Bestumkilen

Bestumkilen is a bay in Lysakerfjorden in the inner Oslofjord area of Norway. Located west of the Bygdøy peninsula and east of Vækerø, it is bordered by the islet Killingen in the southwest and the mouth of the river Hoffselva at Sjølyst in the northeast.

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Type: Cove
Description: Bay in Norway
Also known as: “Bestunkilen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bestun station and Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.

Bestun station

Railway station

Photo: Punkmorten, Public domain.

Bestun Station was a railway station situated at Bestum of the Ullern area of Oslo, Norway, on the Drammen Line. The station, located 4.31 kilometers from Oslo West Station, was served by Oslo Commuter Rail trains of the Norwegian State Railways.

Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Museum

Photo: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0.

Norsk Folkemuseum, at Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all social groups and all regions of the country.

Viking Ship Museum

Museum

Photo: Peulle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Viking Ship Museum 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, Oseberg and the Borre mound cemetery.