of the Norwegian coffee chain.

Walk among 212 granite and bronze sculptures created by Gustav Vigeland between 1924 and 1943, including the 14-metre Monolith.

Board the original wooden polar ship Fram, used by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912.

Inspect the balsa wood raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific Ocean in 1947, alongside artefacts from Easter Island.

Situated on the Aker Brygge wharf, this seafood restaurant serves traditional fish soup and Arctic cod with seasonal sides.
Trace industrial history along the Akerselva before touring Oslo's central government quarter and medieval fortifications.

Browse local cured meats, cheeses, and smørrebrød from independent vendors in this converted 1908 iron foundry.

Follow the pedestrian path past 19th-century brick textile mills, footbridges, and waterfalls toward central Oslo.

Admission is free to the central hall, which displays 1930s-1950s murals depicting Norwegian industry and history.

Explore the ramparts and medieval castle completed around 1300 to defend Oslo against naval assaults.

Order the slow-roasted pork knuckle or pulled pork flatbread paired with Norwegian craft beers.
Arrive in Bergen and tour the medieval port installations and Hanseatic trading quarters on the eastern harbour.

Drink batch-brewed coffees roasted on-site inside a former shipyard workshop in Bergen's harbour basin.

Walk between the reconstructed wooden commercial buildings that housed German Hanseatic League merchants starting in 1360.

Examine the unheated timber trading quarters and assembly rooms used by cod merchants in the 18th and 19th centuries.

See Håkon's Hall, a stone feast hall built in 1261 for King Håkon Håkonsson, and the adjacent Rosenkrantz Tower.

Dine inside an authentic timber wharf building on Bryggen; the kitchen focuses on whale steak, dried cod, and shellfish.
Ascend Mount Fløyen for panoramic perspectives before visiting Bergen's municipal lake and art institutions.
Ride the funicular railway 320 metres up Mount Fløyen in eight minutes for a vantage over central Bergen and the surrounding islands.

Walk through the outdoor and indoor stalls operating since the 1200s, where vendors sell cold-water prawns and smoked salmon.

Inspect KODE 3's extensive collection of paintings by Edvard Munch and Nikolai Astrup on the shores of Lille Lungegårdsvannet.

Eat traditional everyday dishes such as kjøttkaker (meatballs), lapskaus (beef stew), and pickled herring into the late evening.
Take the scenic rail route to the Aurlandsfjord and explore the fjord villages by boat and train.
Board the train at Myrdal or Flåm to traverse one of the steepest standard-gauge rail lines in Europe, dropping 866 metres over 20 kilometres.

Admission is free to examine the engineering instruments and electric locomotives that built the rail line between 1924 and 1940.

Board the electric passenger vessel to cruise the narrow Nærøyfjord between Flåm and Gudvangen.

Order a tasting paddle of house-brewed ales and a smoked venison plank inside this timber pub built in the stave-church style.
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