Akershus Festning
Akershus Festning is a fort in Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Innlandet. Akershus Festning is situated nearby to the church Akershus slottskirke, as well as near Norway’s Resistance Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Akershus slottskirke and Norway’s Resistance Museum.
Norway’s Resistance Museum
Museum
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Norway's Resistance Museum also known as the Norwegian Home Front Museum is a museum located at the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. The museum collection focuses on Norwegian resistance during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945. Norway’s Resistance Museum is situated 170 metres north of Akershus Festning.
Oslo City Hall
Town hall
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sentrum and Kvadraturen.
Sentrum
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sentrum, literally Centre, is the core of Oslo inside the first ring road, plus the area around the Royal Palace and Tjuvholmen island. This is the area around Oslo's main street, Karl Johan street, and the Akershus fortress overlooking the harbour and the great Oslo fjord.
Aker Brygge
Suburb
Photo: Cnyborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aker Brygge, formerly known as Holmen, is a neighbourhood in central Oslo, Norway. Since the 1980s and 1990s, it has been a popular area for shopping, dining, and entertainment, as well as a high-end residential area. It was previously an industrial area.
Akershus Festning
- Type: Fort
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.90624° or 59° 54′ 23″ northLongitude
10.73605° or 10° 44′ 10″ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9FFGWP4P+FCGeoNames ID
6940471
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