From Ibsen to Vigeland Park
More than 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland, crowned by the Monolith.
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The walk starts in the flat where Henrik Ibsen lived his last years and goes through the villa streets west of the palace to Frogner Park. There Gustav Vigeland created a whole landscape of bronze and granite. Cross the bridge with the Angry Boy and climb to the Monolith, 17 metres of human figures carved from one stone. End in Vigeland's own studio.
The stops
- 1
The Ibsen Museum
Ibsen's flat 1895–1906. Guided tours on the hour.
- 2
Uranienborg kirke
A brick church from 1886 in the villa district of Homansbyen.
- 3
Sinnataggen
The little angry boy on the bridge is the park's most photographed sculpture. Come early.
- Tip
Sculpture park
- 4
The Monolith
121 figures carved from a single block of granite, at the top of the park.
- 5
Oslo City Museum
Oslo's history in the 18th-century Frogner manor. Café in the courtyard.
- 6
The Vigeland Museum
Vigeland's studio and home. His urn is kept in the tower.
About the trip
- Where
- Oslo
- Getting around
- On foot
- Time
- 2 h 46 min
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Stops
- 6
- Themes
- Art, Family, Nature
Practical
- Start
- The Ibsen Museum, Henrik Ibsens gate 26. Near Nationaltheatret station.
- Finish
- The Vigeland Museum. Tram 12 from Frogner plass, or the metro from Majorstuen.
- Toilets
- By the park's main gate, in the City Museum and in the Vigeland Museum.
- Accessibility
- Wide, flat gravel and paved paths. Steps around the Monolith.