Oslo; Thursday, 29 May, 2014

After the first night’s sleep with actual darkness for several days, and a hearty breakfast, we headed down to Aker Brygge to pick up the Museum boat out to Bygdøy

First stop was a look around the Fram museum and then the Kon-Tiki museum before catching the bus up and round to the Viking ship museum.

After stopping for a late lunch at the Viking ship museum we walked round the corner to the Norwegian Folk museum, the collection of historic buildings from across the country. When I’d visited about 10 years earlier it had been in the winter, and most of the buildings had been closed, but in the height of summer it was possible to see inside a number of the buildings, in particular the spectacular stave church.

Having looked round the folk park we wandered back down to the fjord-side to pick up the boat back to the centre of Oslo.

A quick freshen up and then out for dinner, after which we had a wander around the castle complex before heading back to the hotel for a well-deserved sleep.