Oslo City Guide
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GuideToGo AS
Experience Oslo like never before with our self-guided audio tour, designed for travelers who want the freedom to explore on their own terms — without missing the stories that bring the city to life. With 58 carefully curated points of interest, the tour covers everything from Oslo’s most iconic landmarks to hidden historical gems. Discover cultural highlights, architectural wonders, and captivating local stories — all with rich audio narration that activates automatically as you approach each location. Using the Guide To Go app, you’ll see a full overview of the city’s historical and cultural sites right on your mobile device. Simply walk through Oslo at your own pace, and as you move within the red circle around each point on the interactive map, the corresponding audio will play. No need to press a button — just walk, look, and listen.
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Points of interest
#1
The Parliament building (Stortingsbygningen)
In 1856, it was decided by 59 votes to 47 that the parliament building should be erected according to the drawings of the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet. The new parliament building was opened in the spring of 1866 and was to be a symbol of independence and freedom. In Norway's art history from 1981, we can read among other things that: "Langlet merged a multitude of different elements into an untraditional, new piece of architecture, where functional considerations played a decisive role... The Lombardic-Romanesque style that Langlet used was new and revolutionary. This was also because the building as a whole had no known model. The Parliament was to be the central building of the new Norwegian state, and be a symbol of independence and freedom from the past and traditions." If you would like to feel close to the power, there is usually a free summer tour of the parliament building, from mid-June to the end of August. If you are a little more than averagely interested, you might want to visit the parliament's own website www.stortinget.no. Photo: Digitalt Museum and Bernth-Erik Øien Fossli