Royal Bygdøy and Huk beach
A royal summer palace, the King's farm and war history, then smooth rocks and sun at Huk.
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The quiet side of Bygdøy. You walk from Oscarshall, King Oscar I's summer palace by the fjord, past the royal farm where the King's cows and sheep graze. The Holocaust Center in Villa Grande, Quisling's residence during the war, tells the story of the Holocaust in Norway. The walk ends at Huk, Oslo's best-known beach, with smooth rocks and sunsets over the fjord.
The stops
- 1
Oscarshall palace
A neo-Gothic summer palace from around 1850. The interior is open in summer only.
- 2
Bygdø kongsgård
The King's farm, with animals grazing in summer. Café at weekends.
- 3
Holocaust Center at Villa Grande
The exhibition on the Holocaust in Norway, in Quisling's wartime residence.
- 4
Huk
Smooth rocks, a sandy beach and sunsets over the fjord. Part of the beach is for naturists.
About the trip
- Where
- Oslo
- Getting around
- On foot
- Time
- 2 h 4 min
- Distance
- 3.7 km
- Stops
- 4
- Themes
- History, Nature, Views
Practical
- Start
- Oscarshall palace. Bus 30 to Folkemuseet, or the ferry to Dronningen in summer.
- Finish
- Huk. Bus 30 back from the Huk stop.
- Toilets
- The Holocaust Center, and at Huk in the bathing season.
- Accessibility
- Roads and gravel paths through the woods. About 6 km in total.